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Why Most Beer Festival Coverage Fails—and the Editorial Workflow That Would Fix It
Last September, I stood behind a pour table at a warehouse festival on Bogart Street in East Williamsburg, watching a […]
How to Evaluate a Beer Beyond the First Sip
Beer evaluation is the practice of moving past a quick impression and asking what a beer is actually doing in […]
Why I Think Most Brooklyn Breweries Are Naming Their Beers Wrong—And What a Better System Would Look Like
Last summer I stood behind a jockey box at a Brooklyn beer festival, pouring for a brewery I’ll leave unnamed, […]
On the Question of Whether Craft Beer Has a Diversity Problem
Let’s name the thing before we argue about it. When people say craft beer has a diversity problem, they usually […]
Why I Think Beer Festivals Should Pay Their Brewers
Beer festivals run on a quiet subsidy. The brewers pouring your samples usually paid to be there — donated kegs, […]
How Brooklyn’s Brewing Scene Has Changed Since 2010
Brooklyn’s brewing scene in 2010 was a different animal. The borough had a handful of production breweries, a few brewpubs, […]
Brooklyn Beer, 15 Years On: What the Borough’s Brew Scene Gained—and Lost
Introduction: The Brewery That Wasn’t There Back in 2010, I stood in a dusty Gowanus lot with a couple of […]