Won a beer raffle!

The moment when @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social pointed out that I came to his fest from New York. An incredibly well-run event in a beautiful venue for a great cause. Oh, and the beer being poured is world-class. How could I not go?

City in crisis: Baltimore is facing a Natty Boh shortage

A lovely time at Black Edge Brewing in Horwich, where the cask bitter was excellent and the regulars were so trusting that I was assigned dog-watching duties.

Well, this little journey out to Rivington was a good decision.

Good morning to my UK followers from Manchester, where I’m hoping to power through the day, then rest up for @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social tomorrow!

Support Black-owned breweries.

This is the brewery equivalent of @defector.com’s Remembering Some Guys if the guy was still an active MLBer.

Brewery #3883 and my 83rd brewery in Ohio. Am I a huge nerd? Absolutely.

Always like when I can see a brewery from my hotel room window.

Yarns were spun, 30% beer was consumed.

For Minnesota’s AG to sign onto this is a huge deal. The state has the most robust THC market in the country and advocates have held its regulatory framework up as a model for balancing demand with public-health considerations.

Live, laugh, lager

My free hotel drink chip got me a pint of Pumking. Great redemption value.

We did it, fam. My 100th brewery in Pennsylvania is McCall Collective Brewing Co. in Allentown.

God fucking dammit, not again. #notabrewery

Oh, hello, Wishful Thinking in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. I think we might become friends.

My friend, I think we may have different definitions of the word “light.”

On a bus this morning to head off on a weekend brewery adventure in the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania, including my 100th brewery in the Keystone State.

My new favorite beer festival and another NYC brewery shutters in this week's newsletter...

NEW VID! This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...

Brooklyn's 18th Ward Brewing has closed their taproom and brewery on Richardson Street in Williamsburg. They'll continue to operate their New Rochelle taproom, have secured an Upstate space for brewing, and will seek a smaller location in Brooklyn. www.instagram.com/p/DQCjwo8jSS3/

Hope you get a chance to enjoy your weekend and have some beery beer.

This week's newsletter is up, in which I try to offer *actual* solutions on how to save beer. Also, a brewery in the Hudson Valley wins a major award and The Test reopens in Williamsburg.

Hive mind: brewery recommendations in the Lehigh Valley? (No need to mention Bonn Place, founder Sam has been pouring me beer for over 15 years.)

Yesssss, DRAG HIM

I do not think you know what the term "in-house" means.

Imagine citing Dogfish Head 120-Minute IPA, a beer that was first released in 2003, as an example that the beer industry has gone too far in the year of our Lord 2025.

Well this is quaint as all heck

In this week's newsletter: find out where I'll be drinking this weekend and where you need to drink one last beer by Monday.

If you're going to write about breweries, at least learn what a brewery is first.

I’ve found the most obnoxious bar conversation, and it’s two guys talking about their fucking sneakers.

The bartender at this brewery in Iowa described their Kolsch as “closest to a Busch” and I am HERE for it.

13 years ago, someone insisted that I go to Upstream Brewing in Omaha and order the Beer Cheese Soup. Every time I’ve been to Omaha since, I’ve come back for it.

Found out a favorite brewery of mine is closing soon. So I’m flying 1,100 miles to visit them again this weekend.

Founder Alex Ganum is one of a handful of the most gifted brewers I’ve encountered in my travels around the world, and on a number of occasions, tasting his beer left me startled by its originality and accomplishment. With its singular vision and personality, Upright was an irreplaceable brewery.

This week’s newsletter has some hoity-toity news that would be just as fitting in The Talk of the Town section of The New Yorker.

Holy crap. This is nuts.

Don’t think I’ve seen a more picturesque reflection in a brewery’s windows before.

Not a bad setting for drinking beer.

You can take the boy out of New York, but he’s still gonna order a Cream Ale.

First of many stops this weekend in Big Sky Country.

When in Rome. Or Missoula.

Yes in My Beer Yard

This week's newsletter is the annual Oktoberfest Guide, complete with a rundown of all the ways to celebrate Oktoberfest here in NYC. brewyork.substack.com/p/its-the-an...

Almost every beer trip has a brewery I return to. On this trip, it’s Stompbox in Davenport. Even if some of the beer names and thematics feel… strangely familiar. Beer is fantastic.

Cheers to the good reply guys. This is a good reply guy.

Ever walk into a brewery that just screams — in the best possible way — let your freak flag fly? That’s Wake Brewing in Rock Island, Illinois. Loved it there.

“West Coast IPA.”