I especially love how he acquired the Coke formula in exchange for a couple packs of cigarettes. I wonder how close it was to the real one.

From Bine to Glass: A behind-the-scenes look at the 2025 hop harvest, following fresh green hops from Hukins Hops in Kent to breweries like Five Points and Beak as they brew with them within hours of picking. www.seanislegend.com/green-hop-beer

Happy Veterans Day! Here's a July 1945 letter from Capt. John W. Earle, US Army. In Günzburg, Germany, Earle unexpectedly found himself his division's "District Brewery Officer," overseeing ten local breweries to supply soldiers with beer (and Coke). Sounds like he enjoyed the role. #beerhistory

I received this email about Democrats caving to end the shutdown from one of the SNAP recipients I spoke to:

How long before ICE tries moving someone's dibs chair from a parking spot in Chicago?

"I'd gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today." Dems: Ok!

#ICYMI: A sweeping data-sharing agreement authorizing DHS to merge Social Security data into the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements system could threaten Americans’ privacy and lead to errors that disenfranchise legitimate voters, experts say. By @jenafifield.bsky.social

Stranger: Love the jacket! What a cool, innovative way to enjoy beer on go! Guy: Actually it's quite heavy. Stranger: Oh Guy: The beer's warm from my body heat. Stranger: Ew. Guy: And flat from sloshing around. Stranger: ... Guy: It's ok though cuz I'm fake AI slop. Stranger: Oh thank god.

Bluesky is such a bad influence. Saw someone here using beef cuts for milanesa to make Rouladen, and look what it's done to me. Got some Spätzle cooling on the stove too, it's awful.

Always a pleasure to talk about my coverage—and, in this case, break down the absolute dogshit @nytopinion.nytimes.com put out a couple weeks ago about the craft brewing industry. Thanks @lostlagers.bsky.social @jacobsberg.bsky.social & Brandy for having me. Tune in:

Glad this is being said. Disgusted that it needs to be said.

Yes, it's $400, but it's not Lego's fault our species hasn't decided to abandon currency-based economics in favor of some philosophy of self-enhancement.

Hoping this helps our colleagues across the industry

🎙️ Just published a new episode of Drink Beer, Think Beer With John Holl: Bonus: Seen Through a Glass with Lew Bryson. Have a listen:

Looks like two badly needed school funding propositions passed in my li'l corner of Washington. Small potatoes next to the (wonderful) election news all over the country, but a big deal for my community!

Pablo Moreno Gonzalez is testifying in the courtroom of U.S. District Judge Robert Gettleman about the conditions inside the ICE facility in west suburban Broadview. Gonzalez says he is 56 and was born in Mexico but has lived in Chicago for 35 years.

We’re gonna need a facts-centered movement for punishing MAGA actors and GOP allies. Because if we rely on feelings/mens rea, there’s a whole lot of Republicans who are uncomfortable and distressed with Trump, but who also comply and assist him in his crimes. It’s not about their feelings.

can't believe outlets are running moral-panic headlines again based on flimsy anecdata from the *same* trade group (the national retailer federation) and sponsored by the *same* anti-theft company (sensormatic) that had to retract this *same* "study" just two years ago for being bogus.

The Insurrection Act has been used in moments of turmoil — from early frontier rebellions to civil rights-era unrest. But where did it come from, and how does it still shape presidential power today? Explore the history and civics behind this enduring law.

Happy Oktoberfest-Beers-Go-on-Sale Day!

LinkedIn/privacy news you can use.

When I worked in WaPo Opinions in 2017-2018, senior editors specifically told junior editors not to factcheck Marc Thiessen and other MAGA columnists, otherwise they wouldn’t be able to publish anything by them at all, and “we need them for intellectual diversity.”

One thing's for sure, we ain't gonna get any thinner.

I used to pass a highway billboard on my way to Purdue that said "Purdue University -- ranked #4 nationwide!" One year they replaced it with an identical sign that said "Purdue University -- ranked #5 nationwide!" and hoped no one would notice.

Pollution and poverty are more violent than any conceivable protest.

Mexican WWII poster: “ AMERICANOS TODOS LUCHAMOS POR LA VICTORIA.”

Mexico Versus Nazis is a theme that’s really resonating with me of late

Here is another absolutely spectacular Mexican WWII poster

This Mexican WWII poster is some of the hardest shit ever

When he's finally gone, there is going to be this flood of books and tell all interviews from Republicans about how hard it was to be a Republican in Washington during this time and I am going to be galatically furious about it.

reading slaughterhouse 5 for the first time and i was absolutely knocked senseless by this passage, which is so true and relevant that it feels like it was pulled from a history book

Registered 😀

But shall this crazed old man be tamely suffered to drag a whole ship’s company down to doom with him?

Can any #skystorians recommend scholarship about American tourism to western Europe post-WW2? I'm particularly interested in Germany, but any work that explores how Americans perceived leisure travel to Europe during that era would be helpful. Signal boosts appreciated!

Can any #skystorians recommend scholarship about American tourism to western Europe post-WW2? I'm particularly interested in Germany, but any work that explores how Americans perceived leisure travel to Europe during that era would be helpful. Signal boosts appreciated!

Has anyone studied the impact of spoiled past-date IPA shelfies on craft sales? I know a cursed NYT Article That Shall Not Be Named got us all dogpiling on the "IPAs suck" argument lately, but wouldn't buying a shitty spoiled grocery store IPA leave an impression? Is there data on this?

Here's a photo of my friend and colleague, Jorge Bautista, getting shot in the face with a flashbang grenade. The ICE Agent is so afraid of Jorge (who was posing no threat) that he has wet himself. Please share this photo. Everyone needs to know what cowards ICE agents are.

My kid worked at a brewery. One fun job was crushing all the bad cans that had sat too long, were going to be shelf turds plus all the short pours and other fails. A huge number of steel toe boot stomped cans ended up binned. But at least they dealt with them before going out as retail. #reputation

Has anyone studied the impact of spoiled past-date IPA shelfies on craft sales? I know a cursed NYT Article That Shall Not Be Named got us all dogpiling on the "IPAs suck" argument lately, but wouldn't buying a shitty spoiled grocery store IPA leave an impression? Is there data on this?

Two years ago, Molson Coors execs were crowing about its "game-changing momentum." Everything was coming up blue/silver. But now, the scoreboard is flashing red, and a new CEO is making broad cuts. This week at @vinepair.com, I broke down how momentum swung the other way on America's #2 brewer.

Early American food was rich with African flavor. 🥘 Ep. 404 of #BenFranklinsWorld highlights how enslaved and free Black chefs shaped culinary culture and power. 🎧 benfranklinsworld.com/404 #FoodHistory #VastEarlyAmerica #History

I'd say the next president should repurpose the ballroom into the National Museum of Trump Corruption, but it's probably not big enough.

Just found my earliest references yet to specifically Märzen-style beers served at an American Oktoberfest, going back to 1958! They were imported, not brewed locally, but still very exciting to find.

A fun anecdote in this is that Anheuser Busch created "Anheuser Märzen" in late '87, invited Michael Jackson to their test release, and soon after he gave the beer a nod in his New World Guide to Beer. Now that's earned media!

He lost the 2020 election. He knew it. He lied about it. And now he’s demanding your money because knowingly lying didn’t make him President.

A fun anecdote in this is that Anheuser Busch created "Anheuser Märzen" in late '87, invited Michael Jackson to their test release, and soon after he gave the beer a nod in his New World Guide to Beer. Now that's earned media!

You might think there are few places less conducive to learning how to drink than Salt Lake City, and reasonably so. In the 1980s, it wasn’t easy to get a drink there. But for the isolated teen, alcohol offered a potent weapon of rebellion.

I asked this once at the old site but asking again here: to your knowledge, what were the first explicit Oktoberfest-style beers made in North America? Trying to chart the history of the leadingest seasonal around.

Stop scrolling and post two characters who bring you happiness :)

Your periodic reminder that this is a fantastic series you should be listening to.