Kate Bernot

Narratively having Ever Given getting stuck in 2021 to set up Hormuz in 2026 is great foreshadowing. You want your audience to understand the basics of international shipping in a lower stakes context so you drop the real plot without a lot of saggy exposition about the minutiae of cargo logistics.

Ground Round in Springfield NJ was the first restaurant my parents dared take me and my brother to as children. The smoking section left an impression.

Hey beverage enjoyers, there is an announcement out there of Fair State releasing their core brands under new labels, and I just want to reiterate that the beer & THC bevs are still fully Union Made! So please keep prioritizing them in your purchasing!

Fauxwestern lovechild of the Gorton's fisherman and the Man in the Yellow Hat.

The playful, prolific use of hyperlinks in online journalism (eg Slate, Pitchfork) didn’t anticipate link-rot. Now so many articles are pock-marked with cryptic allusions that some long-dead link once explained. Weird how quickly a new style comes to feel more archaic than the traditional format

The 30-Year Journey of Chicago's Lager Beer Riot Embark on a winding road to, through, and beyond Chicago's famous beer riot to see how a downtown brawl shaped over a quarter century of Midwestern…

My colleague @brewedculture.org is hosting a fascinating virtual class through Chicago's Newberry Library about Chicago's lager beer riot—its ethnic roots, transatlantic implications, and its citywide legacy. Neat stuff: www.newberry.org/calendar/bee...

Want to know more about WHY Americans eat so much meat?

The Price of Plenty: A History of Meat On America.

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Exclusive: Daines says his stunning exit was designed to avoid ‘a very expensive’ race The Montana Republican sat down with Semafor to talk about the backstory behind his sudden, field-clearing retirement from Congress.

BACKSTORY: in interview Sen. Steve Daines says he closely worked with White House to coalesce behind Kurt Alme, avoid a primary and withdraw from race at last minute to block Democrats Tester, Bullock or Schweitzer from running. Alme didn’t even know White House was vetting him

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Fantastic article by @kbernot.bsky.social. I suspect the new, adaptive craft brewery strategies shown here aren't exactly new, but they were marginal. Now they're filling an essential center in craft's identity that's been hollowed out.

(it's a probably a good thing on balance)

The craft beer boom is over. These new breweries find hope in staying small. A new crop of craft brewery owners believe that quality beer is a must, but it’s everything else — hospitality, food, trivia nights — that will decide their fate.

Roughly 200 breweries are expected to open across the US this year. Who opens a brewery in 2026?

I talked to a few of the entrepreneurs behind them: wapo.st/4l336RS

Live discussing the Tilray x BrewDog deal with @jessicainfante.bsky.social and @kbernot.bsky.social: www.instagram.com/its.fingers/...

Tired: BrewDog has betrayed its punk roots by accepting private-equity cash
Wired: BrewDog's "punk" schtick was always an expedient marketing sham
Inspired: BrewDog incinerated billions of dollars of implied value and made global capital interests look stupid, finally fulfilling its punk mission

Moving Target — BrewDog Shuffles Global Pubs, Seeking Sales in Further From Home — Good Beer Hunting THE GIST   Leaders for global beer company BrewDog say they are working to stop business losses by closing pubs in the U.S. and U.K. while simultaneously planning to open more elsewhere, focusin...

"While acknowledging strong business headwinds on its home turf, the company hopes to project itself as a unique global entity in craft beer, worthy of ongoing investment and confidence."

Co. was still dangling an IPO in 2023: www.goodbeerhunting.com/sightlines/2...

Tilray—which can't resist a distressed asset—acquires BrewDog for just ~$44m.

ir.tilray.com/news-release...

As is so often the case, @kbernot.bsky.social's reporting and trend analysis showed me the way on this column: feelgoodsinsights.com/analysis/alc...

This might be an Oklahoma-only play so could explain lack of TTB knuckle-slapping

Good morning CannaBev Summit! 👋

En route to CannaBev Summit in Miami this morning, where Jon Halper and I will be sharing knowledge about brand loyalty in THC beverages on Friday morning.

It's a topic we at Feel Goods have been all over recently: feelgoodsinsights.com/analysis/thc...

Hey if any media types are interested in what shapes meat prices, I’m your person.

https://maureenogle.com/

Odds that initial anonymous $5K is just ... the founders' parents?

Glutenberg had a good following! Not sure what the cause of their disruptions are but they haven't had supply stateside since last summer, it seems.

Big Gluten-Free Brands Are Disappearing, Opening the Door for Craft Brewers With brands such as RedBridge and Glutenberg no longer widely available, smaller breweries are finding success in a “need state” niche.

There’s at least one corner of the craft beer world experiencing notable demand: gluten-free beer.

When three major brands disappeared from shelves last year, it opened a lucrative niche for smaller producers: www.brewingindustryguide.com/gluten-free-...

Hell yeah NJ drinks writer mafia stand up! Where did you grow up, Matthew?

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Why artificial intelligence detectors could penalize academic writing - Nature Human Behaviour Writing produced using artificial intelligence is becoming more common in academia, which has prompted institutions to look for ways to detect it. Bo Hu warns that an overreliance on fixed linguistic ...

“As some universities and journals adopt AI-text detectors, they risk creating a feedback loop that constrains how authors express themselves. I have seen colleagues intentionally simplify their grammar or break down complex rhetorical structures to avoid arousing algorithmic suspicion.”

broken clock, etc

not wrong

Big fan of the Guinness NA, too. Replicates the flavors of "the real thing" (a major point we cover in the newsletter) and bc of that signature texture, it feels substantive.