Clips

A comprehensive personal archive of all the things I’ve written. You can also check out my Muckrack page, which might be more current. No promises on that. I also publish on my Medium site when the spirit strikes me.

It’s time for craft beer to embrace organized labor
December 28, 2020 | October
North Peak Blitzen Festivus Is a Holiday Beer for the Rest of Us
December 17, 2020 | October
There Are No Grey Days with Green Bench Les Grisettes
December 7, 2020 | October
Transmitter’s S9 Noble Saison Might Be the Best American Farmhouse Ale on the Market
December 5, 2020 | October
Chad McDevitt Is Literally America’s Biggest Beer Nerd
December 3, 2020 | October
Yes, It’s OK to Drink This Beer for Breakfast
December 1, 2020 | October
Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter Is Too Much of a Good Thing
November 25, 2020 | October
Outer Range Final Summit Is a Farmhouse Ale of the Future
November 23, 2020 | October
Lamplighter Strega Nona Is Some Kind of Witchcraft
November 16, 2020 | October
Surreal’s Milkshake IPA Takes the Booze Out of a Bold Beer Style
November 12, 2020 | October
Humble Forager’s Elevated Perspective Goes Rogue in Pursuit of Perfection
November 10, 2020 | October
What We Do in the Shadows’ Matt Berry Will Have a Guinness for Lunch
November 6, 2020 | October
Baja Brewing’s Escorpion Negro Is a Better Modelo Negra
November 5, 2020 | October
The Dark Stuff Is a Cozy Hoodie in Beer Form
November 2, 2020 | October
Harpoon Dunkin’ Pumpkin Is Everything You Love About Pumpkin Spice Lattes
October 30, 2020 | October
Junkyard Double Barrel-Aged King Size Is No Tricks, All Treat
October 28, 2020 | October
Lazy Magnolia’s Vanilla Pecan Is a Sweet Surprise
October 1, 2020 | October
Never Tell Is Too Good to Keep Secret
September 16, 2020 | October
Fair State becomes America’s first union microbrewery
September 10, 2020 | October
Elysian’s Dayglow IPA Is Sensory Overload (in a Good Way)
September 3, 2020 | October
What Does Surly’s Closure Mean for Craft Beer Unions?
September 3, 2020 | October
Insight’s Old One-Eye Is a Beer of the Gods
August 24, 2020 | October
Meet the Grapefruit LaCroix of Beers
August 17, 2020 | October
Why Hard Kombucha Isn’t the Next Hard Seltzer
August 11, 2020 | October
Magic Hat #9’s Greatest Trick Is Its Staying Power
August 3, 2020 | October
Blue Moon Takes Its Belgian Witbier to New Heights With LightSky
July 13, 2020 | October
Go Nuts for Indeed’s Pistachio Cream Ale
June 4, 2020 | October
Minneapolis Breweries Show Solidarity With Protests
June 2, 2020 | October
Ommegang Idyll Days Is the Perfect Beer for Doing Absolutely Nothing
June 1, 2020 | October
Crooked Stave Sour Rosé Is a Guiltless Pleasure
May 25, 2020 | October
Give Pabst Another Blue Ribbon for Hard Coffee
May 20, 2020 | October
Hairless Dog’s Nonalcoholic IPA Is the Best of Breed
May 13, 2020 | October
Lakefront’s New Grist Sets the Standard for Gluten-Free Beers
May 5, 2020 | October
Bell’s Light Hearted Is the Quintessential Low-Cal IPA
April 28, 2020 | October
O’so Hop Debacle Is an Unexpected Masterpiece
April 23, 2020 | October
A Brief History of Putting Raw Eggs in Beer
April 22, 2020 | October
Stillwater’s General Gose Won’t Replace Your Takeout Order
April 22, 2020 | October
Able BLK WLF Is a Devious Beast
April 20, 2020 | October
Fulton Hopped! Is for the Hard Seltzer Hater
April 15, 2020 | October
Offshoot’s Relax [It’s Just a Hazy IPA] Is Exactly That
April 14, 2020 | October
Spotted Cow Is Great, But Moon Man Is Better
January 8, 2020 | October
Shacksbury Vermonter Is All That’s Great About the Green Mountain State
December 26, 2019 | October
Have Yourself a Merry Little Hardywood Gingerbread Stout
December 17, 2019 | October
Three Floyds Alpha Klaus Is a Christmas Miracle
December 9, 2019 | October
Wandering Into the Fog Mosaic Is a Near-Perfect IPA
December 3, 2019 | October
Hunker Down with Rush River Winter Warmer
December 3, 2019 | October
Toppling Goliath and Melvin Brew Up a Champion Pale Ale
November 19, 2019 | October
Brewing Projekt’s IP-A Is a Juicy 90s Throwback
November 15, 2019 | October
Sierra Nevada Hop Bullet Fires Back at Hazy IPAs
November 6, 2019 | October
Milwaukee’s Outboard Cream Ale Is a Beer for Simpler Times
November 2, 2019 | October
Indeed Mexican Honey Is the Bee’s Knees
October 15, 2019 | October
Almanac Strikes Gold with Sunshine & Opportunity
September 30, 2019 | October
Perennial Hopfentea Breaks All the Rules—For the Better
September 17, 2019 | October
Coors Banquet Offers Little More Than Nostalgia
September 11, 2019 | October
WarPigs Salmon Pants Is What Premium Lager Should Be
August 28, 2019 | October
Blue Point and Presidente’s Una Fría Is a Vacation in a Bottle
August 19, 2019 | October
Cigar City’s Oatmeal Raisin Cookie Is Straight Out of the Cookie Jar
August 5, 2019 | October
Great Lakes Buckin’ Mule Is Definitely Not a Cocktail
July 29, 2019 | October
What Are Cheladas—and Why Are They Everywhere?
July 23, 2019 | October
Bruery Terreux’s Wit the Funk Is How ‘Spon’ Beer Should Be Done
July 11, 2019 | October
You Don’t Need to Run a Marathon to Enjoy 26.2 Brew
July 9, 2019 | October
Coronado Weekend Vibes Is the IPA You’ll Want to Drink All Summer
June 28, 2019 | October
Sixpoint Sweet Action Puts Substance Over Style
June 13, 2019 | October
Fair State Giantsbane Will Turn You Into a Wildling
June 5, 2019 | October
Odd Side Shamone Is Extravagance in a Can, and That’s OK
May 15, 2019 | October
How One Brewer’s Illness Inspired a New Age of Non-Alcoholic Beer
May 12, 2019 | October
Unraveling Minnesota’s Love Affair with Michelob Golden Light
May 8, 2019 | October
Lord Hobo’s 617 Is a Celebration of All Things Boston
April 24, 2019 | October
Deschutes Dives Back Into the Abyss With Its 2018 Reserve
April 18, 2019 | October
With Creature Comforts Reclaimed Rye, History Repeats Itself
April 11, 2019 | October
Schell’s Bock is the Beer of the Season
April 4, 2019 | October
Every Day Is Taco Tuesday With The Bruery’s Or Xata
April 2, 2019 | October
Omnipollo’s Aniara Is Too Out-of-this-World
March 11, 2019 | October
Prairie Artisan Ales’ Phantasmagoria Is a Deliciously Deceptive DIPA
March 5, 2019 | October
Tired Hands Helles Other People Is No Joke
February 19, 2019 | October
Sell Your Soul for Surly Darkness 2018
February 4, 2019 | October
Fair State and Modern Times Crossed 2,000 Miles for This Near-Perfect IPA
January 21, 2019 | October
Narragansett Lager Is an Easy-Drinking Nostalgia Trip
January 14, 2019 | October
Lamplighter Rabbit Rabbit Is an IPA Worth Chasing
January 7, 2019 | October
Oliphant’s Peanut Butter Toast-Inspired Honees Honees Delivers
January 3, 2019 | October
Give Yourself the Gift of St. Bernardus Christmas Ale
December 21, 2018 | October
Lake Superior Makes Superior Beer
December 13, 2018 | October
Not for Purists: Ale Asylum’s Bedlam! Belgian IPA Walks a Fine Line
December 6, 2018 | October
Evil Twin’s Molotov Heavy Is a Weapons-Grade IPA
December 3, 2018 | October
Party Like It’s 1848 with Utepils Brewing’s Alt 1848
November 29, 2018 | October
Ballast Point Sour Wench Is Berry Good
November 21, 2018 | October
Modist Brewing’s First Call Is a Beer You Can Drink for Breakfast
November 16, 2018 | October
Mikkeller’s Freddie Murkury Beer Is Better than the Movie
November 9, 2018 | October
Pipeworks Brewing Co.’s Lizard King Is Royally Good
November 7, 2018 | October
Noon Whistle Brewing and Planters Go Nuts with Mr. IPA-Nut
October 31, 2018 | October
Summit Brewing Company Reaches New Heights with Keller Pils
October 25, 2018 | October
Shiner’s Wicked Juicy Is Just Another Hazy IPA
October 19, 2018 | October
Castle Danger Brewing’s Castle Cream Ale Is a Winner
October 18, 2018 | October
Insight Brewing’s Doe Eyes Is a Cherry Jubilee
October 15, 2018 | October
Bent Paddle’s Cold Press Black Ale Is Still Hot
October 12, 2018 | October
Shiner’s Day Quencher Satisfies But Doesn’t Thrill
September 28, 2018 | October
Toppling Goliath Strikes Again with Fire, Skulls & Money
September 3, 2018 | October
All Hail the Rum King
August 28, 2018 | October
Yellow Belly, a Pastry Stout Cloaked in Controversy
August 23, 2018 | October
When in Minnesota, Drink Grain Belt Premium
August 22, 2018 | October
Drekker Ectogasm Is a Fiendishly Delicious IPA
August 21, 2018 | October
Dare Mighty Things is Still Chasing Greatness
August 17, 2018 | October
WeldWerks Achieves Pastry Stout Perfection
August 15, 2018 | October
Bow Down Before King Sue
July 27, 2018 | October
Monument City’s Penchant Pils Is a Pint of History
July 19, 2018 | October
Utilitarian Ecstasy
June 1, 2018 | October
A Potent Hybrid IPA
May 14, 2018 | October
Serve with Sunshine
May 7, 2018 | October
WarPigs Foggy Geezer quenches a thirst for vengeance
April 9, 2018 | October
Summit Belgian-Style Pale Ale Is a Gimmick Beer that Hates Gimmicks
September 21, 2017 | October
Fair State Lichtenhainer Is the Ultimate Acquired Taste
September 8, 2017 | October