Last year, LL Cool J became the first hip-hop artist to deliver a relevant, fully formed record 40 years after his debut. My latest substack isn’t a review as much as it is a reflection on reminders, comebacks, purpose, and curtain calls. https://t.co/aDiixKwW6D

New Substack post: Your beer shop isn’t a one-size-fits-all situation. Brewery taprooms Grocery stores Specialty bottle shops Each has a sweet spot. https://t.co/TiLSb4Pufb

NEW SUBSTACK - The Three Playlists I Made While Making Sense of Cowboy Carter

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Join us for the inaugural Beer People, a new monthly gathering of folks who care about beer quality and culture here in Oakland...

The Fort Point x HenHouse merger is more than a business story—it’s a cultural one. What happens when small breweries grow, consolidate, or compromise? What do they risk losing in the process? Wrote this piece to ask: what makes a brewery matter?

Perfect encapsulation of the Democratic Party's pitch over the last 40 years: 'Better things aren't possible. If you think they are, you're stupid.'

Come to the first public meeting of Over Beers Club, which will be held on 5/24 at Alkali Rye in Oakland. Details... Walking Like I'm Talking 2: Over Beers Club https://t.co/t3DaHu7jT0 Tickets... https://t.co/xSkDIgCdbm

My latest @SubstackInc The Slow Pour and the Long Game https://t.co/Az4xFqTzVO Breweries like Geisthaus and Bierstadt aren't trying to be everything to everyone. Instead, they bring an uncommon focus and intention.

Kicking off a new guided tasting series at @paulista510 on Tues, May 6: Beer Basics. Small group. 5 beers. Big flavor. No ego. We’ll dig into process, ingredients & sensory cues to help you drink deeper. 12 spots only. Join me. https://t.co/2ReCoxgooF

I have huge respect for Bernie, but if one of the few members of Congress not funded by the Israel lobby *still* can’t say the word “genocide,” or condemn the slaughter in Gaza without throat-clearing about Israel’s right to defend itself, what hope do we have of stopping this?

(1/6) Voting in Oakland’s Special Election ends 8pm this Tuesday April 15.   How to Vote:   Local registered voters should have received vote-by-mail ballots to use. If you haven’t received it, contact Alameda County Registrar of Voters. Mail containing your ballot looks like:

Proud to have my Oakland campaign financing run-down excerpted at the Phoenix Project this week---its a phenomenal group of dedicated fact-finders and reporters. Necessary info for last-minute voters ahead of Tuesday

Reigniting the Fire: A Response to Your Responses https://t.co/emlJ49pP0n Craft beer isn’t doomed, but it is getting stale. I wrote a piece about how our past successes should inform our next steps and received insightful responses from brewers, drinkers, and critics.

https://t.co/NqpFwhX2x7 These students are brave and inspiring. We need much more of this from my fellow white Jews.

Anyone who loves beer will love this deep dive by @BeerAndSoulBlog into why the beer industry is where it is now. https://t.co/huxaitHUPF

From Insurgency to Inertia—How Craft Beer Won the Battle But Lost Its Edge My first Substack is a survey of my twenty years working in craft beer. I invite you to read the piece & join the conversation:

This is a line of argument that has failed again and again. Yet Dems keep making it.

Dear Democrats, Do not move to the center! Sincerely, Someone who has watched you do this after every election loss the past 50 years

This was atrocious. Dems have been trying to beat Republicans by acting like Republicans for over 30 years, and it has made everything worse. Yet, here we are.