Josh Noel
@joshnoel.bsky.social
Author of “Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit” and “Barrel-Aged Stout and Selling Out: Goose Island, Anheuser-Busch and How Craft Beer Became Bug Business.” Working on the next one.
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it blows my mind that anyone is still pretending like trump is anything but a dictator, here is steve bannon talking about how they, in clear and certain terms, intends to install trump as president in 2028
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
it blows my mind that anyone is still pretending like trump is anything but a dictator, here is steve bannon talking about how they, in clear and certain terms, intends to install trump as president in 2028
“Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit” was shortlisted by the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for its 2025 Chicago Review of Books (CHIRBy) Awards amid some excellent company 🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏾
October 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
“Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled Spirit” was shortlisted by the @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social for its 2025 Chicago Review of Books (CHIRBy) Awards amid some excellent company 🙏🏽🙏🏼🙏🏾
Remember when you had to look in the newspaper to see what time a movie was showing at the theater — which was the only place where movies were shown? Damn those were the days. Wish Gen Z could have experienced that.
September 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Remember when you had to look in the newspaper to see what time a movie was showing at the theater — which was the only place where movies were shown? Damn those were the days. Wish Gen Z could have experienced that.
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I read an entire book on the history of Malört and I am now a super fan, AMA (“Malört, the redemption of a revered and reviled spirit” by Josh Noel)
August 6, 2025 at 3:02 AM
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Do you ever think of a brewery that closed and get a little bummed you can’t sit in that taproom again? That just happened to me.
August 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Do you ever think of a brewery that closed and get a little bummed you can’t sit in that taproom again? That just happened to me.
Block Club doing what it does best
Chicago performer’s Terrible Portrait drawings have become a hit.
Logan Square farmers market attendees are flocking to a table in the boulevard to have their portrait drawn by Jacob Ryan Reno for $5 — and he’s “bewildered” as to why.
"I have no plan to get better." blockclubchi.co/46y1smc
Logan Square farmers market attendees are flocking to a table in the boulevard to have their portrait drawn by Jacob Ryan Reno for $5 — and he’s “bewildered” as to why.
"I have no plan to get better." blockclubchi.co/46y1smc
August 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Block Club doing what it does best
After 10 days in Northern California I’m firmly in the Blind Pig > Pliny camp.
August 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
After 10 days in Northern California I’m firmly in the Blind Pig > Pliny camp.
WOW. Pour one out for a legend. What a special place. And factored big in the Malört narrative!
Had its run. Onward. chicago.eater.com/closings/160...
Had its run. Onward. chicago.eater.com/closings/160...
June 27, 2025 at 11:37 PM
WOW. Pour one out for a legend. What a special place. And factored big in the Malört narrative!
Had its run. Onward. chicago.eater.com/closings/160...
Had its run. Onward. chicago.eater.com/closings/160...
Spotted Cow on draft 👑
June 26, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Spotted Cow on draft 👑
Herbie Hancock’s fusion period will save us.
June 23, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Herbie Hancock’s fusion period will save us.
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Trump: “I want to just say, we love you God”
June 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Trump: “I want to just say, we love you God”
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June 18, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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May 31, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The pope being from Chicago only gets funnier as time goes on.
May 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
The pope being from Chicago only gets funnier as time goes on.
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Quick, rush out a new cover
May 8, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Quick, rush out a new cover
Book sales about to explode, thank you Catholic Church.
May 8, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Book sales about to explode, thank you Catholic Church.
People who litter … what’s up with that
May 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
People who litter … what’s up with that
A legend — and even more interesting than most of us knew. He was always my first stop when picking up the Reader on Thursday back in the day. RIP. www.inclusivefuneralcare.com/m/obituaries...
May 4, 2025 at 3:40 AM
A legend — and even more interesting than most of us knew. He was always my first stop when picking up the Reader on Thursday back in the day. RIP. www.inclusivefuneralcare.com/m/obituaries...
Aja obviously and Gaucho yes but The Royal Scam … 👑
May 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Aja obviously and Gaucho yes but The Royal Scam … 👑
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@joshnoel.bsky.social This must be the Malört of Japan
2 Nights in Sapporo.
Featuring snake-soaked liquor that tastes how Hatred feels!
Featuring snake-soaked liquor that tastes how Hatred feels!
May 3, 2025 at 12:26 AM
@joshnoel.bsky.social This must be the Malört of Japan
April 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
OH YEAH BABY
The top scorer for Mon, Apr 21, 2025, UTC is: @joshnoel.bsky.social! They scored 420 points for #Wordle 1402 and solved it on row 1! That's better than 203 (~99%) other users. 🙌🙌🙌
April 22, 2025 at 11:04 PM
OH YEAH BABY
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I simply do not understand how a NEWS ORGANIZATION is basically existing in a stage of siege but very rarely conveys in its political coverage that we are in a state of emergency
NYTimes Publisher AG Sulzberger tells a Columbia conference that his company spends 10X as much on security as it did before Trump won his first term.
April 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I simply do not understand how a NEWS ORGANIZATION is basically existing in a stage of siege but very rarely conveys in its political coverage that we are in a state of emergency
Wordle 1,402 1/6*
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April 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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I try hard not to wear a beer t-shirt and a beer baseball cap at the same time and today I sadly failed.
April 18, 2025 at 10:44 PM
I try hard not to wear a beer t-shirt and a beer baseball cap at the same time and today I sadly failed.