Brian Alberts
@brewedculture.org
Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. He/him
Always worth it when someone else is buying! But yeah I think this stone will be left unturned.
December 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Always worth it when someone else is buying! But yeah I think this stone will be left unturned.
Just don't sit on a creaky chair like I did for my podcasts (oops!)
December 6, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Just don't sit on a creaky chair like I did for my podcasts (oops!)
I'm not sure I've ever tried to rate the assorted Cratchit's before!
December 5, 2025 at 10:34 PM
I'm not sure I've ever tried to rate the assorted Cratchit's before!
Alastair Sim! But George C. Scott is great too.
a black and white photo of a man with the word humbug written in yellow
ALT: a black and white photo of a man with the word humbug written in yellow
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December 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Alastair Sim! But George C. Scott is great too.
Craft beer's edison bulb ratio just went up, and it's oatmeal stout ratio just went down, and both are tragic.
December 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Craft beer's edison bulb ratio just went up, and it's oatmeal stout ratio just went down, and both are tragic.
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Fingers is like no other drinks publication out there. I don't score wines, review whiskeys, or wax poetic about craft breweries. I publish adversarial reportage and analysis on the business, politics, and culture of drinking in America—especially the money/power shaping it. Just one recent example:
The anatomy of a right-wing booze grift: www.fingers.email/p/the-anatom...
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Fingers is like no other drinks publication out there. I don't score wines, review whiskeys, or wax poetic about craft breweries. I publish adversarial reportage and analysis on the business, politics, and culture of drinking in America—especially the money/power shaping it. Just one recent example:
Loved reading this! Out of curiosity, was John Larson's book "Laid Waste!" part of your research for the book? He didn't focus on meat specifically, but your respective concepts seem like kindred spirits.
November 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Loved reading this! Out of curiosity, was John Larson's book "Laid Waste!" part of your research for the book? He didn't focus on meat specifically, but your respective concepts seem like kindred spirits.