Dave Infante
@dinfontay.com
reporter covering the beer industry (@vinepair.com), drinking in america (fingers), and east end richmond (the church hill lookout) | send tips to dave@dinfontay.com, or dinfontay.11 on signal (good tips only, thank you) | more: linktr.ee/dinfontay
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December 7, 2025 at 1:22 AM
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NEW: Tipsters tell me Pabst is in trouble, having cut 60-70 employees late last week in the 2nd big round of layoffs this year. “I think the layoffs are two-fold, trying to undercut the bad financial performance but also setting the company up for a buyout,” one recently laid-off employee said.
As declines mount, Pabst cuts senior employees in sweeping layoff
The country's fifth-largest brewery is in trouble—and trying to sublet its headquarters
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December 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
NEW: Tipsters tell me Pabst is in trouble, having cut 60-70 employees late last week in the 2nd big round of layoffs this year. “I think the layoffs are two-fold, trying to undercut the bad financial performance but also setting the company up for a buyout,” one recently laid-off employee said.
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VERMOUTH IS THE TRUTH hat is the fastest purchase I have ever made
December 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
VERMOUTH IS THE TRUTH hat is the fastest purchase I have ever made
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Buddy, I have bad news for you about how many 90yos should be driving
December 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Buddy, I have bad news for you about how many 90yos should be driving
December 6, 2025 at 6:38 PM
SOURCE CALL: I'm looking to speak with current or recently former employees of Pabst Brewing Co. If that's you/someone you know, please get in touch: dave@dinfontay.com or dinfontay.11. You can remain anonymous.
December 6, 2025 at 6:26 PM
SOURCE CALL: I'm looking to speak with current or recently former employees of Pabst Brewing Co. If that's you/someone you know, please get in touch: dave@dinfontay.com or dinfontay.11. You can remain anonymous.
In my column this week at The Lookout, I reported on the mission, history, and new, zoning-related dimension of the 59th (!!!) annual Church Hill Association Holiday House Tour:
Home(s) for the holidays in Church Hill
Plus: Newbille noncommittal on Parks & Rec-less driving!
www.chlookout.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:26 PM
In my column this week at The Lookout, I reported on the mission, history, and new, zoning-related dimension of the 59th (!!!) annual Church Hill Association Holiday House Tour:
so flattered that @marisakabas.bsky.social included fingers in this top-tier company. support the independent journalists you like! every subscription fee really counts—and besides, billionaire-owned media conglomerates neither need your money nor give a shit about you!
NEW — I put together a list of independent journalism subscriptions that would make great holiday gifts. From music to politics, astronomy to alcohol, tech to social justice, there’s something for [almost] everyone. Support indie media *and* surprise and delight your loved ones!
My guide:
My guide:
Giving the gift of independent journalism: a guide
The Handbasket has subscription suggestions for almost everyone on your list.
www.thehandbasket.co
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
so flattered that @marisakabas.bsky.social included fingers in this top-tier company. support the independent journalists you like! every subscription fee really counts—and besides, billionaire-owned media conglomerates neither need your money nor give a shit about you!
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"Military.com was about to be sold to a company with no discernible interest in journalism whose founder, Hassan Youssef, got his start with his brother in the online porn business, launching sites like Jugg World and XXX Rated Chicks." www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
The vanquishing of Military.com.
Former staffers say a new owner dealt the respected publication a death blow when service members and veterans needed it most.
www.cjr.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
"Military.com was about to be sold to a company with no discernible interest in journalism whose founder, Hassan Youssef, got his start with his brother in the online porn business, launching sites like Jugg World and XXX Rated Chicks." www.cjr.org/feature/mili...
great work olivia nuzzi, very cool thing you’ve done for female journalists across the country 👍
December 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
great work olivia nuzzi, very cool thing you’ve done for female journalists across the country 👍
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Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
February 8, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Found when sorting an old drive. I still, very occasionally, say 'not many badgers in the House of Lords' and this is why:
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Been waiting to read Infante's reporting and analysis here, and it does not disappoint.
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 6, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Been waiting to read Infante's reporting and analysis here, and it does not disappoint.
i get this & there’s merit to it but a) the fact that she even got the VF gig in the first place is a huge indictment of the cliquish ethical bankruptcy of media’s upper echelons, so they don’t get points for CYAing now + b) she prob would’ve kept that gig if she hadn’t doubled down on the grift!
Not to defend Olivia Nuzzi, who broke every rule in journalism and promoted a charlatan to his current position. But it's incredibly telling that she will lose her job, but RFK Jr. gets to stay in his job despite the reports of his drug use, his affairs and his defenestrating of public health.
December 5, 2025 at 11:12 PM
i get this & there’s merit to it but a) the fact that she even got the VF gig in the first place is a huge indictment of the cliquish ethical bankruptcy of media’s upper echelons, so they don’t get points for CYAing now + b) she prob would’ve kept that gig if she hadn’t doubled down on the grift!
passive-income gurus targeting people in recovery who need specialized living arrangements… feels bad man feels real bad
December 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
passive-income gurus targeting people in recovery who need specialized living arrangements… feels bad man feels real bad
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The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
CNN partners with Kalshi, a gambling app that lets you wager on starvation in Gaza
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
therealnews.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The network will integrate betting odds for life-and-death issues into its coverage. What could possibly go wrong?
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
By @ahjohnson.bsky.social
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Dave does a great job distilling and synthesizing the rise and fall of Rogue, and reading it makes me realize how out-of-step brands founded on toxic masculinity (to use a shorthand) have fared. The country is steeped in TM now, and it’s just not into beer brands offering more of the same.
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Dave does a great job distilling and synthesizing the rise and fall of Rogue, and reading it makes me realize how out-of-step brands founded on toxic masculinity (to use a shorthand) have fared. The country is steeped in TM now, and it’s just not into beer brands offering more of the same.
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So long, Rogue! A nice article that takes into account what goes on behind the scenes
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
So long, Rogue! A nice article that takes into account what goes on behind the scenes
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i wrote rogue off a long time ago when they busted their union, and they brewed mid beer, but their pink gin was one of my favorite spirits back when i was still the Gin Gremlin
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i wrote rogue off a long time ago when they busted their union, and they brewed mid beer, but their pink gin was one of my favorite spirits back when i was still the Gin Gremlin
hard to explain these days but less than two decades ago, saying something like this aloud in the wrong pre-prohibition themed stomp-clap gentrification "speakeasy" could get you challenged to fisticuffs by a guy in suspenders with a klout score higher than his bodyweight
No, Vodka Is Not a ‘Neutral Spirit’
I’m standing in a distillery in Poland, about an hour and a half away from Warsaw. Copper stills clatter and hum, working their magic on a spirit we’ve been drinking for, well, a very long time. A riv...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:43 PM
hard to explain these days but less than two decades ago, saying something like this aloud in the wrong pre-prohibition themed stomp-clap gentrification "speakeasy" could get you challenged to fisticuffs by a guy in suspenders with a klout score higher than his bodyweight
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"Every brewery that was once cool will someday not be, and it will still have bills to pay. Or, to dip back into metaphor: You can’t go Rogue forever." I regularly remind my class that yesterday's rebel is today's establishment - it's almost inevitable. Great piece by Dave.
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
"Every brewery that was once cool will someday not be, and it will still have bills to pay. Or, to dip back into metaphor: You can’t go Rogue forever." I regularly remind my class that yesterday's rebel is today's establishment - it's almost inevitable. Great piece by Dave.
the weather: snows ~2"
city of richmond: HEY NOTICE HOW YOU STILL HAVE WATER AND POWER? WE DID THAT SHIT!!!
city of richmond: HEY NOTICE HOW YOU STILL HAVE WATER AND POWER? WE DID THAT SHIT!!!
City of Richmond Highlights Preparedness Efforts for Winter Season
Email from City of Richmond FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE View as webpage Dec. 5, 2025 Taylor.fuqua@rva.gov City of Richmond Highlights Preparedness Efforts for Winter Season RICHMOND, Virginia – With the sea
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December 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
the weather: snows ~2"
city of richmond: HEY NOTICE HOW YOU STILL HAVE WATER AND POWER? WE DID THAT SHIT!!!
city of richmond: HEY NOTICE HOW YOU STILL HAVE WATER AND POWER? WE DID THAT SHIT!!!
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
vinepair.com
December 5, 2025 at 2:11 PM
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
it’s a goddamn winter wonderland in richmond folks
December 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
it’s a goddamn winter wonderland in richmond folks
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