Beer And Soul

Lumumba was a beer salesman.

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

NEW SUBSTACK -
The Three Playlists I Made While Making Sense of Cowboy Carter https://t.co/FFtdYs0Ge1

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

https://t.co/xaq8P620HT

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

Join us for the inaugural Beer People, a new monthly gathering of folks who care about beer quality and culture here in Oakland...
https://t.co/Gj5sNWrrA9

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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?
https://t.co/qMNWRZHC6g

[Briahna Joy Gray @briebriejoy]

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.'

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

My latest @substack
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.

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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

[Dan Sheehan @danpjsheehan]

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?

[Rebecca Kaplan, Oakland City Council @Kaplan4Oakland]

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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:

[Jaime Omar Yassin @hyphy_republic]

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

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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.

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

https://t.co/NqpFwhX2x7

These students are brave and inspiring. We need much more of this from my fellow white Jews.

[BrokeAssStuart @BrokeAssStuart]

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

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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: https://t.co/7naHpuDwod

[Jeet Heer @HeerJeet]

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

[Robert Reich @RBReich]

Dear Democrats,

Do not move to the center!

Sincerely,

Someone who has watched you do this after every election loss the past 50 years

[Beer And Soul @BeerAndSoulBlog]

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.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Slotkin: As a cold war kid, I am thankful it was Reagan and not Trump in office in the 1980's. Trump would have lost us the cold war.