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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 4h

Some of my first beer articles were on @porchdrinking.com. My first @nagbw.bsky.social award was for an article for PD. My earliest press credentials were through PD. I am forever grateful to Tristan & the team for the support & opportunities over the years. porchdrinking.com/saying-goodb...

Saying Goodbye the Way it Began | 2025 GABF Night One Recap

As day one of the 2025 Great American Beer Festival comes to a close, Tristan pens his heartfelt farewell to PorchDrinking.

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 8h

Honored to be on @courtiseman.bsky.social's excellent new Hugging the Bar podcast to talk about Final Gravity, beer writing, and why zines are so freaking cool: open.spotify.com/episode/6BQy...

4. Reaching Final Gravity, Reaching Readers: The Craft of Beer Zines with David Nilsen

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 1d

New blog post: How to pair Gueuze & wild ales w/craft chocolate. These beers occupy a small niche in the beer ecosystem, but they can pair beautifully w/craft chocolate. Pairing w/these beers can be challenging, but they offer some truly elegant pairings.
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Pairings Gueuze and Wild Ales with Craft Chocolate — Bean to Barstool

How do Belgian Gueuzes and Wild Ales pair with craft chocolate? Bean to Barstool host David Nilsen walks through the various expressions of wild fermentations in beer and explains how to pair these es...

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Ollie Kaplan @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social · 2d

I'm really excited about this article that @averykaplan.bsky.social and I wrote. It was inspired by a small moment of kindness from @maxtani.bsky.social after the Bud Light debacle a few years ago.

David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, guess what? Final Gravity Issue 10 is now available for preorder! Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social, @averykaplan.bsky.social, @jdharlock.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. Details here: www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10 — Bean to Barstool

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10, with articles about Our Culture Brewing, Almaza Lager, Cusqueña lager, queer beer boycotts, the Hasta La Raiz benefit beer, and much more.

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 3d

I'm not sure how many more notifications I'm going to need about the Tom Holland/Robert Downey Jr NA beer & coffee collab before I click through to read one of them, but apparently the answer seems to be at least one more.

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Avery Kaplan, Lady Skeleton @averykaplan.bsky.social · 3d

I’m extremely proud of the timely article @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social & I wrote for Final Gravity Issue 10, and extremely grateful to be involved in this awesome zine! Beer is about community, but the Bud Light boycott over trans people complicated things. Please consider preordering the issue today:

David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, guess what? Final Gravity Issue 10 is now available for preorder! Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social, @averykaplan.bsky.social, @jdharlock.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. Details here: www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10 — Bean to Barstool

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10, with articles about Our Culture Brewing, Almaza Lager, Cusqueña lager, queer beer boycotts, the Hasta La Raiz benefit beer, and much more.

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 3d

Hey, guess what? Final Gravity Issue 10 is now available for preorder! Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by @rebeccaoliver.bsky.social, @averykaplan.bsky.social, @jdharlock.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, & others. Details here: www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10 — Bean to Barstool

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 10, with articles about Our Culture Brewing, Almaza Lager, Cusqueña lager, queer beer boycotts, the Hasta La Raiz benefit beer, and much more.

www.beantobarstool.com

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Kat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 3d

Today marks the two-year anniversary of the horrific October 7 attack.

As we mourn the 1,218 lives lost that day, let us also keep alive the dream of a lasting peace and a better future for all.

Ceasefire now. Every hostage must come home. And a safer world for everyone.

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 4d

Does your local rumor mill explode with speculation about "what's going in" every time a bulldozer digs up a neglected lot, or do you not live in a small town?

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Katie Mather @katiematherkm.bsky.social · 5d

I'm on my way home after three weeks of travel in Germany and Belgium.

It would be absolutely ace to get back to some new orders of my zine A Place To Be!

If you've not got yours yet, please take a look here: www.pelliclemag.com/shop/a-place...

A Place To Be — A Zine About Drinking In Liminal Spaces by Katie Mather — Pellicle

A Place To Be is a brand new zine and the first work published in print by Pellicle Magazine. Written and designed by Pellicle’s deputy editor Katie Mather, A Place To Be is a collection of found s...

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 6d

The new round of bigotry against AI discourse is legit the dumbest shit I've heard this decade

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 6d

That's too bad - that's a fun fest!

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 6d

It is so hard to explain to anyone who didn't grow up Evangelical why some media was ok and some wasn't. Violence, gore, terror? All good. Nudity or profanity? Hold up there.

We could watch the human body be ripped apart. Seeing it whole was where sin was found.

David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 6d

I first saw Night of the Living Dead in a hotel room with my dad when I was 10. Did not sleep well after.

Letterboxd @letterboxd.social · 6d

Night of the Living Dead was released 57 years ago today🧟‍♂️

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Machine Pun Kelly @kellyscaletta.bsky.social · 6d

Somewhere in America, a young Hispanic girl is hiding in an attic writing a diary.

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FANZINES @fanzines.bsky.social · Jun 27

"zines have no algorithm" 💘

A screengrab of Tumblr user Gemini Zines's text post reads "i think everyone should make zines. about everything all the time. make a zine about a playlist, about a good sandwich you made, about a cool bug you saw, about a skill you can teach, about a cause you care about. put them everywhere. pin them to community boards and tape them to poles and leave them in cafes and in between library books. i hate how social media has been taken over more than ever now by big greedy corporations and people and has become a mess of churning shit out for the algorithm. zines have no algorithm it is just the love in your heart the passion in your soul whatever your pencil decides to put on paper!! and it's beautiful!! make zines now!"

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 7d

It's like taking notes to review a new play while the city outside the theater burns to the ground.

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 7d

Two truths:
1. It is next to impossible to care right now about beer and the other leisure pursuits I cover.
2. Covering beer and other leisure pursuits is how I make my living.

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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 9d

Folk faith knows the hop as plant of luck, a thing to be slipped into a sleep pillow. The witch knows it as a sower of bitterness. A fuel for breakup spells, cock-drooping sorceries. We have its secret names, how to use its claws in our bindings. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982 #WitchSky

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 14d

One of my favorite books ever. Heart, humor, horror.

HauntedSink @hauntedsink.bsky.social · Jun 13

it is friday the 13th. maybe it would be relaxing to your heart to read a summer-camp slasher movie in the form of a novel?

my book THE SUMMER IS ENDED AND WE ARE NOT YET SAVED is back in print, and available in various ebook formats.

asofterworld.com/joey/summer....

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vernie, the bone hydra @vvoogs.bsky.social · 15d

i was not born to work i was born to make weird and pointless zines

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 15d

New blog post! Naviluna’s new Velvet Stout-Infused bar is made with nibs reclaimed from brewing a chocolate stout, and also utilized candied banana. It’s a fascinating bar with an even more interesting story. www.beantobarstool.com/blog/navilun...

Naviluna Velvet Stout-Infused Dark Chocolate — Bean to Barstool

Naviluna Artisan Chocolate in India has made a Velvet Stout-Infused dark chocolate bar with Indian Kerala cacao nibs steeped in stout before being reclaimed, dried, and turned into this fascinating be...

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 15d

The biggest challenge of packing for work travel: deciding with craft chocolate bars to bring to share with colleagues when we hang out.

David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 15d

There's a zine series all about dumplings, y'all. Above the Fold: abovethefoldpress.com/collections/...

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 17d

New episode of Bean to Barstool! In pt 2 of my talk w/cacao agronomist Sarah Bharath, we continue our conversation about cacao farming & fermentation, & also discuss overlaps w/the ingredients & brewing of beer. www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/sar...

Cacao Farming, Fermentation, & Beer with Sarah Bharath, Part 2 — Bean to Barstool

In this episode, host David Nilsen and cacao agronomist Sarah Bharath discuss cacao farming, cacao fermentation, and the tension between the economic need for efficiency and the deeper need for patien...

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