Brian Alberts
@brewedculture.org
Historian, writer, dad studying the cultural history of beer. Footnotes and pizza both Chicago style. He/him
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[TITLE CARD: “1986”]
BOSS: Pete, we need a cool new beer with a cool name
PETE: how about Pete’s Plucky Pilsner
BOSS: ehhh
PETE: how about Pete’s Lovely Lager
BOSS: hmmm
PETE: Pete’s Hefty Hefeweizen
BOSS: let’s knock off for the day and come back strong tomorrow
BOSS: Pete, we need a cool new beer with a cool name
PETE: how about Pete’s Plucky Pilsner
BOSS: ehhh
PETE: how about Pete’s Lovely Lager
BOSS: hmmm
PETE: Pete’s Hefty Hefeweizen
BOSS: let’s knock off for the day and come back strong tomorrow
January 18, 2026 at 2:44 PM
[TITLE CARD: “1986”]
BOSS: Pete, we need a cool new beer with a cool name
PETE: how about Pete’s Plucky Pilsner
BOSS: ehhh
PETE: how about Pete’s Lovely Lager
BOSS: hmmm
PETE: Pete’s Hefty Hefeweizen
BOSS: let’s knock off for the day and come back strong tomorrow
BOSS: Pete, we need a cool new beer with a cool name
PETE: how about Pete’s Plucky Pilsner
BOSS: ehhh
PETE: how about Pete’s Lovely Lager
BOSS: hmmm
PETE: Pete’s Hefty Hefeweizen
BOSS: let’s knock off for the day and come back strong tomorrow
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GOV. WALZ CALLS UP MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO "PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY"
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
January 17, 2026 at 9:29 PM
GOV. WALZ CALLS UP MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TO "PROTECT THE PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE PEACEFULLY"
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
“We are staged and ready to respond. We are not deployed to city streets at this time" said MN NG Army Maj. Andrea Tsuchiya,...
For your blocking pleasure.
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:24 AM
For your blocking pleasure.
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NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
NEW: Jonathan Ross, the ICE thug who murdered Renee Good, was NOT TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL according to police reports. He was taken to the Federal Building. He was NOT INJURED. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, USA, September 2004
Now Anheuser-Busch InBev, since the takeover in 2008. They have 13 breweries in the USA but it started in St. Louis.
@anheuserbuschbeer.bsky.social
#brouwerij #brewery #bier #beer #craftbier #craftbeer #Bskybeer #beersky
Now Anheuser-Busch InBev, since the takeover in 2008. They have 13 breweries in the USA but it started in St. Louis.
@anheuserbuschbeer.bsky.social
#brouwerij #brewery #bier #beer #craftbier #craftbeer #Bskybeer #beersky
January 7, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis, USA, September 2004
Now Anheuser-Busch InBev, since the takeover in 2008. They have 13 breweries in the USA but it started in St. Louis.
@anheuserbuschbeer.bsky.social
#brouwerij #brewery #bier #beer #craftbier #craftbeer #Bskybeer #beersky
Now Anheuser-Busch InBev, since the takeover in 2008. They have 13 breweries in the USA but it started in St. Louis.
@anheuserbuschbeer.bsky.social
#brouwerij #brewery #bier #beer #craftbier #craftbeer #Bskybeer #beersky
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Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
January 15, 2026 at 2:12 AM
Near Lyndale and 24th Ave in Minneapolis tonight, feds have reportedly shot another person.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
Preliminary info is shaky for now, hearing two people injured.
BORTAC just rolled up in an armored vehicle. A crowd is gathering outside the police tape—MPD presence as well.
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January 14, 2026 at 6:41 PM
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Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
"“They specifically asked me if I knew where the Hmong families lived on my street & in the neighborhood.” Lugert-Thom responded, “I don’t know anything about that” & she said they then asked, “Well, what about the Asian families?”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
"“I was a bit shaken & a bit shocked of what I was asked to do.”"
A St. Paul resident says federal officers knocked on her door and asked her to identify Hmong and Asian households in her North End neighborhood last week.
January 14, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Having seen several abductions up close, it is really hard to convey how much the thing they’re doing is roaming in military convoys until they see someone who is alone and isn’t white, and then jumping out in large numbers, pulling them into a van, and screeching off, all in 90 seconds or so.
Glad I'm working on my technique and all, but making deep dish pizza for dinner two nights in a row was...unwise.
January 14, 2026 at 3:30 PM
Glad I'm working on my technique and all, but making deep dish pizza for dinner two nights in a row was...unwise.
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As thousands of immigration agents arrive in Minnesota, neighbors are working together to track, distract and protest ICE. The cat-and-mouse game between activists and agents is escalating as tactics change daily.
In the car with the Minneapolis community patrols working to disrupt ICE operations • Minnesota Reformer
As Elle Neubauer drove before dawn past the darkened windows of the immigrant-owned businesses on Lake Street in Minneapolis, her co-pilot and friend Patty O’Keefe scanned the passing vehicles with bi...
minnesotareformer.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
As thousands of immigration agents arrive in Minnesota, neighbors are working together to track, distract and protest ICE. The cat-and-mouse game between activists and agents is escalating as tactics change daily.
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I found this hilarious picture of the old interior of Schneider Weißbierbrauerei, presumably from before the rebuild 1901-1903. There's so much going on!
January 12, 2026 at 7:54 PM
I found this hilarious picture of the old interior of Schneider Weißbierbrauerei, presumably from before the rebuild 1901-1903. There's so much going on!
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Final Gravity Issue 11 is now available for preorder w/free shipping when it mails early Feb. Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by Lana Svitankova, @jacopomazzeo.bsky.social, @davidjesudason.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, and many more. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/preor...
Final Gravity, A Beer Zine, Issue 11 — Bean to Barstool
How to order Final Gravity Issue 11, a print beer zine telling personal, human-centered stories from the beer world. This issue has articles on Sarajevska Pivara, ProArt Brewery, Mason Ale Works, Sieb...
www.beantobarstool.com
January 12, 2026 at 6:21 PM
Final Gravity Issue 11 is now available for preorder w/free shipping when it mails early Feb. Tons of great articles in this one, including stories by Lana Svitankova, @jacopomazzeo.bsky.social, @davidjesudason.bsky.social, @melindag.bsky.social, and many more. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/preor...
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you sometimes see legacy beer brands’ logos co-opted by the contemporary right to steal blue-collar valor and evoke heartland volkishness, but as the apparent popularity of this anti-regime hamm’s riff suggests, these mass-culture symbols can also be coded left to some extent
Enough people have asked so I'm doing a PREORDER- $8 per shirt sold will go to the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota. Abolish ICE.
www.harebraineddesign.com/products/abo...
www.harebraineddesign.com/products/abo...
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
you sometimes see legacy beer brands’ logos co-opted by the contemporary right to steal blue-collar valor and evoke heartland volkishness, but as the apparent popularity of this anti-regime hamm’s riff suggests, these mass-culture symbols can also be coded left to some extent
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The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Video: Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
An analysis of footage from three camera angles shows that the motorist was driving away from — not toward — a federal officer when he opened fire.
www.nytimes.com
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
The New York Times states it plainly in display type:
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Videos Contradict Trump Administration Account of ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
Alright, who was supposed to be watching out for their wool-being?
50 runaway sheep ram-paged through a German supermarket in rural Baa-varia, causing shear mania on Monday morning.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
After breaking away from their 500-strong herd, the brazen sheep spent 20 minutes milling around in the Penny supermarket before ewe-turning and seeing themselves out.
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Alright, who was supposed to be watching out for their wool-being?
Are we sure he hasn't been hearing "piece of the prize" instead "peace prize" this whole time?
January 3, 2026 at 7:46 PM
Are we sure he hasn't been hearing "piece of the prize" instead "peace prize" this whole time?
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Cerveza Polar, Venezuela, c1950.
January 3, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Cerveza Polar, Venezuela, c1950.
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In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
December 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
In case you were wondering, Jack Smith's testimony was the *opposite* of "total exoneration."
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USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
December 29, 2025 at 7:14 PM
USPS quietly changed its postmark rules — mail is no longer dated when you drop it off. The “official” date is when it hits automated sorting — sometimes days later
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
Which could have major implications for mail in voting — it’s a clever way to disenfranchise voters that’s going largely overlooked
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It’s not just the US and the UK: the EU’s beer consumption is now below 2019 levels — and falling. Meanwhile, new regulations on labeling and packaging are likely to hit small breweries the hardest. What’s at risk? Part of European culture.
vinepair.com/articles/eu-...
vinepair.com/articles/eu-...
In the EU, Breweries Face Stricter Regulations, Cultural Shifts
Things haven’t been easy for beer culture in North America, with the Brewers Association recently reporting another year of declines in both sales volumes and the number of U.S. craft breweries. Simil...
vinepair.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:03 AM
It’s not just the US and the UK: the EU’s beer consumption is now below 2019 levels — and falling. Meanwhile, new regulations on labeling and packaging are likely to hit small breweries the hardest. What’s at risk? Part of European culture.
vinepair.com/articles/eu-...
vinepair.com/articles/eu-...
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ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
December 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
ICE detain father shopping on Christmas Eve—then steal his family's groceries.
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
Then 3 agents divvy up his paid for food—taking what they want for themselves.
"Can I just get the wife's number to call and let her know?" woman asks.
"No, guess he should've complied," agent says.
Yakima, Washington
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So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
Trump’s Immigration Nightmare: It Is Happening Here
With astonishing speed, the administration has toppled the most cherished pillars of a free society. And the experts agree: It’s all going to get much, much worse.
newrepublic.com
December 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
So I have the cover story in next month's TNR.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I interviewed the heads of police groups; immigration defense attorneys, ex-judges and ex-prosecutors; former DOJ and DHS officials, and the former head of Border Patrol.
They're all horrified at what we've seen, and they all fear what's coming.
I'm almost done publishing some casual links between German and American beer riots in the mid-1800s.
I helped a journalist contextualize oral histories from small-scale mezcaleros in Oaxaca
And now I'm working to pick apart the knotty cultural histories behind American Oktoberfest beers.
I helped a journalist contextualize oral histories from small-scale mezcaleros in Oaxaca
And now I'm working to pick apart the knotty cultural histories behind American Oktoberfest beers.
Academics: what's the best bit of knowledge you created this year?
I co-authored a new model of the Irish Neolithic, effectively rewriting social structure and the role of large funerary monuments for the creation of community identities
I co-authored a new model of the Irish Neolithic, effectively rewriting social structure and the role of large funerary monuments for the creation of community identities
What historians (and other scholars do) is create knowledge. We should use that phrase more and talk about what it means. I think we don't, and it's part of why AI enthusiasts are confused when we don't readily agree that our work can be replicated/replaced by their products.
December 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
I'm almost done publishing some casual links between German and American beer riots in the mid-1800s.
I helped a journalist contextualize oral histories from small-scale mezcaleros in Oaxaca
And now I'm working to pick apart the knotty cultural histories behind American Oktoberfest beers.
I helped a journalist contextualize oral histories from small-scale mezcaleros in Oaxaca
And now I'm working to pick apart the knotty cultural histories behind American Oktoberfest beers.
PDX friends!
Cinemagic Theater in Portland will be screening "Rainier: A Beer Odyssey" on Jan 16-18.
It recounts Rainier's iconic advertising from the 1970s on, and gives a fun glimpse of classic Seattle/PNW culture.
I loved it, personally.
www.thecinemagictheater.com/coming-attra...
Cinemagic Theater in Portland will be screening "Rainier: A Beer Odyssey" on Jan 16-18.
It recounts Rainier's iconic advertising from the 1970s on, and gives a fun glimpse of classic Seattle/PNW culture.
I loved it, personally.
www.thecinemagictheater.com/coming-attra...
Coming Attractions — The Cinemagic Theater
Coming soon to the Cinemagic Theater in Portland, Oregon.
www.thecinemagictheater.com
December 21, 2025 at 4:34 PM
PDX friends!
Cinemagic Theater in Portland will be screening "Rainier: A Beer Odyssey" on Jan 16-18.
It recounts Rainier's iconic advertising from the 1970s on, and gives a fun glimpse of classic Seattle/PNW culture.
I loved it, personally.
www.thecinemagictheater.com/coming-attra...
Cinemagic Theater in Portland will be screening "Rainier: A Beer Odyssey" on Jan 16-18.
It recounts Rainier's iconic advertising from the 1970s on, and gives a fun glimpse of classic Seattle/PNW culture.
I loved it, personally.
www.thecinemagictheater.com/coming-attra...
Grandma has the kids making spriographs.
I understand it's supposed to discourage gang activity later in life.
I understand it's supposed to discourage gang activity later in life.
December 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Grandma has the kids making spriographs.
I understand it's supposed to discourage gang activity later in life.
I understand it's supposed to discourage gang activity later in life.