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Hangover Cure: Eurovision Happened!
This week, get into a starry-eyed mood with a podcast and a TV show, and get weird with Croatia's Eurovision entry.
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93. Okay, So Where *Can* We Go to Learn and Network with an Emphasis on Inclusivity?
Valuable craft beer industry events that center DEI improvement and values; plus the South Asian Beer Club's collaboration beer is pouring(!), and tarot…
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Hugging the Bar Presents: Hangover Cure
Take a break from beer with a weekly round-up of fun recs.
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92. The Complete Beer Course, Updated: How an Author Stays on Top of a Changing Industry
An interview with Joshua M. Bernstein about second editions and craft beer "then" and "now"; plus a new feature for paid subscribers and tarot for…
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courtney iseman
91. Field Notes from CBC
Good people, good beer, good learning, big f-ups, missed opportunities, failings, and more from Nashville.
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90. A Brand Grows in Brooklyn (& Hops Across the Pond)
Robyn G. Weise's Windrush Takes London and Launches Avenue & Road Beer Supply; Very Un-shocking Founder's News; plus tarot for all that extra hard work…
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courtney iseman
April 2023
89. New Flavors, New Favorites, New Beer-Tasting References
Venturing outside our routines when we can is just plain good for our beer-tasting skills; the biggest overarching stories in craft beer now; plus…
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88. Our Burnout Has Burnout
Job burnout, unionizing burnout, DEI burnout--and what comes next; plus, perhaps appropriately, tarot for taking a break to celebrate yourself.
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87. The Social Contract of The Third Place
Allowing kids and dogs is part of the taproom's unique ability to build community, but people have GOT to be safer and more considerate; plus tarot for…
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86. Blood in Your Hair and "Belgian Weissbier" in Your Hand
A sampler of beer chat from addressing the situation in CBC's 2023 location to a new beer zine to *paid* Hugging the Bar subscriptions, plus tarot for a…
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courtney iseman
March 2023
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