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Hustling Tetra Pak’d poop juice for half a billion dollars

Plus: Sazerac is indeed sending Svedka’s sexbot to the Super Bowl!

Dave Infante

Special Reports

As declines mount, Pabst cuts senior employees in sweeping layoff

Dec 6, 2025

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7 min read

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

Dave Infante

ISO: The dumbest drinking-related shit for sale this holiday season

Dec 3, 2025

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12 min read

ISO: The dumbest drinking-related shit for sale this holiday season

Plus: Evaluating academic independence at Brew U!

Dave Infante

Interview

"Moderate" drinking has always been a moving target

Nov 26, 2025

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12 min read

"Moderate" drinking has always been a moving target

The Fingers Podcast with historian Lisa Jacobson on the booze industry's post-Repeal redemption

Dave Infante

Weekender

Nov 23, 2025

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11 min read

Trump take America’s brewing future

Plus: Sour grapes about the WSJ's ABI-BeatBox scoop!

Dave Infante

Free

An inside look at Congress' hemp-derived THC death sentence

Nov 20, 2025

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16 min read

An inside look at Congress' hemp-derived THC death sentence

The Fingers Interview with Senator Tina Smith on how opponents "snuck" the ban into law, shady brands' "bullshit" products, and the industry's paths to redemption

Dave Infante

Free

Nov 19, 2025

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15 min read

Boomers vs. BeatBox

Plus: Back before lobbying devoured DC!

Dave Infante

Weekender

Costco's bottle-popping problem got a lot worse

Nov 16, 2025

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10 min read

Costco's bottle-popping problem got a lot worse

Plus: A US Senator is shitposting about Trump's THC ban!

Dave Infante

Are booze declines structural, cyclical... or a secret third thing?

Nov 12, 2025

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11 min read

Are booze declines structural, cyclical... or a secret third thing?

Plus: How the THC industry got rolled in Congress!

Dave Infante

Special Reports

How the THC industry got rolled in Congress

Nov 10, 2025

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8 min read

How the THC industry got rolled in Congress

After a weekend of deal-cutting on Capitol Hill, the booming industry is facing a de facto ban

Dave Infante

Weekender

Molson Coors is nursing a pricey hangover from the bourbon boom

Nov 9, 2025

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11 min read

Molson Coors is nursing a pricey hangover from the bourbon boom

Plus: More like Jai Goodbai, amirite?!

Dave Infante

Beer is on the wrong side of America's class war

Nov 5, 2025

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12 min read

Beer is on the wrong side of America's class war

Plus: The pain of never knowing your neighborhood bar!

Dave Infante

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Hustling Tetra Pak’d poop juice for half a billion dollars

As declines mount, Pabst cuts senior employees in sweeping layoff

ISO: The dumbest drinking-related shit for sale this holiday season

"Moderate" drinking has always been a moving target

Trump take America’s brewing future

An inside look at Congress' hemp-derived THC death sentence

Boomers vs. BeatBox

Costco's bottle-popping problem got a lot worse

Are booze declines structural, cyclical... or a secret third thing?

How the THC industry got rolled in Congress

Molson Coors is nursing a pricey hangover from the bourbon boom

Beer is on the wrong side of America's class war

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