🍻 Welcome to Fingers!

Fingers is an independent newsletter by me, Dave Infante, about drinking in America, read by thousands of people each week. It’s a smart, funny, and utterly unorthodox mix of award-winning journalism and cultural criticism about how, what, and why we drink—and the money, power, and politics that shape the answers to those questions.

With each edition of Fingers, you’ll get new, thought-provoking, original coverage unsoftened by mainstream publishers’ “brand safety” concerns, and unbought by the booze business advertising dollars they’re concerned about in the first place.

🏆 Awards for Fingers

  • Second place: Best Newsletter - North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards (2025)

  • Second place: Best Newsletter - North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards (2024)

  • Finalist: Best Newsletter - International Association of Culinary Professionals Awards (2024)

🗣️ Praise for Fingers

  • “i love dave's newsletter. you will too!”—Charlie Warzel, staff writer at The Atlantic and co-author of Out of Office

  • “Dave is one of my favorite newsletter writers. I started reading him last year when I saw one of his beer memes.”—Lyz Lenz, 3x author and publisher of Men Yell at Me

  • “Dave is the best beer writer in America. Smart, informed, funny, and occasionally outraged. He’s equal parts enthusiast and gadfly, and well worth a few measly bucks a month.” — Joe Keohane, journalist, editor, and author of The Power of Strangers

  • “I love Fingers”—Walt Hickey, executive editor of Sherwood News and editor/publisher of Numlock News

  • “Fingers… is largely focused on the spirits and drinking world, but it’s also got a very healthy muckraking streak to it, and reports on a lot of labor issues in the beverage industry that anyone who cares about working conditions will find fascinating whether or not you know what a double IPA is which I still do not to be honest.” — Luke O’Neil, editor/publisher of Welcome to Hell World

  • “As beer writing (and craft beer itself) seemingly gets more boring with each passing year, Dave somehow manages to continually produce a beer business newsletter that is wildly entertaining and totally subversive. How does he do it?!” — Aaron Goldfarb, drinks reporter and author of Hacking Whiskey, Gather Around Cocktails, and more 

  • “The content is good.” — Kate Bernot, beer reporter and editor, Sightlines and Craft Beer & Brewing

  • “A particularly astute and hilarious reporter who covers drinking culture, being online, and beyond.” — Austin L. Ray, Georgia Brewsletter

  • “David Infante’s free and highly entertaining newsletter about beery matters.” — Stan Hieronymus, Appellation Beer

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Fingers is 100% reader-funded, so every subscription fee really counts. When you become a member, you get:

  • Every full-length new edition of Fingers, packed with original reporting, deep expertise, and incisive commentary about drinking in America.

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  • Full access to the entire Fingers archive with 2.5 years (and counting!) of coverage.

  • Full access to all the interviews and bonus reads on The Fingers Podcast.

  • Commenting privileges and subscriber-only discussion threads.

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📰 Fingers in the media

An incomplete catalog of your fearless Fingers editor’s appearances in The Press™️:

If you’re a reporter in need of a quote or a producer in need of a booking about drinking in America, get in touch: [email protected].

The boozeletter’s memes and shitposts about drinking in America are always free, and you’ll love ‘em. Follow Fingers today.

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👨🏻 More about Dave Infante

I’m two-time James Beard award-winning journalist with a strong voice and a passion for storytelling. My work has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, Splinter, HuffPost, The Guardian U.S., Thrillist, PUNCH, and others. In addition to publishing the boozeletter, I work at VinePair as a contributing editor and columnist covering the beer business. For more, follow me on Bluesky, or check out my website. I live in Richmond, Virginia.

If you’re an editor, podcast host, or video producer who wants to commission or book me, or discuss reprinting one of my stories, or anything else, please get in touch: [email protected].

📧 More about Fingers

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