I strive to tell the real stories of the people behind the products, places, or trends, and I look for the points at which said products, places, and trends intersect with our lives, important movements, and rich histories. Yes, I'm interested in at what temperature that beer was fermented and for long, but I'm even more so intrigued by the diversity efforts being made at the brewery crafting that beer.

I’ve been fortunate to be able to go deep on compelling stories with heavy research and interviewing. I used The Decameron as a lens through which to view parallels between Florentines’ social behaviors during the Black Death to those of ours during Covid-19 for Good Beer Hunting. I talked to paranormal investigators to find out what was going on in “Manhattan’s most haunted house” without visitors during the pandemic for Fodor’s. I interviewed creative cosplayers and makeup artists about how they're disrupting the norms of "beer Instagram" for October. I gave readers an inside peek at how the Smithsonian's beer historian is tracking the pandemic's effects on the national beer industry in real time for Atlas Obscura. 

I explored how New York City’s homebrewing scene is so vibrant when homebrewing takes up so much space and New Yorkers have none, for Edible Brooklyn. I interviewed a host of bands and breweries to figure out why the surge of metal bands making their own beers has become so prevalent for Kerrang!, and I also talked to brands and breweries about how and why craft beer became the hottest marketing tool of 2018 for Delish. I researched why so many people actually hate IPAs, because it turns out: science, for HuffPost. I investigated that weird stat that people who like beer are more likely to have sex on the first date, for Vice.

I had the privilege of hearing from some of the most important voices on the state of diversity in craft beer in 2020, for Craft Beer. I interviewed the founders of an exemplary internship program to break down the barriers of entry for BIPOC in beer, for VinePair; as well as the creator of a ground-breaking initiative to support women of color access roles in the industry, for October. Six months into the pandemic, I caught up with breweries juggling daily survival with increased efforts in community outreach and improved representation, also for VinePair.

And look, Ma, I can write time-sensitive news and run weekly columns, too! I had a weekly NYC events column for i-D; a weekly shopping column for Racked NY; and a weekly ice cream column and then a brewery and distillery column for amNY. Currently, I write daily food news stories for Mashed and have a monthly beer column for Decibel.

For a more complete list of my work with links, you need only look slightly to your right. And to read my writing marrying craft beer, bars, drinking culture and history, and personal attachments to all of it, subscribe to my newsletter Hugging the Bar here.