Jerard Fagerberg
A comprehensive personal archive of all the things I’ve written. You can also check out my Muckrack page, which might be more current. No promises on that. I also publish on my Medium site when the spirit strikes me.

Welcome to Alcohol’s Slop Era
December 29, 2025 |
Two Pages Per Day: How Minneapolis Author Kate DiCamillo Became the Beverly Cleary of Her Generation
August 13, 2025 | Racket
Thirsting for Autumn
July 8, 2025 | Heady Times
Can Canadian-Style Lager Survive?
March 31, 2025 | All About Beer
Time-Tested Refreshers: Shandies and Radlers Are Re-emerging in 2025
March 18, 2025 | Heady Times
Flavor Is the Future, and the Future Is Now
January 16, 2025 | Heady Times
Singing For Your Beer: Hops & Hymn
December 18, 2024 | CraftBeer.com
Now on the Menu: Chicha Finds an Audience with Modern Beer Drinkers
November 25, 2024 | All About Beer
Beats Per Minute, the Head-to-Head Beatmaker Battle, Is Back
October 3, 2024 | Racket
Corona Extra is the Most Valuable Brand in the World
August 28, 2024 | Heady Times
In ‘Continental Drifter,’ Kathy MacLeod returns to Maine, and the emotional tumult of childhood
June 24, 2024 | Portland Press Herald
Brewery Highlight: Montauk Brewing Co.
June 10, 2024 | Heady Times
Legacy in the Vanguard
June 10, 2024 | Heady Times
North Czar State: How Russian Imperial Stout Became the Sovereign Beer of Minnesota
March 28, 2024 | VinePair
A Familiar Yet Unknowable Brain — Octopi Brewing in Waunakee, Wisconsin
March 28, 2024 | Good Beer Hunting
Brewery Highlight: Athletic Brewing Co.
March 22, 2024 | Heady Times
Sierra Nevada Raises the Non-Alc Standard
March 22, 2024 | Heady Times
A Home Bartender’s Guide to Cocktail Bitters
February 14, 2024 | InsideHook
Let Go or Get Dragged: Your Sobriety Is the Product
January 16, 2024 | Good Beer Hunting
Signifiers 2022: Isaac Showaki
December 21, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Me, Brandon, and Grandma — 26.2 Miles of Camaraderie and Anguish Along the Shores of Lake Superior
December 15, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Shine through the Generations — Dalton Distillery in Dalton, Georgia
October 24, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
How Modelo Especial Came to Be America’s New Everyday Beer
October 11, 2023 | VinePair
Outfitting a Generation of Outdoorsy Kids in Maine
October 11, 2023 | Subaru Drive
Let Go or Get Dragged: Things I’ve Never Done Sober
October 6, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
8 Things I Miss about Living in the Twin Cities
September 11, 2023 | Racket
b-Roll no. 703
September 5, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
This Is Your Brain on a Lime ‘Rita Chiller — How BuzzBallz Won the Hearts, Minds, and Wallets of Americans, $3.50 at a Time
August 29, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
5 Ways To Maximize a Small Outdoor Space
August 16, 2023 | Subaru Drive
From the Pores of Earth — The Impractical Alchemy of Stone Fermentation
July 20, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
How Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman Became Sobriety’s Biggest Zealot
May 30, 2023 | VinePair
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in May 2023
May 17, 2023 | Racket
For Breweries, the Time for TikTok Is Still Now
May 17, 2023 | All About Beer
Let Go or Get Dragged: It Works if You Work It
April 27, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
A Revolution on Foot: ‘Walking Artist’ Jonathon Stalls Strolls Across the Country for Pedestrian Rights
April 20, 2023 | Racket
Doin’ Beers April 2023
April 17, 2023 | Racket
The 10 Best Liquor Stores in Minneapolis
March 21, 2023 | Racket
Cultivating Survival — Hentze Family Farm in Junction City, Oregon
March 15, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Building Natural Sanctuaries in the Midwest
March 13, 2023 | Subaru Drive
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in March
March 7, 2023 | Racket
How Pull-Tabs Became a Pillar of Minnesota’s Bar Culture
March 1, 2023 | VinePair
Minnesota Has Returned to Whiskey
February 28, 2023 | Minnesota Monthly
Bear Market — Drake’s Brewing Acquires Bear Republic in Bid to Reinvigorate Two California Icons
February 17, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Trouble on the Vine — With Wine Coming to Grocery, Colorado Liquor Stores Fear Closures … Again
February 10, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in February
February 7, 2023 | Racket
Risk Tolerance — Reported Injuries at Breweries Are Low, But Does That Mean There Are Actually Few?
February 3, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Does Kona Big Wave Have What It Takes to Become the Next Big Lifestyle Beer?
February 1, 2023 | VinePair
The Dos and Don’ts of Making Clarified Cocktails
January 25, 2023 | InsideHook
Let Go or Get Dragged: We’re Scrolling Together
January 5, 2023 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in January
January 3, 2023 | Racket
Signifiers 2022: John Dugas
December 19, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in December
December 12, 2022 | Racket
5 Brewing Technologies that Are Changing Beer
December 12, 2022 | InsideHook
Kölsch Night: Traditional Service Takes Off in American Taprooms
December 12, 2022 | Craft Beer & Brewing
Phantasm is the not-so-secret ingredient bringing out the best in beer
December 7, 2022 | Drizly
Remembering Juicero, the Ultimate Silicon Valley Flop
December 2, 2022 | The Takeout
How to Become a Professional Wrestler in 5 Weeks
November 16, 2022 | Racket
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in November
November 3, 2022 | Racket
b-Roll no. 666
October 24, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
12 Minnesota-Made THC Seltzer Brands, Tasted and Ranked
October 24, 2022 | Racket
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in October
October 3, 2022 | Racket
The Brazilian Art of Drinking a Beer ‘In the Ass’
September 29, 2022 | The Takeout
Taco Bell Quarterly and the Rebellious Poetics of Living Más
September 15, 2022 | The Takeout
Oops, Minnesota Accidentally Legalized THC-Spiked Seltzer
September 13, 2022 | Vice
The Core of the Little Apple — Manhattan Brewing Company in Manhattan, Kansas
September 9, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink In September
September 1, 2022 | Racket
Let Go or Get Dragged: Seven Moments, Collected
August 25, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in August
August 9, 2022 | Racket
Inside the Wisconsin Brewery That’s Quietly Making Your Favorite Minnesota Beers
August 3, 2022 | Racket
Once You Eat Giant Fusilli, You’ll Never Go Back
July 28, 2022 | The Takeout
Let Go or Get Dragged: Where the Circle Starts
July 19, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Why Is Massachusetts Chinese Food Served With Dinner Rolls?
July 12, 2022 | The Takeout
Essentials: Jucy Lucy, Matt’s Bar, Minneapolis
July 11, 2022 | Midwesterner
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in July
July 5, 2022 | Racket
The Time For ‘MANmosas’ Is Over
June 23, 2022 | The Takeout
Hail to the Grape Ape, the Unsung Legend of Minneapolis
June 7, 2022 | The Takeout
A New Grip on a New Reality — Culmination Brewing in Portland, Oregon
June 3, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in June
June 1, 2022 | Racket
No More Auteurs — Can Alternative Ownership Save Craft Beer from the Cult of the Singular Male Genius?
May 25, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
How TikTok Is Bringing Cocktail Culture to Gen Z
May 24, 2022 | The Takeout
Hard MTN DEW Arrived in Minnesota. Let’s Rank the Hard MTN DEW Flavors.
May 20, 2022 | Racket
Maybe Don’t Use Serial Killers in Your Craft Beer Marketing
May 18, 2022 | The Takeout
Slight of Brand — World Beer Cup Says Allagash White, the World’s Best Witbier, is Only Worth Bronze
May 12, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in May
May 2, 2022 |
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in April
April 5, 2022 | Racket
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in March
March 7, 2022 | Racket
Should Minneapolis Adopt a Municipal Sidewalk Shoveling Program?
March 2, 2022 | Racket
Pour Clean, Like the Source — CA Draft Tech in Oakland, California
February 18, 2022 | Good Beer Hunting
Doin’ Beers: 5 Minnesota Beers to Drink in February
February 2, 2022 | Racket
The Push to Make Minnesota’s Pastime More Inclusive
January 19, 2022 | Racket
A Conversation in the Cafe
December 22, 2021 | Heavy Table
Minnesota Beers of the Year 2021
December 22, 2021 | Racket
A Ship in the Night
December 16, 2021 | Heavy Table
Signifiers 2021: Anders Bloomquist
December 12, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
Molding an Instinct — Junkyard Brewing Company in Moorhead, Minnesota
December 8, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
b-Roll no. 622
December 6, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
Badger Briggs Is Ready to Die in the Ring
November 11, 2021 | Racket
Why do cheese curds squeak?
October 25, 2021 | The Takeout
Please Enjoy This 23-Inch Quesadilla From Los Ocampo
October 21, 2021 | Racket
Seeing 100 gecs Again After 600 Days
October 20, 2021 | Racket
Devon Monroe Is Here to Redefine Your Image of a Pro Wrestler
September 30, 2021 | Racket
OnlyFans Created a New Economy for Sex Workers in Minnesota. Then It Threatened to Take Everything Away.
September 29, 2021 | Racket
25 years after its discovery, the NunBun remains a divine mystery
September 28, 2021 | The Takeout
The Hypebeast’s Guide to Local Oktoberfest Beer
September 13, 2021 | Racket
When Water Meets Water — Surviving the Myths of Jack Kerouac and Craft Beer
September 2, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
Essentials: Cookies and Milk at the Minnesota State Fair
August 30, 2021 | Midwesterner
Minnesota breweries and F1RST Wrestling tag-team for high-flying taproom entertainment
August 12, 2021 | Beer Dabbler
Life after Ragnarok: Q&A with Hammerheart owners Nathaniel Chapman and Austin Lunn
July 14, 2021 | Beer Dabbler
Loyola alumni forge separate paths to open craft breweries in New England
July 7, 2021 | Loyola Magazine
Say hello hard smoothie seltzers, craft brewing’s inevitable, undeniable flight of fancy
June 23, 2021 | Beer Dabbler
Greasy! slimy! sickening! white condiments, and why we hate them
June 23, 2021 | The Takeout
Misogyny Unbottled: Craft beer’s reckoning comes to Minnesota
June 3, 2021 | Heavy Table
b-Roll no. 591
May 10, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
‘Picture a Scientist’ director Sharon Shattuck wants you to know you’re not alone
April 29, 2021 | Massive Science
Cultivated Personality: James Raymond of TunTum Black Hill
April 28, 2021 | Heavy Table
Chicago Mix Was Never From Chicago
April 26, 2021 | Midwesterner
Waiting on the Tides — How Outdated Liquor Laws Trap Craft Brewers Between Regulation and Rebellion
April 13, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
b-Roll no. 587
April 12, 2021 | Good Beer Hunting
The Tumultuous History of Surly’s Beer Hall
April 5, 2021 | Heavy Table
Clean everything coffee touches with Cafiza
March 18, 2021 | The Takeout
Radical Tex-Mex: MB Foodhouse in Minneapolis
March 11, 2021 | Heavy Table
Place Your Bets on Northwest Minnesota
February 23, 2021 | Explore MN
10 Dumb Stipulation Matches WWE Needs To Stop Booking
February 16, 2021 | WhatCulture
Dampfwerk Brings New Prestige to the Minnesota Whiskey Market
January 29, 2021 | Heavy Table
Grain Belt Is Now Schell’s Party-Fueled Test Kitchen
January 25, 2021 | Heavy Table
Let us praise the humble glory of Swedish egg coffee
January 19, 2021 | The Takeout
The Joys (and Tribulations) of Brewing with Wild Rice
January 13, 2021 | Midwesterner
It’s time for craft beer to embrace organized labor
December 28, 2020 | October
The Classics: Conversations with Cannibals
December 21, 2020 | Midwesterner
North Peak Blitzen Festivus Is a Holiday Beer for the Rest of Us
December 17, 2020 | October
Getting to Know Arbeiter Brewing in Seven Glasses
December 11, 2020 | Heavy Table
There Are No Grey Days with Green Bench Les Grisettes
December 7, 2020 | October
Transmitter’s S9 Noble Saison Might Be the Best American Farmhouse Ale on the Market
December 5, 2020 | October
At Bricksworth Beer Co., Bar Luchador Lives On
December 4, 2020 | Heavy Table
Chad McDevitt Is Literally America’s Biggest Beer Nerd
December 3, 2020 | October
Yes, It’s OK to Drink This Beer for Breakfast
December 1, 2020 | October
Ranking Every Second Generation Wrestler In NXT
November 30, 2020 | WhatCulture
Yuengling Hershey’s Chocolate Porter Is Too Much of a Good Thing
November 25, 2020 | October
Outer Range Final Summit Is a Farmhouse Ale of the Future
November 23, 2020 | October
Junkyard Double Barrel-Aged King Size Is No Tricks, All Treat
October 28, 2020 | October
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in October
October 15, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in September 2018
September 15, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in August 2018
August 19, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in June
June 5, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in April
April 19, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in February
February 18, 2019 | City Pages
Local Suds: 5 Minnesota beers to drink in January
January 8, 2019 | City Pages
Family therapy: The Happy Children hit some bumps on the road to self-actualization
September 28, 2017 | City Pages
The Pour Organs burn bridges — and churches — on on their debut EP
June 16, 2017 | City Pages
Boozy cold coffee is here: Bad Larry’s and Blackeye team to create Bad Larry’s Cold Hard Coffee
February 10, 2017 | City Pages
Surly and Dangerous Man tease “blutpakt” collaboration
May 5, 2016 | City Pages
10 local beers to serve the unruly, repugnant horde you call a family
December 23, 2015 | City Pages
How to Live a More Examined Life: Eating Crab Legs in a Minnesota Dive Bar
February 10, 2015 | City Pages
What does the “Last Blowout Ever” mean for Doomtree?
January 5, 2014 | City Pages
Sage Francis – Sick to D(eat)h
December 10, 2013 | DigBoston
Anthony Green: Young Legs
December 9, 2013 | DigBoston
Death Jam: Ice Cold Ba$$
December 3, 2013 | DigBoston
Quilt: Arctic Shark
November 18, 2013 | Minnesota Monthly
Defend Yourself: Jake and Amir of CollegeHumor
November 11, 2013 | DigBoston
Review: Blackfish
November 6, 2013 | DigBoston
Honest Pint: Hop Dreams
September 20, 2013 | DigBoston
WHY?’s Yoni Wolf gets real about Kickstarting a documentary that makes him look like a total asshole,
July 7, 2013 | Manik Music
F.Stokes on Kickstarter, his Fearless debut and what it means to be ‘completely independent
March 12, 2013 | Manik Music
Generation He: Astronautalis
December 20, 2012 | Consequence of Sound
Become unstuck in time at the Ratchada Night Vintage Night Bazaar
May 12, 2012 | Coconuts Bangkok
Liquor, Quicker
August 29, 2011 | City Paper
Marwencol
May 4, 2011 | City Paper
Loyola University professor’s debut novel offers an upbeat tour through a dismal world
March 9, 2011 | City Paper
Tales of Blood and Roses
March 9, 2011 | City Paper
Otis Rolley’s Big-Ticket Issues
March 3, 2011 | City Paper
Skate/Fate
March 2, 2011 | City Paper
Eyes of the Mothman
March 2, 2011 | City Paper
SkateFate
March 2, 2011 | DigBoston
Men’s hockey hoping to make history
January 2, 2010 | US Olympic Committee