Brian Alberts

This is literally the end of the rule of law. If a President can pardon people committing crimes on his behalf - and the Supreme Court says he himself can't be prosecuted for crimes committed as part of his job - then the government becomes a lawless entity able to violate our rights without limit.

During Prohibition, August Busch discovered that US government-owned ships were selling booze at sea. The resulting scandal was bungled so badly by the Harding admin, it exacerbated a Republican blowout in the 1922 midterms. It's on my mind for some reason. brewedculture.org/2026/10/22/w...

I decided it was sort of unfair to only have a book launch in Oslo, when most readers cannot get there. So Sunday a week from now I will do an online book launch, on both Youtube and Facebook. I hope to see you there! www.youtube.com/live/TwtpLA1...

The midterms had me obsessing about an old project, so I dusted it off and wrote a blog post about it (had to dust that off, too). A badly-handled media spat over drinking at sea helped Republicans lose big in the 1922 midterms. And the whole saga rings familiar. brewedculture.org/2026/10/22/w...

If you're within 50 miles of this book talk, get on it! This book is engaging, solid, and amazing. And it really has been years. Here's Jennifer talking about Wisconsin women hop pickers in 2019 for the first Beer Culture Summit, at Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago! (talk about beer ghosts...😢)

If you're within 50 miles of this book talk, get on it! This book is engaging, solid, and amazing. And it really has been years. Here's Jennifer talking about Wisconsin women hop pickers in 2019 for the first Beer Culture Summit, at Metropolitan Brewing in Chicago! (talk about beer ghosts...😢)

On this day in 1814, the London Beer Flood occurred, when a 22 foot tall wooden tank of fermenting porter burst, releasing a valve on another tank releasing 580,000–1,470,000 L; 154,000–388,000 US gal. of beer, making a wave which smashed through the back wall of the Horseshoe Brewery, killing 8.

Thinking still more about the AI booster discourse that tries to undermine critical work on the topic by saying "They don't even use it, how can they possibly know what they're talking about." >>

Still the best Bond movie (though Casino Royale is just a nose behind)

It was a great honor and a lot of fun to sit down with Blanca for this episode of the United States at 250 to talk about the founding generation, how historians can tell complicated stories in the digital age, and the work that remains to be done.

In the 1970s, the U.S. Commissioned Photographers to Document the Country’s People and Places. You Can Now See More Than 200 of the Powerful Images www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-...

Amazing. And if a movie had depicted reentry like this, we'd have probably said it looked unrealistic.

On a related note: who wrote *the* history of first-wave hipsterism in Williamsburg/Portland/etc.? Somebody must have done that book, right? What is it?

Tickled that a major cause of the (friendly!) debate in this thread is that Americans insisted on pigeonholing the definition of Märzen for decades to prop up outdated Oktoberfest recipes, then had to invent/pigeonhole a different style to try and back out of it. It's a ludicrous mess and I love it.

Seriously, all I have right now is "Too Ghoul For School." It's not looking pretty.

How I arrived in Bluesky

How I arrived in Bluesky

Opening day for the new headstones. Accepting suggestions for future epitaphs.

Engagement opportunity for historians/humanists in western Washington 👇

The government *still* isn’t tracking how often immigration agents detain U.S. citizens. We are. 500+ Americans have been handcuffed, held at gunpoint or held against their will in Trump’s second term. Our tally is almost certainly an undercount. THREAD (content warning: violence) ⬇️

Engagement opportunity for historians/humanists in western Washington 👇

I know I'm the oddball here, but I really don't get the appeal of Instagram.

My department is hiring! Come work with me or help spread the word to those who might be interested in doing so networks.h-net.org/jobs/70266/u...

New additions my Halloween graveyard this year.

I know it's currently the final days of September, but breweries in 2026 should not be starting off their email newsletter with "The final days." Turns out I can get really sad before I get to the fifth word of a sentence.

Writing with a target of 1300 words. Finished my first draft: 1301 words.

Writing with a target of 1300 words. Finished my first draft: 1301 words.

I was super excited to write about one of my favorite breweries for @pelliclemag.com - Off Color in Chicago!