Freelance Writing

I write about beer, beer history, horse racing and (very occasionally) other exciting and totally-not-arcane topics. I don’t do it for free (beyond my own blogs – I got sick of doing The Examiner as the time vs pay calculation wasn’t great there) unless it’s a Very Special Favor, but you are, of course, most welcome to read for free.  I’m usually too busy to take on more writing (which I can make ludicrously SEO-friendly when desired), but if you’ve got something that sounds like it might be a good fit, don’t hesitate to get in touch. Alternatively, read an interview with me (unless you prefer something more audiovisual – that’s here, too, or a much older one here), then let’s chat!

Here are some recent-ish publications:

Serious Eats: Drinks

• Beer Mythbusting: The Truth About Pilgrims, Adjuncts, and Prohibition
• Beer Mythbusting: The Truth About Porter and Stout
• Beer History: Kvass, From Russia with Health
• Delaware Beer History: Brewing Before Dogfish Head
• Beer History: Boston
• Springtime Beer History: Biere de Mars
• Beer History South of the Border
• St. Louis Beer History: Underground Beginnings
• A Brief History of Beer in Chicago
• Beer History: Christmas Beer
• A Brief History of Beer in Seattle
• Beer Prehistory: Celtic Beer from France
• Beer History: 3 Nearly-Forgotten San Diego Beer Pioneers
• (Haunted) Beer History: The Rise & Fall of the Lemp Dynasty
• Beer History: German-American Brewers Before Prohibition
• Pumpkin Beer History: Colonial Necessity to Seasonal Treat
• Oktoberfest: More Than a Wedding Party
• Icelandic Beer: Vikings, Prohibition, and Rebirth
• A Brief History of Japanese Beer
• Beer History: Lost in Poland, Grodziskie Bubbles Up in the US
• Nanobreweries: Everything Old is New Again
• Beer History: Sahti, A Weird and Wonderful Finnish Beer
• Beer History: Manhattan Brewing Company, A Lost Craft Beer Pioneer
• Beer History: The ‘Other’ Sour Beers
• Old American Beer Styles, Lost and Found
• Beer History: Craft Beer Survivors and Vanished Brands
• Beer History: Swapping Homebrew Recipes with the Founding Fathers
• Ghosts of Beers Past: Reviving Historical Brews
• A (Very) Brief History of Women in Beer

New York Times

• The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Trainer?

DAM/Digital Humanities/Archives/Libraries

• 20 Years of #DAMNY: Evolutions & Integrations
• Reflections on Henry Stewart DAM London 2023: It’s All About the Connections
• Globalising Your DAM Function
• 2017 DAM Salary Survey Results
• DAM Expands its Reach in the Enterprise
• Librarian Tips for DAM Managers: Standards & Metadata
• ‘Blogging Your Archives’ – book chapter in Public Relations and Marketing for Archives (Neal-Schuman, 2011)
• From the Collections: Dr. Amy Kaukonen
• From the Collections: Dr. Eliza Grier
• From the Collections: Civil War Doctors
• From the Collections: A Nymphomania Cure?

Table Matters

• Hoppy Holidays

Philly Beer Scene

• The Dude Abides (And Thrives)
• Christmas Beers: Saints, Vikings, and Stella?
• 20 Years of Yards Brewing

Finally, if you enjoy nostalgia, you can check out reviews and other articles and reviews I wrote for Women.com, back in the day (when I wasn’t busy coding and/or managing the usual dot-com emergencies common to that era).

And here are a few freelance ideas I would not turn down, provided I got a nice travel stipend and/or freebies for testing purposes (where applicable):

• An exploration of what beers are available in Britain’s extant coaching inns
• Which international soccer stadiums have the best beer selections?
• An in-depth history of brewing in Australia and New Zealand
• Why are were Moving Comfort sports bras just so fantastic?
• Navigating Comic-Con with a smallish child
• Wouldn’t it be fun to compare GABF and NZBF visits? You know it would.

Just a few examples to get you thinking…