David Nilsen
@davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social
Beer and craft chocolate writer and educator based in Dayton, OH. Advanced Cicerone©. Host of Bean to Barstool, co-editor of Final Gravity print zine. Author of Pairing Beer & Chocolate. https://davidnilsenbeer.com/
Why on earth would an employee be within 4 feet of me. That is way too close.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Why on earth would an employee be within 4 feet of me. That is way too close.
This stanza from Christina Rossetti's (1830-1894) Introspective full on reads like the lyrics of a death metal track.
November 8, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This stanza from Christina Rossetti's (1830-1894) Introspective full on reads like the lyrics of a death metal track.
Reposted by David Nilsen
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
I feel like we have the opportunity to turn David Lynch's quote into this moment's "Keep Calm and Carry On" and it's a far better rallying cry too.
Reposted by David Nilsen
The wait is over! The shortlist for the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards is out now. Follow the link to see the full list and celebrate this year’s talented finalists! 🍻✨
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:45 AM
The wait is over! The shortlist for the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards is out now. Follow the link to see the full list and celebrate this year’s talented finalists! 🍻✨
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
There's a new episode of HopLit out today celebrating Native American Heritage Month: bit.ly/4oNqAv0
Native American Heritage Month - HopLit
The hosts of HopLit, David & Emily, celebrate Native American Heritage Month in November by sharing some of their favorite Indigenous authors. From David Heska Wanbli Weiden to Layli Long Soldier,...
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November 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
There's a new episode of HopLit out today celebrating Native American Heritage Month: bit.ly/4oNqAv0
Reposted by David Nilsen
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
November 4, 2025 at 2:55 AM
No matter how hard people try to convince us having empathy is wrong,
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
it is right.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that diversity is a weakness,
it is a strength.
No matter how hard people try to convince us that love is limited,
it is unlimited.
In the new episode of Bean to Barstool, Professor Robyn Araiza talks about using craft chocolate as a way to demystify chemistry for non-STEM majors at U. of Cal San Marcos. Also, her study on caffeine & theobromine levels in coffee & chocolate beers: www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/rob...
The Chemistry of Chocolate with Professor Robyn Araiza and Jorge Torres — Bean to Barstool
In this episode, host David Nilsen talks with Professor Robyn Araiza about her innovative Chemistry of Chocolate class, and how chocolate and the sensory process can be used in an educational setting ...
www.beantobarstool.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
In the new episode of Bean to Barstool, Professor Robyn Araiza talks about using craft chocolate as a way to demystify chemistry for non-STEM majors at U. of Cal San Marcos. Also, her study on caffeine & theobromine levels in coffee & chocolate beers: www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/rob...
Reposted by David Nilsen
Overwhelmed? Burnt out? Facing mental health challenges? You should add a gratitude practice to the pile
November 3, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Overwhelmed? Burnt out? Facing mental health challenges? You should add a gratitude practice to the pile
I'm excited to again be part of the Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival in Rushville, IN on Nov. 21-22. The coolest thing about this festival is the emphasis on education—chocolate is an agricultural product, and Rushville is a farming community, allowing for really cool points of connection. short 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
I'm excited to again be part of the Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival in Rushville, IN on Nov. 21-22. The coolest thing about this festival is the emphasis on education—chocolate is an agricultural product, and Rushville is a farming community, allowing for really cool points of connection. short 🧵
Woody juniper branches, fresh peppercorns, and flits of acidity from the cherry… This Sisters A bar is exactly what it says it is, but still somehow surprising.
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Woody juniper branches, fresh peppercorns, and flits of acidity from the cherry… This Sisters A bar is exactly what it says it is, but still somehow surprising.
Reposted by David Nilsen
Co-founder Tina Vasquez writes about the expanding canon of Latino cookbooks written by Latino people.
A New Era for Latino Cookbooks
Latino cookbooks written by Latino people used to be an anomaly, but with the publication of “SalviSoul” and “Bodega Bakes,” the canon is expanding even further.
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October 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Co-founder Tina Vasquez writes about the expanding canon of Latino cookbooks written by Latino people.
Reposted by David Nilsen
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
October 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
i see you're doing something online that you have effortlessly done 100,000 times. would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? would you like to use this ai tool? w
It's like the first time you smoked a cigarette as a young person and you did it too fast and it was amazing until it really, really wasn't. There's a point of anxiety that is a few ticks past the crest of that hill, the first lunge of the roller coaster past the crest of the peak.
There's a level of anxiety that feels almost like euphoria. Head swimmy, color saturation too high, the impression of being a passenger in your body rather than a driver. I do not recommend it.
October 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
It's like the first time you smoked a cigarette as a young person and you did it too fast and it was amazing until it really, really wasn't. There's a point of anxiety that is a few ticks past the crest of that hill, the first lunge of the roller coaster past the crest of the peak.
There's a level of anxiety that feels almost like euphoria. Head swimmy, color saturation too high, the impression of being a passenger in your body rather than a driver. I do not recommend it.
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
There's a level of anxiety that feels almost like euphoria. Head swimmy, color saturation too high, the impression of being a passenger in your body rather than a driver. I do not recommend it.
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With libraries, proper search engines, encyclopedias and the like, if they didn't have the answer, you would get a blank in return. You knew they didn't have the answer.
Chatbots just make things up.
This isn't groundbreaking but "no entries found" being replaced with an invented answer is...
Chatbots just make things up.
This isn't groundbreaking but "no entries found" being replaced with an invented answer is...
October 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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In the new episode of HopLit, Emily & I talk w/the owners of Wandering Quills Bookstore, a mobile bookstore that visits breweries around Cbus. Owners Anne & Kristen share WQB's origin story, highlight the importance of bookselling, and talk favorite books & beers.
www.buzzsprout.com/2500369/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2500369/epis...
Talking Books & Beer with Wandering Quills Bookshop - HopLit
HopLit hosts David & Emily sit down with the owners of Columbus, Ohio’s hottest new bookstore, Wandering Quills. WQB owners Anne and Kristen share the origin story of their mobile bookstore, highl...
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October 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
In the new episode of HopLit, Emily & I talk w/the owners of Wandering Quills Bookstore, a mobile bookstore that visits breweries around Cbus. Owners Anne & Kristen share WQB's origin story, highlight the importance of bookselling, and talk favorite books & beers.
www.buzzsprout.com/2500369/epis...
www.buzzsprout.com/2500369/epis...
Reposted by David Nilsen
Chrysomallon squamiferum, the scaly-footed gastropod, or volcano snail, lives exclusively near volcanic vents at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and friends, it is the most METAL gastropod imaginable.
It has no eyes & no jaw, but it does have:
FIRE ARMOR +100.
Let's talk about the metal snail.
It has no eyes & no jaw, but it does have:
FIRE ARMOR +100.
Let's talk about the metal snail.
October 25, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Chrysomallon squamiferum, the scaly-footed gastropod, or volcano snail, lives exclusively near volcanic vents at the bottom of the Indian Ocean, and friends, it is the most METAL gastropod imaginable.
It has no eyes & no jaw, but it does have:
FIRE ARMOR +100.
Let's talk about the metal snail.
It has no eyes & no jaw, but it does have:
FIRE ARMOR +100.
Let's talk about the metal snail.
One of my most popular episodes of all time was recorded several autumns ago when @braciatrix.bsky.social came on the podcast to debunk some of the popular myths about the connections between medieval brewing and witchcraft: www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/epi...
Do modern images of witches really come from Medieval female brewers? — Bean to Barstool
Did Medieval female beer brewers really inspire the modern day image of witches, from pointy hats to cauldrons, and black cats to broom sticks? Beer historian Dr. Christina Wade has the answers in thi...
www.beantobarstool.com
October 17, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of my most popular episodes of all time was recorded several autumns ago when @braciatrix.bsky.social came on the podcast to debunk some of the popular myths about the connections between medieval brewing and witchcraft: www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/epi...
In her essay for FG09, @amethystheels.bsky.social wrote about the difficulties of trying to write about beer & leisure while rights & services are being stripped away, & the disappointments of seeing many breweries back away from DEI in the present environment. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
October 14, 2025 at 7:06 PM
In her essay for FG09, @amethystheels.bsky.social wrote about the difficulties of trying to write about beer & leisure while rights & services are being stripped away, & the disappointments of seeing many breweries back away from DEI in the present environment. www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...
The second annual Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival is coming to Rushville, Indiana on November 21-22. I'll be tabling and giving several presentations, and there's an amazing list of speakers and vendors. I'm previewing the festival today on Bean to Barstool:
www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/mcc...
www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/mcc...
Previewing the Second Annual Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival in Rushville, Indiana — Bean to Barstool
David Nilsen previews the second annual Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival, and talks with organizer Barb Genuario, sponsor Cocoa Supply's CEO Leila Carvajal Erker, chocolate maker Tandy Peterson of Emb...
www.beantobarstool.com
October 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The second annual Midwest Craft Chocolate Festival is coming to Rushville, Indiana on November 21-22. I'll be tabling and giving several presentations, and there's an amazing list of speakers and vendors. I'm previewing the festival today on Bean to Barstool:
www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/mcc...
www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/mcc...
My article on brewing with cacao fruit pulp for Craft Beer & Brewing won second place in the Best Technical Writing category at the @nagbw.bsky.social awards yesterday! www.beerandbrewing.com/pulp-nonfict...
Pulp Nonfiction: The True Story of Brewing with Cacao Fruit
Cacao isn’t just for chocolate beers—around those nibs is a whole fruit with its own bright and unexpected flavors. Largely unknown outside tropical climates, those flavors present some unique possibi...
www.beerandbrewing.com
October 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
My article on brewing with cacao fruit pulp for Craft Beer & Brewing won second place in the Best Technical Writing category at the @nagbw.bsky.social awards yesterday! www.beerandbrewing.com/pulp-nonfict...
A few Ohio GABF and general BA awards (GABF & WBC) stats I've been taking a look at the last couple days...
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October 14, 2025 at 12:11 AM
A few Ohio GABF and general BA awards (GABF & WBC) stats I've been taking a look at the last couple days...
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At yesterday's @nagbw.bsky.social awards, @melindag.bsky.social & I were thrilled to see 4 of our Final Gravity writers recognized for their excellent work in our zine. 🧵
October 13, 2025 at 7:33 PM
At yesterday's @nagbw.bsky.social awards, @melindag.bsky.social & I were thrilled to see 4 of our Final Gravity writers recognized for their excellent work in our zine. 🧵
Reposted by David Nilsen
For Indigenous Peoples' Day, a reminder that the PNW hops that beer lovers love to love owe much of their existence to the thousands of Native Americans who migrated around the Puget Sound region each year to pick them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
October 13, 2025 at 2:25 PM
For Indigenous Peoples' Day, a reminder that the PNW hops that beer lovers love to love owe much of their existence to the thousands of Native Americans who migrated around the Puget Sound region each year to pick them in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
This was such a well-written article on a topic we hadn't seen covered previously, balancing personal experience with solid reporting and actionable guidance. Really proud to have published it.
I was thrilled to pick up a first place at last nights @nagbw.bsky.social awards for an essay in Final Gravity about my diagnosis of hearing loss. Huge thanks to @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social for commissioning and careful edits.
October 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This was such a well-written article on a topic we hadn't seen covered previously, balancing personal experience with solid reporting and actionable guidance. Really proud to have published it.