Aaron Goldfarb lives in Brooklyn and is the author of The Guide for a Single Man and The Guide for a Single Woman. His writing on beer has appeared in Esquire, Playboy, The Daily Beast, Draft Magazine and more.
Aaron Goldfarb
The Current State of American Gose
Welcome to "I'd Tap That," in which Aaron Goldfarb and a panel of tasters pit "whales" against "shelf turds" in an effort to understand everything from Imperial IPA to Saison.…
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- photo: Lizzie Munro
Who Invented the Shotski and Why?
The shotski—a literal ski off of which multiple shots are taken—has a murky history, with two countries laying claim to its origins and several American entrepreneurs cashing in on it.…
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Why Don’t Beer Geeks Like Wheat Beers?
Welcome to "I'd Tap That," in which Aaron Goldfarb and a panel of tasters pit "whales" against "shelf turds" in an effort to understand everything from Imperial IPA to gose.…
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- photo: Lizzie Munro
Who the Hell Invented Edward Fortyhands?
From whence did the genius who first suggested taping 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor or beer to each hand come? Aaron Goldfarb seeks out the origin stories of the idiotic,…
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Why Are Beer Geeks So Obsessed with Ratings?
Wine ratings are increasingly becoming a metric of the past. But to beer aficionados, user-generated ratings on platforms like BeerAdvocate and Untappd remain highly esteemed metrics of geek appeal. Aaron…
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Are the World’s Most Iconic Lagers Just Bud in Different Bottles?
Nearly every country has its own claim to beer fame, from Imperial in Costa Rica to Mythos in Greece. But just how many of these beers are truly connected to…
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- photo: Lizzie Munro
Drinking with Filmmaker Steven Soderbergh
The prolific director of Erin Brockovich and Magic Mike talks with Aaron Goldfarb about everything from the best bar scenes in film to his obsession with the obscure Bolivian spirit,…
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- photo: Doron Gild Photography
A Brief History of Collaboration Beers
Since Russian River and Avery launched beer's first "collaboration beer" in 2006, high-profile partnerships between breweries have become a fixture of the industry. But how many of them are actually…
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- photo: PUNCH
Can Big Beer Really Make Great Beer?
Anheuser-Busch and MillerCoors have both launched independent brewing laboratories to experiment with making more esoteric "credibility beers" that take cues from the margins of the craft beer scene. Aaron Goldfarb…
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- illustration: Natalie K Nelson
Confessions of a Beer Ticker
The psychology behind amassing alcohol often harkens back to childhood collection obsessions—from baseball cards to Bourbon County Stout, from pogs to Pappy. Aaron Goldfarb on his own collecting evolution and…
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