Mike Fraser

There's a new guy behind the bar at pintsforksfriends.com, and his name is Hops. He's our beer sommelier. Tell him what's on the grill and he'll tell you what to pour. He knows why a porter belongs next to brisket, why a Märzen works with anything that's touched live fire, and why you should put down the double IPA when the sauce gets mean. He's read every Field Note we've filed, so ask him about the back roads, small-town taprooms, and smoke shacks that never show up on a top-ten list. He's also the keeper of the wings. Hops knows the I Can Do Another 12 back catalog stop by stop: where we went, what we scored, and which joints earned a second dozen. Ask him where to eat in Northeast Ohio, which stop scored a 9.95, or what survives a round of Death Wings. He won't make up a score we never gave, and he won't call a chain a hidden gem. Pull up a stool. He's in the chat bubble at pintsforksfriends.com. #ICanDoAnother12 #PintsForksFriends #CraftBeer #BBQ #ChickenWings

Reese's Pieces have no chocolate in them. The peanuts had their oil pressed out and a cheaper fat put back in. Sugar is first, then partially defatted peanuts, then hydrogenated palm kernel and soybean oil, then corn syrup solids. Everything after that is 2% or less, and it's the dyes, the glaze, some vanillin and a little milk. There's no cocoa anywhere. Partially defatted just means the peanuts went through a press. The peanut oil comes out one side and gets sold as peanut oil. What's left is a dry peanut flour, and that's what the center is made from, because flour holds a shape in a panning drum and doesn't go rancid. Then they put fat back in, and the fat they picked is hydrogenated palm kernel oil, which is solid at room temperature and costs less than peanut oil. You can see the swap on the panel. 38 pieces have 6 g of fat and all 6 are saturated. Peanut oil is mostly unsaturated, so that number isn't the peanut. The shell is sugar with 4 dyes and a coat of shellac.

Mood next week when all these political ads finally go away

The nicest weather in the USA today will be in and around Overland Park, KS, Cleveland, OH, and Virginia Beach, VA.

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Hello Hops! 🍻 1/2

Cleveland tapped Christmas Ale yesterday and then watched Petey Halpin flip his bat into orbit. Not a bad Thursday. If you missed First Pour, today is the first day you can take Great Lakes Christmas Ale home. Cans, bottles and kegs are at the GLBC Gift Shop on Market Avenue right now. Everyone else gets it in stores Monday. We put everything in one place: the 7.5% ABV, every release date, the new Snowscape Winter Lager, the snickerdoodle Cookie Exchange Milk Stout, and the Sub Zero Mission coat drive that deserves more attention than the merch line. pintsforksfriends.com/unwrap… #PintsForksFriends #ChristmasAle #StandGuard | #GuardsBall

Our Agent HOPS is working out great on our website 🍻 vechain:native Hops pulled current Ohio craft Beer Winners at the @GABF Cheers!

This dude is a hero.

Cade Smith is a bad, bad dude. #GuardsBall | #StandGuard

Ohio brought lager to an IPA fight in Denver and came home with 9 GABF medals, 4 of them gold. Every winner and where to drink it is on the site, and Hops, our AI beer sommelier, already knows who won. Ask away: pintsforksfriends.com/ohio-g… #OhioCraftBeer #GABF2026

Happy Sunday! ☕️ ☀️