#i met him at knotfest

[aldobrandohotel]

Me when my crush sends me a pic of his hair

[dramaticvhs]

Hey! Hoping you could recommend any smut fics for me where it’s Stiles Stilinski x The Hales. It could be just a couple of the Hales, all the male Hales, or all the Hales. As long as there’s more than one hale.

hi! I don't remember getting this ask so I have no idea how long it's been sitting in my inbox. I'm terribly sorry.

I don't know a lot of fics (unfortunately, because I love them) but here are a few I do have bookmarked! :) Also unfortunately, I don't seem to have many Stiles x male Hale's that aren't just Derek and Peter.

if anyone has more please feel free to comment/reblog with fics, or send me an ask! I love finding new fics (:

as always remember to read tags !!

New Experiences by EmeraldTrident and mikkeltwink (Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski/Peter Hale)

Stiles Stilinski heads to a remote cabin in the woods for a one night stand with an older guy he met online. When he arrives, Stiles discovers the man brought a friend to join in on the fun. Stiles doesn't have a single complaint.

Live & Thrive by callunavulgari (Derek Hale/Laura Hale/Stiles Stilinski)

“Now, for your first assignment of the week, I would like you to tell me,” Laura Hale tells them, casting her eyes relentlessly around the room. Searching, meeting each of her student’s gazes, until those dark intelligent eyes finally come to rest on Stiles. “What would drive you to kill?” Stiles Stilinski, sixteen years old and new to the Future Agents in Training program, falls in love.

A Night of Morally-Questionable Decision Making by marguerite_26 (Cora Hale/Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski)

"He's perfect, Derek," Cora says, like she's asking permission. Her breath is hot against the back of Stiles' neck while her fingers toy with his belt buckle. Stiles squirms in her hold, confused and self-conscious. They're still in the apartment doorway, talking to her brother. He doesn't have a lot of experience, but he's pretty sure this isn't normal hookup procedure.

Filling the Void Within Me By demonkatgurl17 (Derek Hale/Stiles Stilinski/Peter Hale)

Derek backed Stiles up against one of the steel girders in the abandoned station, stopping mere inches away from him. Stiles’s eyes were trained on the floor, staring at anything else but the warm body in front of him, nearly pressed against him. He didn’t know why he was here, what had driven him here, to Derek of all people. He was sure that if there was a shred of sanity coursing through him right now, then he would have never have left the relative safety of his room.

Virgin Territory by jujukittychick (Derek Hale/Laura Hale/Stiles Stilinski)

Stiles has a photo shoot for Hale’s Belles BDSM magazine where he’ll be subbing for Laura while Derek photographs. Things go quickly off script as the twins find themselves attracted to the cutie, and Stiles is completely flustered by the attention from the two smoking hot siblings

here's these as well that have several pairings:

Knotfest by Triangulum

"Remember," Peter says loudly to the audience, "that very few people come from penetration alone, so paying attention to your partner is key." Peter strokes Stiles, loving how it makes the boy tighten around his knot. Peter rolls his hips, nudging the boy's prostate and making him whimper. "Peter, I'm close," Stiles gasps. "Mmm, be a good boy and come for me," Peter growls in Stiles' ear. OR All year, Peter and Talia work to set up Knotfest, a three-day festival devoted completely to knotting. There are vendors, demonstrations, even a group play area. And finally, the time is here.

The Job Interview by Inell

Stiles is attending the third interview for the job he’s applied for at Hale Enterprise LTD. He has no idea that the third round of interviewing is going to require him to be the center of a Hale pack gangbang.

[polyamorouspunk]

How does one make friends as an adult? I could hardly do it in school, but now I've graduated and have no clue what I'm doing

My dude you are asking the wrong person I made exactly 1 friend and it was the most toxic relationship I’ve ever been in and it was only 6 months.

But if you find out let me know!!!

(Srs) find clubs/events going on. My mom joined a book club and throws axes in a league weekly. None of those people are friends she would like bring over or anything but before we left CT she was in a card playing group that she would spend time with outside of the actual games and two of them ended up getting married from it.

Idk though. Like I go to Pride and I went to the pride prom and it’s all fun but I don’t connect with people past the night there. I have someone I used to talk to more who literally just like every day was like “I’m going to a concert and then I’m going on a date with this friend the day after and then two days after that I’m hanging out with my group of friends and I might go to the bar and flirt with the bar tender I have a thing with” and honestly talking to them makes me miserable and I’m glad we don’t talk as much because they just constantly tell me how great their life is now that they can be out and themselves and they’re casually seeing like 10 different people etc and when I said something along the lines of “I’m not good at making friends like that” their response was “I guess it’s just different for you” which really stung because it’s like yeah it is I have at least 3 mental illnesses and I’m chronically ill and I can’t actually go out and do the things I want to do.

It’s very hard when you don’t have constant access to a big city. I live in rural North Carolina and I live half an hour from the city I work in and gas is expensive! I’ll be going back to college (hopefully) this fall in person. I met a few friends in college, one I still talk to and I actually have been talking to today and yesterday and we actually dated after I moved away but the long distance didn’t work for her so she broke it off and fuck it hurts because she is literally everything I’m looking for in a partner right now.

Dating apps don’t work for me. People are like “so you wanna meet up?” And im like no I don’t. People message me and get feelings for me and I’m like I’m not interested in you romantically. I don’t want to meet up. I just want to have the most shallow and casual of relationships where you know nothing about me really and I know nothing about you really but we just talk about how much work and life and relationships suck.

I don’t know. I don’t fucking know. I’m trying so hard. It hurts. It hurts like hell. At least I have my coworkers even if half the time they hate me because I’m still clearly weird and neurodivergent and not someone they would ever be friends with outside of work. I have one coworker I actually really like and she is the closest thing I have to a friend but like I want to go to Knotfest because the closest show is literally on my birthday and I thought about inviting her for a second and then I’m like we’re all broke as fuck because we work at fucking bloodbath and beyond she’s not going to want to spend what little money she has going to see a show she has 0 internet in in another state.

The one friend I did have I made at the concert and that was because he was the kind of person who literally talked to everyone around him including me which I was awkward about because he was hot as fuck but I noticed his brother was a bit left out so I focused on his brother and made sure he had someone to talk to and then op I spent a few months fucking the dude until he went to AZ and started seeing someone else.

If it’s any consolation my mom is almost 55 and my brother is 35 and they’re both having the same issues we are.

[melyaliz]

Remember me pt 5

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Fandom: My Hero Academia 

Pairing: Bakugou Katsuki x oc 

Notes: This dumbass posted chapter 6 before posting chapter 5... so yeah that happened. so think of it this way. You get two chapters in one.  

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It was the perfect day as they both laid out on the cool grass watching the sunset over the large open-air venue. A plate of bacon cheese fries and two beers between them.

“This has been such an amazing time” Olive sighed moving her hand over so she could get it tangled up in Eliott’s.

“Yeah, best birthday gift ever from the best wife ever,” he said turning to look at her with a smile

“You're welcome” she said, “I had to try to keep up with the amazing gift that is you being in my life.”

He scrunched up his face pulling it back so it made him look like he had a million chins in his golden beard. “I’m ok,” this earned him a soft slap on his thick stomach.

“Oh stop,” she said. They lapsed into silence again just enjoying the Heavy Mental that was playing on the stage. Knotfest had been a full day experience and they were taking a short break from rocking out to have some dinner and just relax before the main event

“So I was thinking” she started “It’s not that I don’t love my job.”

“I know,” he said, turning on his side taking a swig of his beer, his stormy eyes watching her.

“It’s just, I’m actually making pretty good money doing this smut novel thing, and... maybe I can cut back on my hours?”

“Yeah, that makes sense.” He said nodding.

“It may make a dip in our funds though.”

“Yeah but the more novels you write the more money you make. Besides, sports season is about to start up again in a month and I may have some leads on hero work.”

“Wait really?” she turned to him. Excited about the idea of him trying something new. Hero work paid good money too.

“Nothing concrete yet but I say let’s take the leap. You are happy writing and I want you to do what makes you happy.”

Olive smiled biting her lip, her heart feeling so full at the moment.  “You are what makes me happy,” she said leaning forward kissing him.

“Well that’s good because I don’t know if you know this but…” he leaned forward whispering in her ear, “I kind of love you.”

“WHHHAAATTT” Olive gasped pulling back her hand over her mouth in shock. “Are you drunk or something?”

“Maybe you're just beautiful,” Eliott laughed.

“So are you.”

“I guess,” the blonde man said stroking his beard, “if you’re into that gnome look.”

“My hot gnome,” Olive said, kissing him again as the band wrapped up.

“Are you ready?” Eliott asked, pulling away. Olive raised an eyebrow confused, “To open up the fucking pitttt” he said moving his elbows around pretending to mosh pushing himself into Olive who fell into the grass giggling and laughing as she tried to push him off.  

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They stood there for a few moments. His overwhelming scent and body looming over her. She didn’t feel trapped or worried. He had never given her a reason too. Even if he did have a grumpy face, he always treated her tenderly.

Or at least from the three days they had been together.

So while she didn’t feel uncomfortable she was painfully aware of his body over hers. Her breath shallow as if she couldn’t seem to catch it. It was obvious that he wanted to kiss her and was testing the waters.  The way he looked at her, just close enough that if either of them moved they would touch. The pull so strong it seemed to tug at her very soul.

But for some reason, she couldn’t give in. Her body and mind at such odds with each other it was making her head spin. Her heart racing so fast in her chest she thought it might just come out of her body entirely. Pound a hole right through her

Gently she pressed her hands on his chest. His own hand warm came up clasping itself around her cold fingers as he looked down at her.

“I… it’s late,” she whispered as if breaking the spell, waking him up. For a moment, just the briefest of moments. He looked very putout. Upset.

Looking away he nodded stepping back letting her brush past him toward the bedroom. He watched her go frozen in his spot until she was out of sight. Then letting out a growl he punched the wall where she had been standing. Frustration coursing through her veins like venom burning him from the inside out.

By the time Bakugou had cooled down enough to face her again Olive was already in bed with Dolemite. The cat looked totally content his long thick tail swaying back and forth as he lay curled up next to his owner. Never in his life had Bakugou ever wanted to be a cat so bad. To have that unconditional love like he got.

“Hello” her soft voice came from the bed as she watched him go into the large closet to change coming out in some sweats, shirtless. The sight of him makes her look away for a moment and he can’t help himself, the anger still there bubbling just below the service.

“Can I sleep in these? I mean normally I’m in boxers.”

“You can do whatever you want” was her response as she studied his expression, “this is your house.”

The single comment deflated him. She was always like that. Never engaging him in his anger. Even when she remembered him she would just let him yell it out and then move on. “It’s yours too” he mumbled running his fingers through his hair looking up at her feeling completely defeated.

At his soft comment, Olive felt sick. A sadness washing over her as she looked at the blonde before her. He just looked… so lost. Like a basset hound with those sad eyes.

“Did… you want to sleep here?” she asked hesitantly. They were married, she reasoned. She had loved him once. Trusted him. There had to be a reason she had broken her vow of living the rest of her life alone. There must have been something that had made her be able to find someone who could measure up to Eliott.

He looked so surprised at her question that it reminded her of a child who was just told they could have an extra piece of candy. The look of shock frozen on his face as his eyes went from her to the bed she was nestled in. Then frowning he shoved his hands into his pockets.

“You sure?”

She nodded trying not to laugh at him. He was so grumpy all the time. However her smile seemed to encourage him because with a simple shrugged as if he didn’t care -he did- he lept into the bed almost crushing Dolemite who let out a cry of annoyance. Grabbing the cat he tossed the fluff ball onto the floor before studying Olive. She looked back at him unsure of what he wanted to say then it dawned on her.

“Am I on the wrong side?”  

“It’s fine”

“It’s clearly not.” she said getting up and stepping over him, “Move”

He did, watching her intently as she cuddled up again getting comfortable. He had this intense stair that was slightly unnerving. Olive vaguely wondered if it was just reserved for her or if he looked at everyone like that.

“Katsuki,” she said looking up at him. At the sound of his name, he looked down at her. Still stiffly sitting up in the bed.

“Yeah?”

“Why did you marry me?”  

“What do you mean?” he asked, studying her.

“I mean,” she said rolling onto her back looking up at the ceiling, “You are the number 1 hero, very hot, and seem like a pretty normal guy. I, on the other hand, am some weird girl who apparently now only writes smutty novels.” then sitting up something struck her.

“Wait how many have I written?”

“You just finished your fifteenth.” he studied her totally confused by her sudden shift in mood.

Her eyes went wide, a grin spreading across her face, “Do you know what this means?”

“No what?”

“I get to read my stories without remembering writing them. It’s like… every writer’s dream. I just want to be able to read my story . Well, now I can!”

He couldn’t help but smile because he wasn’t sure about other writers but he routinely came home from work to find her laying on the floor moaning about how she just wanted the story to be written.

“I just want to read my story”

“So hurry up and write it.”

“It’s not that easy ok!” letting out a groan dramatically she pushed her laptop off her stomach. Then rolled onto her stomach before fake crying, face down in the carpet. “It’s HARRRRDDDD”

Fighting back a smile he walked over gently kicking her in the side. Looking up she glared at him through messy hair. “Stop being a little bitch," he said playfully earning him a middle finger.

“You were the first” his voice was soft as he watched her giggling to herself over the excitement of finding her books and reading them tomorrow. Pausing Olive turned confused by his comment studying him.

“Huh?”

“You were the first,” Bakugou said again, his chrisom eyes so intense she couldn’t look away, “You were the first woman I had ever met who just… I liked.”

“Oh,” there was a soft flutter in her stomach as she looked up at him. “So weird but ok.”

“That’s not weird!” he snapped angrily, “You can’t just say that after I say something romantic like that!”

Biting her lip Olive leaned back into her pillows. It had just kind of slipped out. She had never understood why Eliott had loved her and when he had died she had just assumed she would never meet another man who could love her. Who could follow up an act like Eliott.

Looking at the man next to her Olive wanted to tell him she loved him too. Wanted to somehow explain that he must have been someone special. But it sounded fake and forced in her head. “It’s really sweet Katsuki” she finally said. “You have been nothing but perfect this whole time with me. Showing me all these things I like. It’s like you just know.”

“Idiot I do,” he said laying down arms folded over his stomach. His whole body dejected, frustrated trying to find the right words.  “I know that mushrooms make you sick. That you liked weird movies. You have a strange obsession with ugly things.” slowly Bakugou turned to meet her gaze. “You love to watch people and have always seemed to see things no one else does.” it was like he was reading her soul. Going into her brain and pulling out who she was and laying it out in front of her. “I know that you love to get dressed up but after an hour you are back into your PJs. That you are one of the most loyal people I have ever met and even when I’m in the wrong you are on my side. You are the reason I’m number 1. You kept pushing me and finding ways to move me from being number 2. Not because you cared about my rank but because I wanted it so badly.”

“I…” Olive paused unsure how to respond to this. It was incredibly romantic. So soft and gentle. But it was coming from a stranger. It was like listening to someone talking about someone else. There was no history on her side. No context to what he was saying. As if someone had written those words about her and then had an incredibly hot guy read them too her. She felt uncomfortable with his tender words. So unsure how to react to the,.

“Don’t” he sighed rolling onto his back again, “I know you don’t remember so don’t try and make me feel better because I know you want too. I’m not some pathetic guy who needs you to make him feel better.”

“I know this isn’t what you want Katsuki but…” she took a deep breath, “I know I loved you and I know that even if I don’t get my memories back I will love you again.”

“Yeah? and how do you know that?” he asked harshly, glancing at her. Giving her major side-eye as if scared to really look at her after spilling his heart out to her like that.

“Because,” she said, reaching out gently, touching his shoulder in what she hoped was a comforting touch. “I would never commit myself to marry someone unless I knew that our love was forever. I didn’t do that with Eliott and I wouldn’t have done that with you or anyone else.”

He turned then, studying her. She had told him a week after he had proposed that if they did get married that as long as he was alive she would never marry anyone else. That when they said “I do” that she was committing herself to him for life. When she had said it then he had thought it was one of those cultural things where she was trying to make sure he knew what marriage meant to her. But now laying there with her not knowing him at all he realized what that meant.

When she had told him she loved him and that she wanted him forever, she had meant it. And even if she didn’t remember him she knew herself enough to trust that she had loved him. That she wasn’t going to leave him.

Him, not Eliott.

Not anyone else.

Him.

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Story Tag: @0hmydeku @inumorph @it-jinxed-us @myraticm

[violetmoonlight]

HIM Challenge

The First HIM Song You Ever Heard - Join Me In Death.

The First HIM Album You Bought - And Love Said No and Love Metal (thanks to my dear angel friend Danielle Anna Sarah)

The First HIM Video You Watched - Join Me In Death maybe was 2001 via Telehit.

The First HIM Gig You Went To - CDMX, Pepsi Center, March 28, 2014, was such an amazing day!

The First Band Picture You Put On Your Wall/Screensaver - Was this banner I made with photos of Ville haha

Your Favourite HIM Song - Impossible pick just one, so... Sleepwalking Past Hope, Join Me In Death (SWD version), For You, Our Diabolikal Rapture, The Path, And Love Said No (616 Version), Dying Song, Cyanide Sun, I've Crossed Oceans Of Wine To Find You, Bury Me Deep Inside Your Heart, The 9th Circle, The Funeral Of Hearts, Love's Requiem, Heaven Tonight, Disarm Me (With Your Loneliness), Poison Girl (SWD version), This Fortress Of Tears, In Joy And Sorrow, Circle Of Fear, The Sacrament, You Are The One, Play Dead, Drawn & Quartered, Endless Dark, The Kiss Of Dawn, Love The Hardest Way, The Phantom Gate, Dark Sekret Love, W.L.S.T.D.

Your Favourite HIM Album - Again can't choose just one, my top 3:

1. Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666

2. Venus Doom and Love Metal

3. Screamworks.

Your Favourite HIM Video - The Funeral Of Hearts 💙 love it from the first time and before I know was filmed in Lapland, now I love it even more!

Your Favourite Picture Of The Band - Has to be a pic from Ville Juurikkala photoshoot, very hard to pick just one, but I love this two!

Your Favourite HIM Member - Ville! 💗 the brain, soul and heart of HIM... I'm a very proud Valolieber lol, Linde is my other favorite member.

Your Favourite Cover - Some answer this with a HIM cover song and others with an album cover, so I'm gonna answer both.

Wicked Game (demo version), Hand Of Doom, Rebel Yell, Don't Fear The Reaper, from Ville: Lonely Road and Ikkunaprinsessa.

My favorite album cover is not from an album but from a single, It's All Tears (Drown In This Love), that photo is one of my favorites of Ville 😍 and If I had to pick my fave from all the official albums then has to be Love Metal, proudly displaying a golden Heartagram and I love all those little details who can't be captured by a camera in a picture.

Your Favourite Video That Isn’t A Music Video - My favorite interview is the one with Ville and Charlotte Roche watching his favorite videos and favorite performance is Rock Am Ring 2001.

The Number Of Time’s You Have Seen HIM Live - Only 5 😢

28.03.2014, Pepsi Center, CDMX, Mexico

04.12.2015, Carpa Astros, CDMX, Mexico

05.12.2015, Knotfest Mexico, Toluca, Mexico

01.07.2017, Tuska Festival, Helsinki, Finland

31.10.2017, Pepsi Center, CDMX, Mexico.

The Year You Discovered HIM - Late 1999, but re-discovered the band and became fan in 2012.

Name A Person You Met Through HIM - My dear friends who are the ones behind the best HIM Street Team in the world: HIMexicanTeam, Kari, Mimi, Euge, Anita and Rulito, los quiero mucho!!!

Name A Band You Discovered Through HIM - There are so many! but the ones I like are The 69 Eyes, Negative, Apocalyptica, Vanity Beach, Beastmilk, Delta Enigma, and of course Daniel Lioneye!

Name A HIM Song That Best Describes You - Dying Song or This Fortress Of Tears.

Post A Quote By A HIM Member That Makes You Laugh - Not exactly a quote, but was really funny heard Ville say "Hombres satánicos" in Mexico wonder from who or where he heard that haha

Post A Comment About The Band And What They Mean To You - Can't see myself without their music, HIM is a very important part of my life and going to love the band 'till the day I die or probably beyond, I'm grateful for every tear and laugh, for all the memories they gave me the last 5 years, some of the best days of my life were because of them 💗💗💗💗💗

Siempre quise hacerlo desde que lo vi en Tumblr así que aquí está.

[wineanddinosaur]

Next Round: Knotfest Beer Pit Is Bringing Heavy Metal and Craft Beer Together

On this episode of “Next Round,” host Adam Teeter and VinePair’s senior editor Cat Wolinski chat with Adam Zuniga, advanced cicerone and creator of Knotfest Beer Pit. Knotfest Beer Pit is a direct-to-consumer beer subscription club inspired by heavy metal culture. Zuniga explains why, for him, heavy metal and craft beer are synonymous.

Zuniga also explains the month-to-month box that Knotfest Beer Pi customers receive. Each box contains eight beers from four state-of-the-art breweries around the United States. Finally, Zuniga details the creation of his show “The Six Most Metal Breweries,” an award-winning series that showcases the crossover between craft beer and heavy metal music.

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Adam Teeter: From Brooklyn, New York, I’m Adam Teeter, and this is a VinePair “Next Round” conversation. We are bringing these conversations between our regular podcast episodes to give a better picture of what’s been going on in the alcohol beverage community. Today, I’m really excited to be joined by Adam Zuniga, advanced cicerone and the creator of the Knotfest Beer Pit. Adam, thanks so much for joining me.

Adam Zuniga: Adam, thank you for having me. It’s always good to know another Adam.

A: Yes, always. Also, we have a special guest, which is beer lover, senior editor at VinePair, and all-around beer cheerleader Cat Wolinski. I mean, you crashed my interview.

C: I did. Is this weird? I’m here. I’m here on a “Next Round” episode, breaking the rules.

A: We’re going to co-interview Adam, which I’m pretty excited about. Adam, can you chat with us a little bit about what Knotfest Beer Pit is?

Z: Absolutely. The Knotfest Beer Pit is a direct-to-consumer beer subscription club that is sent monthly. It is meant to represent the highest-quality craft beers on the market, as well as the most metal craft beers available on the market and a collection that you won’t find anywhere else paired together.

A: So what do you mean by the most metal?

Z: Well, it’s an interesting question you ask. My background is often working in craft beer sales and in marketing. In doing so, I found a way to incorporate a lot of my own personal interests into it, which of course includes heavy metal. The more I look for it, the more you will find brewers in any given brewery, whether they’re a declared metal brewery or not, have a background, a love, and a passion for hard rock, heavy music, or heavy metal that helps them get through the day and influences their work. When I say metal beer, I believe they’re bringing the same ethic and the same attitude to their beer as if they play in a band, as if it’s their own passion product, as if it expresses their own DIY ethic. That quality, first and foremost, is what translates into the beer. Yes, it can be big, boozy, and aggressive, but it can be lighter, fashionable, and intended for a show and day drinking. They can bring the aesthetic into the label art, into the name, their recipe development, and thought process. To me, all those things represent a metal beer, and I’m trying to bring them all into the Knotfest Beer Pit, into this box people receive monthly in such a way that you’ll never have available anywhere else. All at one time, all in one place.

A: Wow, that’s really awesome. Had you ever attempted a subscription service like this before? Did you know anything about what this was going to take going in? What was your plan to launch a beer subscription service?

Z: One of the few positives after a year of negative, obviously craft beer, as has every industry, been struck hard on account of Covid and during the pandemic over a year now. As a result, people had to get crafty. Breweries had to get even more crafty. We’ve seen a lot of traditional distribution laws not fail, but at least become more lax during the pandemic while breweries figure out how to reach the consumer directly. It’s been much the same for artists, bands, and musicians because they’re not able to tour. They’re not able to perform live right now. In this case, 5B Artists + Media, who represents Slipknot and a variety of heavy bands on their roster, was trying to see how they could continue to reach their fans even though artists can’t play live right now? I had originally met them at Kings County Brewers Collective when they were collaborating on a beer for another one of their bands called Behemoth, and you never know how these little things are going to come back, so it really just circled around. They were looking to get more invested in the beer business to find out how to monetize their artists when live music is not happening. They approached me with the idea of a direct-to-consumer beer club. It was the perfect storm because we’re living in a state right now where there is nothing more important than direct-to-consumer. They said, “We want to work with you, we want you to lead this project. You select the beers, you work with the breweries. We’ll try to incorporate our bands and our branding, and it’ll be the perfect storm.”

A: Nice. How many breweries are taking part in the club and how many bands?

Z: As of right now, each box, month-to-month, is going to include four different breweries, and you get two beers from each brewery. One box, eight beers, and four breweries. In each box, I’m going to try to include at least a nod to some of the band beers that have come before or the longest-standing band beers out there. In this month, for instance, we have a Belching Beaver Phantom Bride IPA included, and that’s a collaboration with Deftones, who is one of 5B’s artists. In addition to that, we have Morbid Hour black pilsner, which is my beer made in collaboration with Kings County Brewers Collective and St. Vitus Bar, which we shot a pilot episode for and released as the first episode for a series called “The Six Most Metal Breweries.” Then, we also include Gashadokuro Double IPA and then WayFinder Hell. That’s from Wayfinding Beer in Portland, Ore. Every month, it’ll be at least four different breweries from four different states, and then we’ll try to have one band beer involved.

A: OK, so all the beer is coming to you first in New York, etc. and then you’re boxing them out, and selling them? Are they coming individually from the different breweries? Obviously, you have a brewery from Portland, here from Brooklyn, one from Virginia, one from Oceanside, Calif. How’s this all working?

Z: It’s a vast network. I am currently based in California, and 5B Artists + Media is based in both California and New York. I am working with all the breweries to arrange a one-time drop and temporary distribution to the state of New Jersey, believe it or not, unless they’re already distributed there. They ship their beer to New Jersey and it’s received by a large retailer called Roselle Park Wines and Spirits, who also ships all Slipknot Whiskey nationally. When you really dig into this, it’s unbelievable that traditionally, it has been easier to mail-order wine or whiskey than it has beer. I don’t know the full extent of the reasoning behind that. As I said, thankfully, those laws are starting to change a little bit, or at least people are turning a blind eye during Covid. I get all these breweries to ship their beer to New Jersey for just a one-time, nonexclusive, temporary drop. From there, it is shipped to about 30 states by Roselle Park Wines and Spirits. Those 30 states are eventually going to grow to hopefully 40, possibly 50. There’s a couple outliers, the blue states, you know who you are. Then, we might start shipping internationally to a couple of additional countries as well.

A: Cool. How are you getting the word out about this, and how has it been so far?

Z: So far, so good. Anything that starts small inevitably has to grow. That is the nature of life and music and beer. Primarily, the word has been through knotfestbeerpit.com. We are promoting it on social media. That’s also why I reached out to Cat, because originally with VinePair when we did the collaboration with Morbid Hour, with KCBC and St. Vitus Bar. VinePair was thankfully one of the publications out there that’s big enough to explore a world that is potentially off the beaten track or morbid as craft beer and heavy metal. I really appreciate VinePair for that. I reached out to you if there was any interest. It’s a great thing, Cat, because on the beer side of things, a lot of people want to say, “Metal is too gimmicky, it’s quirky, it’s not serious enough, craft beer still wants to be taken very seriously.” On the metal side, people might want to say, “Well, craft beer is not metal enough. It’s too niche and specific with the strain of metal breweries out there.” I love it when someone like VinePair will explore this world and acknowledge it.

C: Totally, I love covering those cross-sections of the beer world and the other worlds surrounding it like a Venn diagram. Metal is obviously one of them, beer has always been a part of the metal lifestyle and shows. I think it makes sense to approach that from a branding perspective, too. I have a question about the service itself. I am often asked for recommendations for beer subscription services or gifts, and I don’t usually have any recommendations that I can feel really good about. Can you tell us how Knotfest Beer Pit is different and why it’s worth the subscription compared to others in considering the price point as well?

Z: First of all, it’s month-to-month, so there is no required commitment. You can go as you want to go. Month-to-month, take it or leave it, you can choose. In addition to that, the beers are chosen by me. They’re curated by an advanced cicerone. A lot of thought and effort goes into the beers you’ll be drinking every month. There is no dud, as I said, quality first. To me, the idea of metal represents quality. So you have a beer subscription club that you can choose month-to-month. It’s guaranteed to be the highest quality, curated by an advanced cicerone. Then, of course, with a unique point of view, when you have an agency behind it, like 5B Artists + Media, it’s the seal and stamp of approval that these beers represent our artists. These beers represent the heaviest, most metal beers on the market. If you take all that combined, no commitment, highest quality, and most metal attitude and aesthetic that you will not find anywhere else. I haven’t seen anyone else out there doing something even remotely similar yet.

C: That is true. Most of the subscription services that have existed over the last few decades are either distributor-run, or you’re getting the dusty things off the shelves that weren’t selling so well. I do have another question about the freshness. Obviously, these are all quality beers, but if they’re coming from around the country and then New Jersey and then back out to wherever they’re being sent around the country or even internationally, how can we know — something like a black lager or any lager will survive decently overseas — but if it’s something like the Adroit Theory EBK, which is, I think, 8 percent Imperial IPA. it’s chock full of all sorts of different hopped varieties. How are you guaranteeing that it can be enjoyed fresh?

Z: Yeah, absolutely. I’m putting a lot of thought and effort into freshness because, as you said, I want every box to include at least one, if not two lagers. As we know, lagers are more prone to survive shipping. They’re more prone to stay fresh longer because they’re not highly hopped. I think every box is going to include at least one to two lagers, specifically with freshness in mind. Also, when it comes to imperial territory with stouts, as there will always be a bigger beer that they can only improve with age, even something like oxidation might bring out more wanted flavors. If it does have a little bit of time to when it reaches the consumer, it’ll still be a valued experience, highest quality, and great taste. With IPAs, I have to pay very, very special attention to them because, as you know, they’re the most volatile and the most perishable. What we are going to do moving forward is make sure that IPAs, in any given box, are only canned and shipped at the very end of the month prior to that box. This is the first box that just went out, and it was shipped at the very end of March. What I’m going to try to do going forward, for example, for the April box that’s coming, the IPA was just canned literally the last week of March for the April box. Then, we’re going to keep pushing forward to get that April box out, maybe mid-month instead of the end of the month. The bottom line is the absolute goal is to make sure that an IPA will be canned within 30 days of being received by Roselle Park and shipped out to consumers. Then it will be consumed most definitely within 60 days of reaching the consumer. That will go for all beers, not just IPA. We are really trying to make sure when this is rolling perfectly out to market, that no beer in there will have more than 90 days on it at the absolute most. I would say that is a reasonable representation of freshness from any brewery, as long as conditions are kept under control.

A: Right now on the site, the subscription is $50 a box. Will the prices change, or are you trying to keep it $50 every month? How does that work?

Z: If anything, we’d love to get the prices down a little bit. As I said, it’s still a work in progress and we are figuring that out right now. It’s important to emphasize that you’re getting eight beers total, two of the same beer from each brewery. When you write down costs, you can tell me what’s going on in New York City right now. If you were to order eight beers from any of the breweries doing a direct-to-home delivery, what does that amount to with tax and delivery fee included? I don’t know if $50 is relatively in the ballpark, but I can tell you definitely just from having ordered from beer subscription services in the past, that’s not outlandish, given the cost of shipping and all things considered. Then, we’re going to reevaluate after three or four months and decide if we want to include more beers. Do we want to include fewer beers? Ultimately, how does that take the price down or add further value?

A: Very cool.

C: I was going to say that $50 might seem a lot for eight beers, but it’s also important to consider that you’re getting things that you probably don’t have access to, considering that they’re coming through this crazy distribution setup that you have going. Of course, I can get KCBC in Brooklyn, but I don’t think I can ever get Wayfinder, Adroit Theory, or even Belching Beaver. That’s pretty rare around here, so I think it’s cool to be able to try these beers that you’re aware of but don’t get to drink too often.

Z: It’s very true. You’re supporting craft breweries around the country that still, traditionally, have limited distribution. As I said, this collection won’t be available in any one place, anywhere else, any time soon.

A: I think it’s very cool because I like the idea that this is a subscription club, but it’s based on a theme. Usually, I think people are wary of subscription clubs because then does it become the beer they got the best deal on this month? How does that work? I think it’s cool because it’s like, “No these are breweries that all share an ethos.” I think that’s super, super dope.

Z: Yeah, for sure. No, there is an ethos and an ethic guiding the selection of every beer that goes into this box.

C: If you check out The Six Most Metal Breweries, any of the interviews, Adam knows all these people, and you’ve been the most connected with all these breweries.

Z: Yeah, not to play favorites, but a lot of the breweries included in this box are really like best friends throughout the country and among this industry. It’s great to be able to continue working with them in this way while we still are on lockdown, and while the country is still partially shut down. Everyone is getting crafty. It’s just a way of, as I said, continuing to communicate this message of craft beer and heavy metal across the nation.

A: I dig it because I was not super aware of craft beer and heavy metal. I’m not going to lie. I always thought it was craft beer and jam bands. So I’m glad to have been informed. Cat has kept me in the know and told me that there are some metal people.

C: I mean, I wrote that story like three years ago.

A: Grateful Dead, people. This is cool. Adam, how do people sign up?

Z: OK, so, Adam, first of all, I’m just going to say that I am firmly committed to taking some of the “hippie” out of craft beer. You are right. There is this stigma and there are a lot of people working on my side of the industry that is definitely like hippies following Phish around the country. There is that image ever since the Sierra Nevada cobbled together their first brewhouse, but we’re taking it back.

C: There’s room for all music lovers in the craft beer world.

Z: That is ultimately what is most important, Cat. You are absolutely correct. OK, how do people sign up? They go to knotfestbeerpit.com. That is the single best source. You can go to the knotfest.com and there’s also a link to the beer pit. You can follow @knotfest on social. You can follow SixMostMetalBreweries on social. We both regularly push and plug this just to draw attention to it and get more people involved.

A: Amazing. Well, Adam, this has been really awesome to chat with you. Keep doing what you’re doing. I think it’s really, really cool. And Cat, thanks for joining me on this one.

C: Yeah, thanks for letting me in, guys. Adam and Adam.

Z: Cat and Adam, I am so thankful for the moment. Really appreciate you supporting craft beer and heavy music. Thank you.

Thanks so much for listening to the “VinePair Podcast.” If you love this show as much as we love making it, then please leave a rating or review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever it is you get your podcasts. It really helps everyone else discover the show.

Now for the credits. VinePair is produced and recorded in New York City and in Seattle, Wash., by myself and Zach Geballe, who does all the editing and loves to get the credit. Also, I would love to give a special shout-out to my VinePair cofounder Josh Malin for helping make all this possible and also to Keith Beavers, VinePair’s tasting director, who is additionally a producer on the show. I also want to, of course, thank every other member of the VinePair team who is instrumental in all of the ideas that go into making the show every week. Thanks so much for listening, and we’ll see you again.

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Next Round: Knotfest Beer Pit Is Bringing Heavy Metal and Craft Beer Together

On this episode of “Next Round,” host Adam Teeter and VinePair’s senior editor Cat Wolinski chat with Adam Zuniga, advanced cicerone and creator of Knotfest Beer Pit. Knotfest Beer Pit is a direct-to-consumer beer subscription club inspired by heavy metal culture. Zuniga explains why, for him, heavy metal and craft beer are synonymous.

Zuniga also explains the month-to-month box that Knotfest Beer Pi customers receive. Each box contains eight beers from four state-of-the-art breweries around the United States. Finally, Zuniga details the creation of his show “The Six Most Metal Breweries,” an award-winning series that showcases the crossover between craft beer and heavy metal music.

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Adam Teeter: From Brooklyn, New York, I’m Adam Teeter, and this is a VinePair “Next Round” conversation. We are bringing these conversations between our regular podcast episodes to give a better picture of what’s been going on in the alcohol beverage community. Today, I’m really excited to be joined by Adam Zuniga, advanced cicerone and the creator of the Knotfest Beer Pit. Adam, thanks so much for joining me.

Adam Zuniga: Adam, thank you for having me. It’s always good to know another Adam.

A: Yes, always. Also, we have a special guest, which is beer lover, senior editor at VinePair, and all-around beer cheerleader Cat Wolinski. I mean, you crashed my interview.

C: I did. Is this weird? I’m here. I’m here on a “Next Round” episode, breaking the rules.

A: We’re going to co-interview Adam, which I’m pretty excited about. Adam, can you chat with us a little bit about what Knotfest Beer Pit is?

Z: Absolutely. The Knotfest Beer Pit is a direct-to-consumer beer subscription club that is sent monthly. It is meant to represent the highest-quality craft beers on the market, as well as the most metal craft beers available on the market and a collection that you won’t find anywhere else paired together.

A: So what do you mean by the most metal?

Z: Well, it’s an interesting question you ask. My background is often working in craft beer sales and in marketing. In doing so, I found a way to incorporate a lot of my own personal interests into it, which of course includes heavy metal. The more I look for it, the more you will find brewers in any given brewery, whether they’re a declared metal brewery or not, have a background, a love, and a passion for hard rock, heavy music, or heavy metal that helps them get through the day and influences their work. When I say metal beer, I believe they’re bringing the same ethic and the same attitude to their beer as if they play in a band, as if it’s their own passion product, as if it expresses their own DIY ethic. That quality, first and foremost, is what translates into the beer. Yes, it can be big, boozy, and aggressive, but it can be lighter, fashionable, and intended for a show and day drinking. They can bring the aesthetic into the label art, into the name, their recipe development, and thought process. To me, all those things represent a metal beer, and I’m trying to bring them all into the Knotfest Beer Pit, into this box people receive monthly in such a way that you’ll never have available anywhere else. All at one time, all in one place.

A: Wow, that’s really awesome. Had you ever attempted a subscription service like this before? Did you know anything about what this was going to take going in? What was your plan to launch a beer subscription service?

Z: One of the few positives after a year of negative, obviously craft beer, as has every industry, been struck hard on account of Covid and during the pandemic over a year now. As a result, people had to get crafty. Breweries had to get even more crafty. We’ve seen a lot of traditional distribution laws not fail, but at least become more lax during the pandemic while breweries figure out how to reach the consumer directly. It’s been much the same for artists, bands, and musicians because they’re not able to tour. They’re not able to perform live right now. In this case, 5B Artists + Media, who represents Slipknot and a variety of heavy bands on their roster, was trying to see how they could continue to reach their fans even though artists can’t play live right now? I had originally met them at Kings County Brewers Collective when they were collaborating on a beer for another one of their bands called Behemoth, and you never know how these little things are going to come back, so it really just circled around. They were looking to get more invested in the beer business to find out how to monetize their artists when live music is not happening. They approached me with the idea of a direct-to-consumer beer club. It was the perfect storm because we’re living in a state right now where there is nothing more important than direct-to-consumer. They said, “We want to work with you, we want you to lead this project. You select the beers, you work with the breweries. We’ll try to incorporate our bands and our branding, and it’ll be the perfect storm.”

A: Nice. How many breweries are taking part in the club and how many bands?

Z: As of right now, each box, month-to-month, is going to include four different breweries, and you get two beers from each brewery. One box, eight beers, and four breweries. In each box, I’m going to try to include at least a nod to some of the band beers that have come before or the longest-standing band beers out there. In this month, for instance, we have a Belching Beaver Phantom Bride IPA included, and that’s a collaboration with Deftones, who is one of 5B’s artists. In addition to that, we have Morbid Hour black pilsner, which is my beer made in collaboration with Kings County Brewers Collective and St. Vitus Bar, which we shot a pilot episode for and released as the first episode for a series called “The Six Most Metal Breweries.” Then, we also include Gashadokuro Double IPA and then WayFinder Hell. That’s from Wayfinding Beer in Portland, Ore. Every month, it’ll be at least four different breweries from four different states, and then we’ll try to have one band beer involved.

A: OK, so all the beer is coming to you first in New York, etc. and then you’re boxing them out, and selling them? Are they coming individually from the different breweries? Obviously, you have a brewery from Portland, here from Brooklyn, one from Virginia, one from Oceanside, Calif. How’s this all working?

Z: It’s a vast network. I am currently based in California, and 5B Artists + Media is based in both California and New York. I am working with all the breweries to arrange a one-time drop and temporary distribution to the state of New Jersey, believe it or not, unless they’re already distributed there. They ship their beer to New Jersey and it’s received by a large retailer called Roselle Park Wines and Spirits, who also ships all Slipknot Whiskey nationally. When you really dig into this, it’s unbelievable that traditionally, it has been easier to mail-order wine or whiskey than it has beer. I don’t know the full extent of the reasoning behind that. As I said, thankfully, those laws are starting to change a little bit, or at least people are turning a blind eye during Covid. I get all these breweries to ship their beer to New Jersey for just a one-time, nonexclusive, temporary drop. From there, it is shipped to about 30 states by Roselle Park Wines and Spirits. Those 30 states are eventually going to grow to hopefully 40, possibly 50. There’s a couple outliers, the blue states, you know who you are. Then, we might start shipping internationally to a couple of additional countries as well.

A: Cool. How are you getting the word out about this, and how has it been so far?

Z: So far, so good. Anything that starts small inevitably has to grow. That is the nature of life and music and beer. Primarily, the word has been through knotfestbeerpit.com. We are promoting it on social media. That’s also why I reached out to Cat, because originally with VinePair when we did the collaboration with Morbid Hour, with KCBC and St. Vitus Bar. VinePair was thankfully one of the publications out there that’s big enough to explore a world that is potentially off the beaten track or morbid as craft beer and heavy metal. I really appreciate VinePair for that. I reached out to you if there was any interest. It’s a great thing, Cat, because on the beer side of things, a lot of people want to say, “Metal is too gimmicky, it’s quirky, it’s not serious enough, craft beer still wants to be taken very seriously.” On the metal side, people might want to say, “Well, craft beer is not metal enough. It’s too niche and specific with the strain of metal breweries out there.” I love it when someone like VinePair will explore this world and acknowledge it.

C: Totally, I love covering those cross-sections of the beer world and the other worlds surrounding it like a Venn diagram. Metal is obviously one of them, beer has always been a part of the metal lifestyle and shows. I think it makes sense to approach that from a branding perspective, too. I have a question about the service itself. I am often asked for recommendations for beer subscription services or gifts, and I don’t usually have any recommendations that I can feel really good about. Can you tell us how Knotfest Beer Pit is different and why it’s worth the subscription compared to others in considering the price point as well?

Z: First of all, it’s month-to-month, so there is no required commitment. You can go as you want to go. Month-to-month, take it or leave it, you can choose. In addition to that, the beers are chosen by me. They’re curated by an advanced cicerone. A lot of thought and effort goes into the beers you’ll be drinking every month. There is no dud, as I said, quality first. To me, the idea of metal represents quality. So you have a beer subscription club that you can choose month-to-month. It’s guaranteed to be the highest quality, curated by an advanced cicerone. Then, of course, with a unique point of view, when you have an agency behind it, like 5B Artists + Media, it’s the seal and stamp of approval that these beers represent our artists. These beers represent the heaviest, most metal beers on the market. If you take all that combined, no commitment, highest quality, and most metal attitude and aesthetic that you will not find anywhere else. I haven’t seen anyone else out there doing something even remotely similar yet.

C: That is true. Most of the subscription services that have existed over the last few decades are either distributor-run, or you’re getting the dusty things off the shelves that weren’t selling so well. I do have another question about the freshness. Obviously, these are all quality beers, but if they’re coming from around the country and then New Jersey and then back out to wherever they’re being sent around the country or even internationally, how can we know — something like a black lager or any lager will survive decently overseas — but if it’s something like the Adroit Theory EBK, which is, I think, 8 percent Imperial IPA. it’s chock full of all sorts of different hopped varieties. How are you guaranteeing that it can be enjoyed fresh?

Z: Yeah, absolutely. I’m putting a lot of thought and effort into freshness because, as you said, I want every box to include at least one, if not two lagers. As we know, lagers are more prone to survive shipping. They’re more prone to stay fresh longer because they’re not highly hopped. I think every box is going to include at least one to two lagers, specifically with freshness in mind. Also, when it comes to imperial territory with stouts, as there will always be a bigger beer that they can only improve with age, even something like oxidation might bring out more wanted flavors. If it does have a little bit of time to when it reaches the consumer, it’ll still be a valued experience, highest quality, and great taste. With IPAs, I have to pay very, very special attention to them because, as you know, they’re the most volatile and the most perishable. What we are going to do moving forward is make sure that IPAs, in any given box, are only canned and shipped at the very end of the month prior to that box. This is the first box that just went out, and it was shipped at the very end of March. What I’m going to try to do going forward, for example, for the April box that’s coming, the IPA was just canned literally the last week of March for the April box. Then, we’re going to keep pushing forward to get that April box out, maybe mid-month instead of the end of the month. The bottom line is the absolute goal is to make sure that an IPA will be canned within 30 days of being received by Roselle Park and shipped out to consumers. Then it will be consumed most definitely within 60 days of reaching the consumer. That will go for all beers, not just IPA. We are really trying to make sure when this is rolling perfectly out to market, that no beer in there will have more than 90 days on it at the absolute most. I would say that is a reasonable representation of freshness from any brewery, as long as conditions are kept under control.

A: Right now on the site, the subscription is $50 a box. Will the prices change, or are you trying to keep it $50 every month? How does that work?

Z: If anything, we’d love to get the prices down a little bit. As I said, it’s still a work in progress and we are figuring that out right now. It’s important to emphasize that you’re getting eight beers total, two of the same beer from each brewery. When you write down costs, you can tell me what’s going on in New York City right now. If you were to order eight beers from any of the breweries doing a direct-to-home delivery, what does that amount to with tax and delivery fee included? I don’t know if $50 is relatively in the ballpark, but I can tell you definitely just from having ordered from beer subscription services in the past, that’s not outlandish, given the cost of shipping and all things considered. Then, we’re going to reevaluate after three or four months and decide if we want to include more beers. Do we want to include fewer beers? Ultimately, how does that take the price down or add further value?

A: Very cool.

C: I was going to say that $50 might seem a lot for eight beers, but it’s also important to consider that you’re getting things that you probably don’t have access to, considering that they’re coming through this crazy distribution setup that you have going. Of course, I can get KCBC in Brooklyn, but I don’t think I can ever get Wayfinder, Adroit Theory, or even Belching Beaver. That’s pretty rare around here, so I think it’s cool to be able to try these beers that you’re aware of but don’t get to drink too often.

Z: It’s very true. You’re supporting craft breweries around the country that still, traditionally, have limited distribution. As I said, this collection won’t be available in any one place, anywhere else, any time soon.

A: I think it’s very cool because I like the idea that this is a subscription club, but it’s based on a theme. Usually, I think people are wary of subscription clubs because then does it become the beer they got the best deal on this month? How does that work? I think it’s cool because it’s like, “No these are breweries that all share an ethos.” I think that’s super, super dope.

Z: Yeah, for sure. No, there is an ethos and an ethic guiding the selection of every beer that goes into this box.

C: If you check out The Six Most Metal Breweries, any of the interviews, Adam knows all these people, and you’ve been the most connected with all these breweries.

Z: Yeah, not to play favorites, but a lot of the breweries included in this box are really like best friends throughout the country and among this industry. It’s great to be able to continue working with them in this way while we still are on lockdown, and while the country is still partially shut down. Everyone is getting crafty. It’s just a way of, as I said, continuing to communicate this message of craft beer and heavy metal across the nation.

A: I dig it because I was not super aware of craft beer and heavy metal. I’m not going to lie. I always thought it was craft beer and jam bands. So I’m glad to have been informed. Cat has kept me in the know and told me that there are some metal people.

C: I mean, I wrote that story like three years ago.

A: Grateful Dead, people. This is cool. Adam, how do people sign up?

Z: OK, so, Adam, first of all, I’m just going to say that I am firmly committed to taking some of the “hippie” out of craft beer. You are right. There is this stigma and there are a lot of people working on my side of the industry that is definitely like hippies following Phish around the country. There is that image ever since the Sierra Nevada cobbled together their first brewhouse, but we’re taking it back.

C: There’s room for all music lovers in the craft beer world.

Z: That is ultimately what is most important, Cat. You are absolutely correct. OK, how do people sign up? They go to knotfestbeerpit.com. That is the single best source. You can go to the knotfest.com and there’s also a link to the beer pit. You can follow @knotfest on social. You can follow SixMostMetalBreweries on social. We both regularly push and plug this just to draw attention to it and get more people involved.

A: Amazing. Well, Adam, this has been really awesome to chat with you. Keep doing what you’re doing. I think it’s really, really cool. And Cat, thanks for joining me on this one.

C: Yeah, thanks for letting me in, guys. Adam and Adam.

Z: Cat and Adam, I am so thankful for the moment. Really appreciate you supporting craft beer and heavy music. Thank you.

Thanks so much for listening to the “VinePair Podcast.” If you love this show as much as we love making it, then please leave a rating or review on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever it is you get your podcasts. It really helps everyone else discover the show.

Now for the credits. VinePair is produced and recorded in New York City and in Seattle, Wash., by myself and Zach Geballe, who does all the editing and loves to get the credit. Also, I would love to give a special shout-out to my VinePair cofounder Josh Malin for helping make all this possible and also to Keith Beavers, VinePair’s tasting director, who is additionally a producer on the show. I also want to, of course, thank every other member of the VinePair team who is instrumental in all of the ideas that go into making the show every week. Thanks so much for listening, and we’ll see you again.

Ed. note: This episode has been edited for length and clarity. 

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