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Hello, and welcome to my portfolio.
I'm a freelance writer and editor based in Brooklyn, New York.
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Bylines: Men's Journal; Brokelyn; Ale Street News; Craft Beer & Brewing; Civil Eats; Rally; Thrillist; Village Voice; & others.
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Specialties & Interests: Beer & brewing; small & independent business; travel & tourism; food waste & sustainability; and video production.
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Freelance inquiries: catwolinskiwrites [at] gmail [dot] com
Blog inquiries: beeraffair [at] gmail [dot] com
Thank you for visiting!
Cheers,
Cat
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Long Root Ale, a pale ale hitting the market today from Patagonia Provisions and Hopworks Urban Brewery, is sustainably brewed and made with organic ingredients, but that's not what sets it apart. The big difference here is in the grains-and the farming practices behind them.
Call it farm-to-table, field-to-pint, or ground-to-glass, the craft beer community is embracing the culinary world's locavore movement. Through initiatives at some of the country's largest craft breweries, like Sierra Nevada's Estate Ale and Rogue Brewing's Rogue Farms, to local legislature like New York's Farm Brewery license, "local beer" no longer simply means beer that is brewed locally.
There are 4,000 small and independent craft breweries operating across the country and they all sell their beer locally. But a select group of breweries are taking the term "local beer" to a new level by crafting brews made with with 100 percent state-grown grains and hops.
Last month, at the VIP dinner preceding Brewery Ommegang's annual summer festival, employees, volunteers, and attendees toasted the launch of a brand new beer: Hopstate NY. The beer, which had been released in June, struck Ommegang fans as unusual, in part because the American Pale Ale was not made in the Belgian style-a first for...
TRAVEL
Let's face it: Unless you're a teacher, student, or unemployed, there's really no such thing as summer vacation. The downside of this is you worked all summer with no R&R to speak of. The upside, though, is that the season doesn't need to end for you when it does for everyone else.
Brooklyn's beer scene is new. The borough, on the western tip of Long Island (across the East River from Manhattan), is one of five that make up New York City, but its culture influence as a progenitor of trends is widely acknowledged.
As host of the television show Booze Traveler now entering its fourth season on the Travel Channel, Jack Maxwell has traipsed the globe taking part in drinking customs of cultures around the world. Rarely has he stepped foot in the States for these lubricated jaunts, but the new spin-off series Booze Traveler: Best Bars chronicles par excellence bars throughout the United States.
Following the Beer Tourism Index created in collaboration with the Brewers Association (BA) last fall, Travelocity has now released the Craft Spirits Tourism Index, a craft spirits tour guide created in partnership with the American Distilling Institute (ADI).
If a malted barley massage or hop-infused face mask sounds pretty good to you right now, keep reading - and if it doesn't, we suggest you keep reading anyway.
As one of America's oldest cities, Charleston offers an incredible mix of history, scenery, food, and-you guessed it-beer. Whether you're a local, an east coast traveler, or a cross-country adventurer, there are sweet sites to see and great beer to sip all around the city.
GUIDES
By Cat Wolinski [email protected] With new breweries opening every few months and can releases happening every day of the week, New York City's beer bars are oft overlooked when reporting NYC's brew news.
Made-up beer holidays are dumb. Saisons are not. Here are some you should be drinking.
Our team of experts scoured the country to find the most delicious ales and lagers in all 50 states.
The Queens Bar Guide, accompanying the Queens Beer Book, brings you the best way to discover the exploding craft beer scene in Queens. Consider this as your explorer's guide to great food and drink spots you haven't been to yet, as well as an incentive to revisit neighborhood favorites in: Astoria * Bayside * Forest Hills ...
Beer. Cocktails. Combining the two almost seems crazy, but here at Brokelyn we're willing to experiment with ways to get a good buzz going. Turns out, when beer cocktails are done right, they're pretty darn good, and even worth venturing out of your usual for (after enjoying your Brooklyn Beer Book beer on the house, of course).
Your two-item summer bucket list: 1) get out of NYC 2) drink Check them off at THE SAME TIME with one of these 11 drinking field trips, all of which you can use public transit to get to from Manhattan, then drink all day, and still get home at night.
PEOPLE
By Cat Wolinski If you step up to Bushwick, Brooklyn's Kings County Brewers Collective (better known to locals as KCBC), you'll immediately notice immense glass windows stretching sidewalk to ceiling comprising its entrance.
How to open a beer bar/shop in Brooklyn: 1. Have a good job. 2. Quit that good job. 3. Drink as much beer as possible. 4. Know a good landlord. At least, that was the formula for Dan Lamonaca, owner of the brand new Beer Karma, a beer shop and bar located on the corner of Union Ave.
Jonathan Goldsmith is an actor best known for his role as the "Most Interesting Man in the World," an advertising campaign character created by the Dos Equis beer company that experienced unbelievable success on television and the internet, achieving meme fame like no other.
BEER BOOKS
SORRY, THE MIDDLE BROOKLYN BEER BOOK IS NOW SOLD OUT, but we have a limited supply of the Upper Brooklyn Beer Book Clear off your drinking calendars and crack open some new pages in your book o' boozy adventures because the 2016 Beer Books are on sale right now!
Clear off your drinking calendars and crack open some new pages in your book o' boozy adventures because the 2016 Beer Books are on sale right now! As Brokelyn readers know, we curate these books every year so you get more than 30 beers at more than 30 of the best beer slinging watering holes, gastropubs, dives and craft beer bars in the borough.
The annual Queens Beer Book returns for the 2nd year, bringing the best way to discover the exploding craft beer scene in Queens. The limited-edition Queens Beer Book has been carefully curated offering more than 30 beers at more than 30 of the best bars, breweries and beer-centric eateries across Queens for $30, featuring hand-picked venues in Astoria, Long Island City, Sunnyside, Jackson Heights, Ridgewood, Forest Hills, Whitestone and Bayside.
VIDEO
A minute with Minoh Beer, famed women-owned craft brewery in Osaka, Japan.
Brewers at BCTC 2017 (Belgium Comes to Cooperstown) beer festival at Brewery Ommegang answer the question: What Does Craft Beer Mean to You?
Cat Wolinski @BeerAffair interviews BrewDog "Captain" and CEO, James Watt using a roulette wheel. Director of photography: Patrick Phillips.
This is "Meet Interboro" by Patrick Phillips on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Ale Street News Tours the Great American Beer Festival in 2016, with trips to Denver and Fort Collins breweries including New Belgium and Funkwerks. A Beer Affair Production. Producer: Cat Wolinski. Director of Photography: Patrick Phillips.
This is "Mondial Festival English" by Patrick Phillips on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.