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Kate Bernot

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Missoula
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Covers:  beer, breweries, beverage alcohol, CPG, food, restaurants, craft beverage, spirits
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Kate Bernot’s Biography

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Kate Bernot is a reporter and editor with a decade of experience in magazine, newspaper, and online publishing. I’m currently a freelance reporter with a focus on beer, spirits, food, and agriculture.

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Bubbling Up: Hop Water Is on the Rise

Bubbling Up: Hop Water Is on the Rise

In demand and on trend, hop water is proving to be a low-effort, high-reward offering for many small brewerie…

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Against Essentialism - Women Drinkers Matter More Than Ever, Even as Gender Roles Don't - Good Be...

Against Essentialism - Women Drinkers Matter More Than Ever, Even as Gender Roles Don't - Good Be...

There is no more important narrative in the last century of U.S. alcohol than the rise of women drinkers. Ad…

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Focus On: Bars

Focus On: Bars

Today's watering holes seek efficient, labor-saving equipment while mixing up menu item aesthetics.

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Big Sky, Big Soul

Big Sky, Big Soul

From small towns to big cities, Montana's craft distilleries put local flavors and fans first.

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In Montana, Michael Billingsley Grows Cider Apples Where Few Others Have

In Montana, Michael Billingsley Grows Cider Apples Where Few Others Have

"I remember driving my old shitty Ford truck way too fast, and I'm clenching the steering wheel, and my heart…

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How Cascatelli, a New Pasta Shape, Changed the Way I Think About Cooking | America's Test Kitchen

How Cascatelli, a New Pasta Shape, Changed the Way I Think About Cooking | America's Test Kitchen

The Sporkful's Dan Pashman spent three years developing a new pasta. Here's how cascatelli made one writer be…

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These beers are not yet teenagers but hope to pass as grandpas

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Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By Kate Bernot THE WASHINGTON POST Cara Nosek’s work as a graphic designer at Ska Brewing usually incorporates skulls, black-and-white checkerboards and comic book-inspired characters. Last year, her bosses brought her an entirely different assignment: Could she design a beer brand that looked like it came straight from some uncle’s refrigerator in the mid-1970s?
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These beers are not yet teenagers but hope to pass as grandpas

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By Kate Bernot
| The Washington Post Verified
These beers are not yet teenagers but hope to pass as grandpas (washingtonpost.com) These beers are not yet teenagers but hope to pass as grandpas By Kate Bernot 2026071010010300 Cara Nosek's work as a graphic designer at Ska Brewing usually incorporates skulls, black-and-white checkerboards and comic book-inspired characters.
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What Happens to Your Brewery After… You?

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By Kate Bernot
| Brewing Industrial Guide Verified
Even brewery owners who opened their businesses in the past decade may be able to see retirement or another chapter on the horizon. The time to plan for that future? Right now. Industry All Access Photo: Courtesy Bale Breaker and Cloudburst This article requires an All Access Subscription Subscribe today to continue reading and unlock unlimited access to our premium brewing content.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Writing for Northwestern University's daily paper, The Daily Northwestern. I was an arts and culture reporter and later a Web editor.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. As a child, my parents let me play around with an old model with numerous sticky and missing keys. I loved the sounds it made.

How is social media changing news?

News breaks faster, but this necessitates journalists to fact check, report and contextualize the information for their readers.