I hope everyone has had a great Thanksgiving holiday, and (if you partake in it) a successful Black Friday shopping excursion as well. My latest print article takes inspiration from “Black” Friday as a beer theme: Try a Bend brewery’s black beer on Black Friday.

Yes, it’s a bit gimmicky—the article came out on Thanksgiving day, and I wrote about beers for the holiday itself last year, so allow me some holiday beer fun—but it gave me a chance to delve a bit into black beer styles like Schwarzbier and generally round up some nice beers to be drinking this time of year in general. And the weekend isn’t over yet so get out there and scare up some black beers.