Courtney Iseman

Courtney Iseman is a Brooklyn-based freelance writer who has covered everything from punk icons to haunted historic landmarks, but primarily focuses on drinks—craft beer, craft spirits, cocktails, non-alcoholic adult beverages, and the bars and brands behind them. Her work has appeared in outlets including Bon Appétit, The Washington Post, Food & Wine, Wine Enthusiast, Men’s Journal, Craft Beer & Brewing, CraftBeer.com, PUNCH, Thrillist, VinePair, HuffPost, Fodor's, Grub Street, and more. For InsideHook, she has profiled Talea Beer Co., Wild East Brewing Company, and Sierra Nevada Brewing Company; has crunched the numbers on the real best beer cities in the United States; investigated whether the beer dinner is dead; covered the growing trends of hopped gin and Indian flavors in cocktails; and penned guides to IPA substyles and making your own amaro. Having covered drinks for seven years and lifestyle for four before that, Courtney is a four-time North American Guild of Beer Writers award-winner, as well as a Cicerone Certified Beer Server. She writes a monthly drinks culture newsletter and records a monthly drinks industry podcast, both called Hugging the Bar.