{"id":585,"date":"2019-01-11T10:52:02","date_gmt":"2019-01-11T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/?p=585"},"modified":"2019-01-11T11:23:35","modified_gmt":"2019-01-11T16:23:35","slug":"what-should-we-expect-from-the-beer-scene-in-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/beerme\/region\/what-should-we-expect-from-the-beer-scene-in-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"What should we expect from the beer scene in 2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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When I asked Hart Johnson to sit down with me to talk about what’s coming in craft beer in 2019, he immediately threw me a curve ball curvy enough that I thought he was joking.<\/p>\n

But when I arrived at Piper’s Pub<\/a> Wednesday afternoon, he plunked down in front of me a can of black cherry hard seltzer brewed by Cleveland’s Platform Beer Co<\/a>. And he predicted — as we tasted the fizzy, slightly dry concoction — that hard seltzer will be a big deal in 2019, nationally and locally.<\/p>\n

For the record: I am dubious. Also for the record: It was pretty good, although I think I’d appreciate it more on a warm summer afternoon.<\/p>\n

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