COVID HAS PERFECTED my routine for drinking over Zoom. I place my laptop in a sunny nook of my Brooklyn apartment, foliage filling the background, and angle the camera just downward enough so that no one sees up my nostrils when I sip.
One day last winter, my routine was the same, except (and this is kind of a big ) that I was talking to legendary former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman. The ESPN broadcaster was wearing a black T-shirt at home in Highland Park, Texas, and curious about my beer. I was drinking beer, Eight. Aikman helped develop the beer and named it after his old jersey number. Eight is a light (4 percent ABV) lager
