the nit and gritty

[Mark Mandel]

> To the nit and gritty, it is technically a craft beer, considering
> making a brew is a craft.

I read your quotation as having a semantic change as well: that "nit and
gritty" here meant "the knowledgeable ones. But it could just as well be
"(To get down to) the ...", as y'all have been analyzing it here.

Mark Mandel

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