Who's at GBBF today???
August 5, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Who's at GBBF today???
Final Destination: Bloodlines is my comedy of the year. We were roaring in the aisles at my showing just now.
May 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Final Destination: Bloodlines is my comedy of the year. We were roaring in the aisles at my showing just now.
At this exact moment in time is anyone NOT on a roll on LinkedIn? I haven't posted in a year but I be rollin rollin rollin
May 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
At this exact moment in time is anyone NOT on a roll on LinkedIn? I haven't posted in a year but I be rollin rollin rollin
Another glorious WTTO my beer of the fest? Sambrooks Imperial Stout 10.4% no alcohol heat, smooth, coffee chocolate notes alongside some of the mandatory leather great job
April 28, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Another glorious WTTO my beer of the fest? Sambrooks Imperial Stout 10.4% no alcohol heat, smooth, coffee chocolate notes alongside some of the mandatory leather great job
On my way to Worthing tap takeover who's there?
April 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
On my way to Worthing tap takeover who's there?
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Welcoming @vincerai.bsky.social to the Pellicle crew—his honest and humourous take on beer consumption and pub communities as a 60+ year old is beautifully refreshing in this week's story.
It's also the story of @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social! Dig in 🌿🍃
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
It's also the story of @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social! Dig in 🌿🍃
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Halcyon and On and On — Drinking, Ageing, and The Green Goddess in Blackheath, London — Pellicle
I have a simple, beautiful dream for my dotage. It entails being able to walk from my home to a brown pub that sells brown beer. I sit on a stool at the bar. Behind it, a much younger person smiles, s...
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April 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Welcoming @vincerai.bsky.social to the Pellicle crew—his honest and humourous take on beer consumption and pub communities as a 60+ year old is beautifully refreshing in this week's story.
It's also the story of @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social! Dig in 🌿🍃
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
It's also the story of @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social! Dig in 🌿🍃
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
No one knows the pain of having to do shelflife tastings with a vicious hangover.
April 9, 2025 at 9:13 AM
No one knows the pain of having to do shelflife tastings with a vicious hangover.
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My new book - Beer Festivals: a great British tradition - is published on 8th May.
You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...
You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...
March 11, 2025 at 9:57 AM
My new book - Beer Festivals: a great British tradition - is published on 8th May.
You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...
You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...
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Wonderful stuff from @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in @pelliclemag.com The flame of brewing still burning in Burton thanks to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
A Torch In The Infinite — Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire — Pellicle
“Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.” It’s unclear who said this first, but Gustav Mahler, the Austro-Bohemian composer, said it best. He was supposedly parap...
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February 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Wonderful stuff from @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in @pelliclemag.com The flame of brewing still burning in Burton thanks to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
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Busy day today. First up, breaking news: Lake District brewer Jennings saved from corporate destruction: www.petebrown.net/2025/02/05/j...
Jennings Brewery Saved - Pete Brown
Finally, some good news from the Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Co Tour of Destruction.
www.petebrown.net
February 5, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Busy day today. First up, breaking news: Lake District brewer Jennings saved from corporate destruction: www.petebrown.net/2025/02/05/j...
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Kind of linked ton the Jennings announcement, more green shoots in the post-corporate cask ale landscape. Lovely things are finally happening in Burton on Trent again! @pelliclemag.com sent me to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social to take a look and report back the good news.
Cask lovers, you're going to want to read this.
This week, @petebrownbeer.bsky.social is on top form, telling the story of @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social.
“Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.”
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
This week, @petebrownbeer.bsky.social is on top form, telling the story of @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social.
“Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.”
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
A Torch In The Infinite — Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire — Pellicle
“Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.” It’s unclear who said this first, but Gustav Mahler, the Austro-Bohemian composer, said it best. He was supposedly parap...
www.pelliclemag.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Kind of linked ton the Jennings announcement, more green shoots in the post-corporate cask ale landscape. Lovely things are finally happening in Burton on Trent again! @pelliclemag.com sent me to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social to take a look and report back the good news.
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Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025 has a date! 19 to 22 June in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
It's my favourite festival of the year. In their own words: "Carnivale Brettanomyces is a yearly wild beer festival dedicated to deviant fermentation of all kind."
wildegist.nl
See some of you there?
It's my favourite festival of the year. In their own words: "Carnivale Brettanomyces is a yearly wild beer festival dedicated to deviant fermentation of all kind."
wildegist.nl
See some of you there?
November 27, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025 has a date! 19 to 22 June in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
It's my favourite festival of the year. In their own words: "Carnivale Brettanomyces is a yearly wild beer festival dedicated to deviant fermentation of all kind."
wildegist.nl
See some of you there?
It's my favourite festival of the year. In their own words: "Carnivale Brettanomyces is a yearly wild beer festival dedicated to deviant fermentation of all kind."
wildegist.nl
See some of you there?
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French cask beer. Have you seen it? Travel with @anahlcq.bsky.social to Brittany, where Coreff amber ale is the drink of choice, thanks to some VIP brewers from back in the day.
Beer lovers, drinkers, and historians, you're gonna love this one.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/1/...
Beer lovers, drinkers, and historians, you're gonna love this one.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/1/...
Lève ton Verre — What’s Left of Coreff, France’s First Real Ale — Pellicle
That’s the best seat in the pub, next to the fireplace, where you can listen to the gentle sound of crackling logs, benefiting from the warmth it gives off. Raspoutine, the pub’s gorgeous ginger cat, ...
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January 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
French cask beer. Have you seen it? Travel with @anahlcq.bsky.social to Brittany, where Coreff amber ale is the drink of choice, thanks to some VIP brewers from back in the day.
Beer lovers, drinkers, and historians, you're gonna love this one.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/1/...
Beer lovers, drinkers, and historians, you're gonna love this one.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/1/...
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de... It shows the impact that @raynewman.bsky.social writing on me that the start of this article about the fascinating yet unsettling Humphrey driving down to meet prospective new tenants instantly had me thinking that it would be a great basis for one of his stories.
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 6:09 AM
www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de... It shows the impact that @raynewman.bsky.social writing on me that the start of this article about the fascinating yet unsettling Humphrey driving down to meet prospective new tenants instantly had me thinking that it would be a great basis for one of his stories.
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That peculiar whirring noise beer lovers might be hearing is the sound of Carlsberg founder J.C. Jacobsen spinning in his grave in horror at the acts of cultural vandalism the philistines at Carlsberg Marston's are perpetrating in his name.
Now the blood lust is in them, the psychotic vandals at Carlsberg Marston’s simply can't stop killing beer brands. thebeertonian.com/2024/12/08/o...
Owd Rodger & Out
When Carlsberg issued a Press Release in November detailing the cessation of a number of beers including Banks Mild, Old Thumper and two Marston’s beers, Old Empire and 61 Deep, but there was…
thebeertonian.com
December 10, 2024 at 10:02 AM
That peculiar whirring noise beer lovers might be hearing is the sound of Carlsberg founder J.C. Jacobsen spinning in his grave in horror at the acts of cultural vandalism the philistines at Carlsberg Marston's are perpetrating in his name.
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Here in England it's "stir-up Sunday", the day when Christmas puddings are made so they can be matured in time for the big day.
What better way to ~celebrate~ than revisiting this festive piece on Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale by @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social? 🎄🎀
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2021/11...
What better way to ~celebrate~ than revisiting this festive piece on Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale by @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social? 🎄🎀
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2021/11...
A Time and A Place — Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale — Pellicle
Ken Grossman remembers the exact field at Roy Farms where he got the Cascade hops for his first batch of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. In 1981, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company had just opened, and he w...
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November 24, 2024 at 9:48 AM
Here in England it's "stir-up Sunday", the day when Christmas puddings are made so they can be matured in time for the big day.
What better way to ~celebrate~ than revisiting this festive piece on Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale by @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social? 🎄🎀
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2021/11...
What better way to ~celebrate~ than revisiting this festive piece on Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale by @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social? 🎄🎀
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2021/11...
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A cool feature on the desi pub on BBC The Kitchen Cabinet about the film 'Desi: A Pub Story'. Briefly bemoaning how Glassy Junction is now a vegetarian restaurant @jameskneale.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Kitchen Cabinet - Series 46 - Wolverhampton - BBC Sounds
Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts answer questions from Wolverhampton.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2024 at 10:23 AM
A cool feature on the desi pub on BBC The Kitchen Cabinet about the film 'Desi: A Pub Story'. Briefly bemoaning how Glassy Junction is now a vegetarian restaurant @jameskneale.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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In this week's substack: We look at my 18th c. beer recreation, a collab w/ Torrside & Hop Hideout, & investigate how eggs helped fermentation in 1700s; learn about historical egg & beer cocktails; & investigate how to brew w/ eggshells to repel fairies in Irish folklore.
Link: tinyurl.com/m2t3jecf
Link: tinyurl.com/m2t3jecf
November 22, 2024 at 2:19 PM
In this week's substack: We look at my 18th c. beer recreation, a collab w/ Torrside & Hop Hideout, & investigate how eggs helped fermentation in 1700s; learn about historical egg & beer cocktails; & investigate how to brew w/ eggshells to repel fairies in Irish folklore.
Link: tinyurl.com/m2t3jecf
Link: tinyurl.com/m2t3jecf
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ISBF it's about people.
People coming to meet up each year.
The ISBF Family that comes together each year.
The Brewers that comes to talk.
And - ultimately - helping people is why we do this.
Here's how you did good.
www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/thank-y...
People coming to meet up each year.
The ISBF Family that comes together each year.
The Brewers that comes to talk.
And - ultimately - helping people is why we do this.
Here's how you did good.
www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/thank-y...
#ISBF9 - It’s A People Thing — ISBF9
“We all wanna know what nobody knows, What the nights of wine and roses hold, For the wine and roses of our souls So we down our drinks in a funnel of friends And we burn our blends right down to the ...
www.salfordbeerfest.com
November 21, 2024 at 8:02 PM
ISBF it's about people.
People coming to meet up each year.
The ISBF Family that comes together each year.
The Brewers that comes to talk.
And - ultimately - helping people is why we do this.
Here's how you did good.
www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/thank-y...
People coming to meet up each year.
The ISBF Family that comes together each year.
The Brewers that comes to talk.
And - ultimately - helping people is why we do this.
Here's how you did good.
www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/thank-y...
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Something very special lands on the shelf today from Thomas Hardy Ales
🍺 Thomas Hardy's Ale Vintage 2024 - 11.3%
🍻 Thomas Hardy's Ale: The Historical - 11.3%
With each of these are limited and in a numbered edition.
#VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #EldridgePope #ThomasHardy
🍺 Thomas Hardy's Ale Vintage 2024 - 11.3%
🍻 Thomas Hardy's Ale: The Historical - 11.3%
With each of these are limited and in a numbered edition.
#VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #EldridgePope #ThomasHardy
November 15, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Something very special lands on the shelf today from Thomas Hardy Ales
🍺 Thomas Hardy's Ale Vintage 2024 - 11.3%
🍻 Thomas Hardy's Ale: The Historical - 11.3%
With each of these are limited and in a numbered edition.
#VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #EldridgePope #ThomasHardy
🍺 Thomas Hardy's Ale Vintage 2024 - 11.3%
🍻 Thomas Hardy's Ale: The Historical - 11.3%
With each of these are limited and in a numbered edition.
#VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #EldridgePope #ThomasHardy
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“Yet the Rodenbach Brewery was, despite the name, a Regina Wauters joint. Her husband was more interested in fighting wars than brewing beer, so it was Wauters who built out Rodenbach after she and Pedro took full control of it in 1835.”
Book of Lists: 4) Most Interesting Historic Figures With Whom to Enjoy a Beer — Beervana
The beer world is full of characters, including many who lived long ago. Imagine being able to sit down with ten of them for a few hours over a beer. Whom from among these vivid characters would you s...
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November 13, 2024 at 10:11 PM
“Yet the Rodenbach Brewery was, despite the name, a Regina Wauters joint. Her husband was more interested in fighting wars than brewing beer, so it was Wauters who built out Rodenbach after she and Pedro took full control of it in 1835.”