El Sid
@elsid.bsky.social
The state of the world has driven me to drink.... Trying to stick more to beer here, but we'll see how that goes.
@El__Sid in that other place, @ElSid@mastodon.beer
@El__Sid in that other place, @ElSid@mastodon.beer
Farmers growing agaves for tequila facing an extreme version of the problems of other perennial "drink" crops like wine/cider/hops - 7 years to maturity makes it hard to respond to recent swings in demand, regulation restricts ability to change varieties/geography to respond to pest & disease.
Is the #Tequila industry at a crossroads?
My latest article for Wine-Searcher
#spirits
#distilling
www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/02/ov...
My latest article for Wine-Searcher
#spirits
#distilling
www.wine-searcher.com/m/2026/02/ov...
Oversupply Fuels Epidemic in Tequila Country | Wine-Searcher News & Opinion
Tequila's popularity has led to an overplanting of agave, leading to severe disease and price pressures for growers. Read the latest wine news & opinion on wine-searcher
www.wine-searcher.com
February 11, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Farmers growing agaves for tequila facing an extreme version of the problems of other perennial "drink" crops like wine/cider/hops - 7 years to maturity makes it hard to respond to recent swings in demand, regulation restricts ability to change varieties/geography to respond to pest & disease.
In similar vein - Left Foot Forward: A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer by Garry Nelson is great
February 9, 2026 at 1:53 PM
In similar vein - Left Foot Forward: A Year in the Life of a Journeyman Footballer by Garry Nelson is great
Specific questions like how many projects have been funded could be framed as Freedom of Information requests to DSIT?
Then they have to respond within 20 working days (in theory)
Then they have to respond within 20 working days (in theory)
February 7, 2026 at 10:45 AM
Specific questions like how many projects have been funded could be framed as Freedom of Information requests to DSIT?
Then they have to respond within 20 working days (in theory)
Then they have to respond within 20 working days (in theory)
Reposted by El Sid
Introducing The Structural History of Eukarya (SHE): The first proteome-scale phylogeny constructed entirely from 3D structure.
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
February 7, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Introducing The Structural History of Eukarya (SHE): The first proteome-scale phylogeny constructed entirely from 3D structure.
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
We computed 300 trillion alignments across 1,542 species to map the tree of life. 🧵👇 (1/5)
The award ceremony is nice, a relative of mine did it not long ago.
But you can only drive sheep on one specific day of the year, and it's Southwark not London Bridge.
And apparently police will no longer send you home in a cab if you're found drunk on the streets of the City
....
But you can only drive sheep on one specific day of the year, and it's Southwark not London Bridge.
And apparently police will no longer send you home in a cab if you're found drunk on the streets of the City
....
February 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
The award ceremony is nice, a relative of mine did it not long ago.
But you can only drive sheep on one specific day of the year, and it's Southwark not London Bridge.
And apparently police will no longer send you home in a cab if you're found drunk on the streets of the City
....
But you can only drive sheep on one specific day of the year, and it's Southwark not London Bridge.
And apparently police will no longer send you home in a cab if you're found drunk on the streets of the City
....
Closer to home, I still refer people to your articles about your pre-Covid trip here and the style we still haven't really named but which you called juicy bitter.
And your paean to the ultimate craft beer: share.google/4EZHMwDtzn0W...
And your paean to the ultimate craft beer: share.google/4EZHMwDtzn0W...
The World’s Most “Hand-Crafted” Beer is Cask Ale — Beervana
Cask ale is not just the most important symbol of British brewing, it’s also one of the hardest to make beers, the most hand-crafted of beers, and, when it’s made and served properly, the best beers...
share.google
January 29, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Closer to home, I still refer people to your articles about your pre-Covid trip here and the style we still haven't really named but which you called juicy bitter.
And your paean to the ultimate craft beer: share.google/4EZHMwDtzn0W...
And your paean to the ultimate craft beer: share.google/4EZHMwDtzn0W...
Something that will seem bigger in future is the first steps towards using modern biotechnology in brewing, the original biotechnology - early examples like gene edited thiolising yeasts and Renaissance yeasts aren't quite working yet, but will only get better.
UK micropubs
UK micropubs
January 29, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Something that will seem bigger in future is the first steps towards using modern biotechnology in brewing, the original biotechnology - early examples like gene edited thiolising yeasts and Renaissance yeasts aren't quite working yet, but will only get better.
UK micropubs
UK micropubs
Proprietary hops taking over from public varieties (but maybe a little swing back just starting now?)
Whole hazy thing came out of hop breeding.
Dry yeast is vastly better, wider variety of yeasts available but at same time yeast more boring (too many default to Chico or LA3)
COVID on pubs/farms
Whole hazy thing came out of hop breeding.
Dry yeast is vastly better, wider variety of yeasts available but at same time yeast more boring (too many default to Chico or LA3)
COVID on pubs/farms
January 29, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Proprietary hops taking over from public varieties (but maybe a little swing back just starting now?)
Whole hazy thing came out of hop breeding.
Dry yeast is vastly better, wider variety of yeasts available but at same time yeast more boring (too many default to Chico or LA3)
COVID on pubs/farms
Whole hazy thing came out of hop breeding.
Dry yeast is vastly better, wider variety of yeasts available but at same time yeast more boring (too many default to Chico or LA3)
COVID on pubs/farms
Looks like the sort of thing the Shellhammer would do?
January 21, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Looks like the sort of thing the Shellhammer would do?
Although you may struggle to find a more reliable source than LadBible for this.
I think it must be a reference to 2018 findings from UC Irvine's 90+ Study which were reported at a conference but don't seem to have ever passed peer review as a paper...
mind.uci.edu/90-study-fin...
I think it must be a reference to 2018 findings from UC Irvine's 90+ Study which were reported at a conference but don't seem to have ever passed peer review as a paper...
mind.uci.edu/90-study-fin...
The 90+ Study finds link between moderate Alcohol Consumption and Longevity - UCI MIND
UCI MIND faculty investigator, Dr. Claudia Kawas, presented findings from The 90+ Study at the American Association for the Advancement of Science’s annual conference this past weekend, highlighting t...
mind.uci.edu
January 19, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Although you may struggle to find a more reliable source than LadBible for this.
I think it must be a reference to 2018 findings from UC Irvine's 90+ Study which were reported at a conference but don't seem to have ever passed peer review as a paper...
mind.uci.edu/90-study-fin...
I think it must be a reference to 2018 findings from UC Irvine's 90+ Study which were reported at a conference but don't seem to have ever passed peer review as a paper...
mind.uci.edu/90-study-fin...
Indie Hops have plenty of Strata kicking around, they've had to cut Strata acreage by 70% in the last three years, so it should be available for anyone who wants it.
January 16, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Indie Hops have plenty of Strata kicking around, they've had to cut Strata acreage by 70% in the last three years, so it should be available for anyone who wants it.
Err technically not books about yeast, but a journal....
@yeast-journal.bsky.social are still around and as the spines of yours suggest, have just celebrated their 40th birthday - but in rather more colourful form!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@yeast-journal.bsky.social are still around and as the spines of yours suggest, have just celebrated their 40th birthday - but in rather more colourful form!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
January 15, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Err technically not books about yeast, but a journal....
@yeast-journal.bsky.social are still around and as the spines of yours suggest, have just celebrated their 40th birthday - but in rather more colourful form!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
@yeast-journal.bsky.social are still around and as the spines of yours suggest, have just celebrated their 40th birthday - but in rather more colourful form!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
I'm not sure I'm seeing too much trad English, but there's this...
Tends to be specials but the Canterbury Ales KPA seems to have become a more or less permanent part of their range, at least on cask per Untappd, but isn't on their website at the moment? Worth asking them?
bsky.app/profile/elsi...
Tends to be specials but the Canterbury Ales KPA seems to have become a more or less permanent part of their range, at least on cask per Untappd, but isn't on their website at the moment? Worth asking them?
bsky.app/profile/elsi...
It feels like there's a new beer style emerging in the UK - new, English Pale or Brithop IPA or WyePA???
On cask
but stronger - 4.5-6%,
Some bitterness
between "a bit hazy" to "somewhat murky",
key #hops are Ernest and Harlequin but always mixed with others from Olicana & Bullion to Mosaic
1/2
On cask
but stronger - 4.5-6%,
Some bitterness
between "a bit hazy" to "somewhat murky",
key #hops are Ernest and Harlequin but always mixed with others from Olicana & Bullion to Mosaic
1/2
January 15, 2026 at 5:17 PM
I'm not sure I'm seeing too much trad English, but there's this...
Tends to be specials but the Canterbury Ales KPA seems to have become a more or less permanent part of their range, at least on cask per Untappd, but isn't on their website at the moment? Worth asking them?
bsky.app/profile/elsi...
Tends to be specials but the Canterbury Ales KPA seems to have become a more or less permanent part of their range, at least on cask per Untappd, but isn't on their website at the moment? Worth asking them?
bsky.app/profile/elsi...
A "pint group" is more commonly known as "a round". If they're not roughly symmetrical, you get known as a tight-fisted git and end up with no mates...
December 31, 2025 at 8:25 AM
A "pint group" is more commonly known as "a round". If they're not roughly symmetrical, you get known as a tight-fisted git and end up with no mates...
That just shows that "nobody" has read the planning docs which discuss it in detail.
Short version is that slower isn't much cheaper to build, but is claimed to cut revenue by more as you can't charge a premium over alternative routes (eg HS1 charges 20-30% more than equivalent non-HS routes)
Short version is that slower isn't much cheaper to build, but is claimed to cut revenue by more as you can't charge a premium over alternative routes (eg HS1 charges 20-30% more than equivalent non-HS routes)
December 29, 2025 at 4:33 PM
That just shows that "nobody" has read the planning docs which discuss it in detail.
Short version is that slower isn't much cheaper to build, but is claimed to cut revenue by more as you can't charge a premium over alternative routes (eg HS1 charges 20-30% more than equivalent non-HS routes)
Short version is that slower isn't much cheaper to build, but is claimed to cut revenue by more as you can't charge a premium over alternative routes (eg HS1 charges 20-30% more than equivalent non-HS routes)
Originally it was pencilled in for Ianuarius...
December 18, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Originally it was pencilled in for Ianuarius...
Yeah, it's surprisingly widely available. And a source of Fullers production yeast of course, making it about the cheapest source of good brewing yeast anywhere, even after including the price of some DME to grow it up in.
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Yeah, it's surprisingly widely available. And a source of Fullers production yeast of course, making it about the cheapest source of good brewing yeast anywhere, even after including the price of some DME to grow it up in.
Is it Memel oak though?
December 9, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Is it Memel oak though?
Go Stoke-Mex, use Staffordshire oat cakes...
December 8, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Go Stoke-Mex, use Staffordshire oat cakes...
"•Age trends reviewed across 16 key cognitive and personality-related dimensions.
•Age trajectories varied widely: some traits declined, others improved with age.
•Overall cognitive-personality functioning peaks between ages 55 and 60."
•Age trajectories varied widely: some traits declined, others improved with age.
•Overall cognitive-personality functioning peaks between ages 55 and 60."
December 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
"•Age trends reviewed across 16 key cognitive and personality-related dimensions.
•Age trajectories varied widely: some traits declined, others improved with age.
•Overall cognitive-personality functioning peaks between ages 55 and 60."
•Age trajectories varied widely: some traits declined, others improved with age.
•Overall cognitive-personality functioning peaks between ages 55 and 60."
Sesame is closely related to Acanthus, and a cousin of things like verbenas, foxgloves and mints.
Foxglove is perhaps the best UK equivalent for the flowers.
Foxglove is perhaps the best UK equivalent for the flowers.
December 7, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Sesame is closely related to Acanthus, and a cousin of things like verbenas, foxgloves and mints.
Foxglove is perhaps the best UK equivalent for the flowers.
Foxglove is perhaps the best UK equivalent for the flowers.
Group of voodoo surely?
And theoretically a quarter final with England is possible....
And theoretically a quarter final with England is possible....
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Group of voodoo surely?
And theoretically a quarter final with England is possible....
And theoretically a quarter final with England is possible....
Trouble is that US doesn't really have an equivalent of British "supermarket shite" bread, their cheap supermarket bread is so, so much worse (and still twice the price of the UK), then they largely miss out the middle ground and have super-fancy stuff at the top end.
Don't really do bacon either.
Don't really do bacon either.
December 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Trouble is that US doesn't really have an equivalent of British "supermarket shite" bread, their cheap supermarket bread is so, so much worse (and still twice the price of the UK), then they largely miss out the middle ground and have super-fancy stuff at the top end.
Don't really do bacon either.
Don't really do bacon either.
Hmm - the Amazon reviews and Untapped (don't think I've ever seen something as low as 1.71) suggest you're being kind.
As for 'glow-friendly', WTF?
As for 'glow-friendly', WTF?
December 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hmm - the Amazon reviews and Untapped (don't think I've ever seen something as low as 1.71) suggest you're being kind.
As for 'glow-friendly', WTF?
As for 'glow-friendly', WTF?