Bea
@inibee.bsky.social
Just another bartender, taking pictures of drinks
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Bea
@inibee.bsky.social
· Oct 17
I suppose I should do an intro?
Hi, I go by Bee. I'm a volume bartender and a craft cocktail hobbyist. My favourite spirit is tequila, and I have an unhealthy love of pandan.
When I'm not doing cocktail things I'm gaming, programming, or reading.
Hi, I go by Bee. I'm a volume bartender and a craft cocktail hobbyist. My favourite spirit is tequila, and I have an unhealthy love of pandan.
When I'm not doing cocktail things I'm gaming, programming, or reading.
We popped into Wolf at the Door mostly for a quick bite to eat on the way to another bar. This was a chai and sesame espresso martini and a non alcoholic sour and both were very enjoyable (and so cheap!)
Honestly wish we'd stayed there instead of where we went next (won't be posting that)
Honestly wish we'd stayed there instead of where we went next (won't be posting that)
October 30, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We popped into Wolf at the Door mostly for a quick bite to eat on the way to another bar. This was a chai and sesame espresso martini and a non alcoholic sour and both were very enjoyable (and so cheap!)
Honestly wish we'd stayed there instead of where we went next (won't be posting that)
Honestly wish we'd stayed there instead of where we went next (won't be posting that)
I forgot to post more about my Manchester trip! Voyeur wasn't a planned part of the trip, but I saw it near Mackie Mayor and it looked really interesting and I'm so glad we popped in!
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I forgot to post more about my Manchester trip! Voyeur wasn't a planned part of the trip, but I saw it near Mackie Mayor and it looked really interesting and I'm so glad we popped in!
Been a while since I posted drinks pictures but my partner and I were on a trip at the start of the month, so we got to visit a lot of places! Night one we grabbed food at Mackie Mayor in Manchester which meant we got to try drinks at Stray
August 19, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Been a while since I posted drinks pictures but my partner and I were on a trip at the start of the month, so we got to visit a lot of places! Night one we grabbed food at Mackie Mayor in Manchester which meant we got to try drinks at Stray
I cannot access The Spirits Business/The Drinks Business, PUNCH, Diffords Guide, or Imbibe on my mobile internet and haven't been able to since at least the 24th when the Online Safety Act came into force
I use these to keep up with what's going on in an industry I work in
I use these to keep up with what's going on in an industry I work in
July 29, 2025 at 11:04 AM
I cannot access The Spirits Business/The Drinks Business, PUNCH, Diffords Guide, or Imbibe on my mobile internet and haven't been able to since at least the 24th when the Online Safety Act came into force
I use these to keep up with what's going on in an industry I work in
I use these to keep up with what's going on in an industry I work in
Reposted by Bea
🪪 My concerns about the Online Safety Act remain the same as when I last wrote about it nearly decade a decade ago when it was proposed as the Digital Economy Bill:
1) It normalizes uploading sensitive documents such as ID scans to random websites, which will likely increase identity theft.
1/3
1) It normalizes uploading sensitive documents such as ID scans to random websites, which will likely increase identity theft.
1/3
July 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
🪪 My concerns about the Online Safety Act remain the same as when I last wrote about it nearly decade a decade ago when it was proposed as the Digital Economy Bill:
1) It normalizes uploading sensitive documents such as ID scans to random websites, which will likely increase identity theft.
1/3
1) It normalizes uploading sensitive documents such as ID scans to random websites, which will likely increase identity theft.
1/3
My mum picked me up a litre of Havana Club 7 from a recent trip away and this is one of the first drinks I made with it - a milk punch. It was so much better than I thought it would be!
July 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
My mum picked me up a litre of Havana Club 7 from a recent trip away and this is one of the first drinks I made with it - a milk punch. It was so much better than I thought it would be!
I will not be verifying my age when the new rules come into place to comply with the UK Online Safety Act on the 25th.
If you're UK based, here's a petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
If you're UK based, here's a petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Repeal the Online Safety Act
We want the Government to repeal the Online Safety act.
petition.parliament.uk
July 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
I will not be verifying my age when the new rules come into place to comply with the UK Online Safety Act on the 25th.
If you're UK based, here's a petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
If you're UK based, here's a petition:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Tried First Draft in Norwich for the first time tonight. New-ish (it's been around a while but was previously a pop-up restaurant?) LGBT friendly bar I hadn't had a chance to try before.
Was pleasantly surprised by the mix of Enter Shikari and Nothing But Thieves early on (1/2)
Was pleasantly surprised by the mix of Enter Shikari and Nothing But Thieves early on (1/2)
July 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Tried First Draft in Norwich for the first time tonight. New-ish (it's been around a while but was previously a pop-up restaurant?) LGBT friendly bar I hadn't had a chance to try before.
Was pleasantly surprised by the mix of Enter Shikari and Nothing But Thieves early on (1/2)
Was pleasantly surprised by the mix of Enter Shikari and Nothing But Thieves early on (1/2)
The heat has let up enough that I am no longer a non-functional puddle on the floor, and the stop killing games initiative reached its goals in both the UK and EU. Time for a drink.
This is brandy, maraschino, chocolate bitters and rose water. It tastes kinda like Strawberry Dream Quality Street?
This is brandy, maraschino, chocolate bitters and rose water. It tastes kinda like Strawberry Dream Quality Street?
July 3, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The heat has let up enough that I am no longer a non-functional puddle on the floor, and the stop killing games initiative reached its goals in both the UK and EU. Time for a drink.
This is brandy, maraschino, chocolate bitters and rose water. It tastes kinda like Strawberry Dream Quality Street?
This is brandy, maraschino, chocolate bitters and rose water. It tastes kinda like Strawberry Dream Quality Street?
I've been a little fixated on a game called Best Served Cold recently - it's a game where you play a bartender who's helping solve murders.
The game has a long list of drinks you can serve, which are all based on classic cocktails. The mint punch is mojito inspired, but is listed as low alcohol
The game has a long list of drinks you can serve, which are all based on classic cocktails. The mint punch is mojito inspired, but is listed as low alcohol
June 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
I've been a little fixated on a game called Best Served Cold recently - it's a game where you play a bartender who's helping solve murders.
The game has a long list of drinks you can serve, which are all based on classic cocktails. The mint punch is mojito inspired, but is listed as low alcohol
The game has a long list of drinks you can serve, which are all based on classic cocktails. The mint punch is mojito inspired, but is listed as low alcohol
Eurovision tonight! So I have the night booked off and here's a blue cocktail with gold sparkles in it. Definitely unbalanced, but I do really like it.
(Household faves this year? Ukraine, Armenia, Iceland. Personal faves: Ukraine, Austria, Germany)
(Household faves this year? Ukraine, Armenia, Iceland. Personal faves: Ukraine, Austria, Germany)
May 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Eurovision tonight! So I have the night booked off and here's a blue cocktail with gold sparkles in it. Definitely unbalanced, but I do really like it.
(Household faves this year? Ukraine, Armenia, Iceland. Personal faves: Ukraine, Austria, Germany)
(Household faves this year? Ukraine, Armenia, Iceland. Personal faves: Ukraine, Austria, Germany)
Entered the Hayman's Gin competition recently and forgot to post the picture here so doing that now. Unfortunately the picture is very cropped in the actual submission, as I really like how the light catches in this shot.
Recipe in alt text!
Recipe in alt text!
May 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Entered the Hayman's Gin competition recently and forgot to post the picture here so doing that now. Unfortunately the picture is very cropped in the actual submission, as I really like how the light catches in this shot.
Recipe in alt text!
Recipe in alt text!
RTD margarita taste testing part 2. Wanted to compare these against the winner from last time but I couldn't find Niche Margarita anywhere...
This time there is (left to right) Nio, M&S, Served, and Buzzballz. I'd tried the Buzzballz before and did like it, so I had high hopes here.
This time there is (left to right) Nio, M&S, Served, and Buzzballz. I'd tried the Buzzballz before and did like it, so I had high hopes here.
April 9, 2025 at 11:51 PM
RTD margarita taste testing part 2. Wanted to compare these against the winner from last time but I couldn't find Niche Margarita anywhere...
This time there is (left to right) Nio, M&S, Served, and Buzzballz. I'd tried the Buzzballz before and did like it, so I had high hopes here.
This time there is (left to right) Nio, M&S, Served, and Buzzballz. I'd tried the Buzzballz before and did like it, so I had high hopes here.
Found out last week that Silverleaf shut at the start of the year. Found them by accident on a trip to London and they were awesome. I don't make it to London that much but I definitely would have been back some time.
April 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Found out last week that Silverleaf shut at the start of the year. Found them by accident on a trip to London and they were awesome. I don't make it to London that much but I definitely would have been back some time.
I've spent my evening making prosecco cocktails for my mum and I, and so I may be a little drunk, but she has broken out the Nik Naks and...
...I swear these used to be bigger?
...I swear these used to be bigger?
February 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
I've spent my evening making prosecco cocktails for my mum and I, and so I may be a little drunk, but she has broken out the Nik Naks and...
...I swear these used to be bigger?
...I swear these used to be bigger?
I've been working on this for the Cointreau margarita competition. The ask is to use all parts of a fruit, I went with strawberry.
This is a strawberry top infused tequila, with a pepper infused Cointreau, strawberry and basil syrup and lime, topped with a dehydrated strawberry and flaky salt mix
This is a strawberry top infused tequila, with a pepper infused Cointreau, strawberry and basil syrup and lime, topped with a dehydrated strawberry and flaky salt mix
February 19, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I've been working on this for the Cointreau margarita competition. The ask is to use all parts of a fruit, I went with strawberry.
This is a strawberry top infused tequila, with a pepper infused Cointreau, strawberry and basil syrup and lime, topped with a dehydrated strawberry and flaky salt mix
This is a strawberry top infused tequila, with a pepper infused Cointreau, strawberry and basil syrup and lime, topped with a dehydrated strawberry and flaky salt mix
A couple of drinks from Brix and Bones (a fantastic local restaurant). A cherry liqueur sour on the left, and the drink on the right was an aperol and vanilla bitters espresso martini riff and I'm really hoping it's still on the menu when I go back (1/2)
February 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
A couple of drinks from Brix and Bones (a fantastic local restaurant). A cherry liqueur sour on the left, and the drink on the right was an aperol and vanilla bitters espresso martini riff and I'm really hoping it's still on the menu when I go back (1/2)
I was out with my partner on Saturday for an early Valentine's date. One of our favourite bars in the city has a few new cocktails on their menu in funky containers
February 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I was out with my partner on Saturday for an early Valentine's date. One of our favourite bars in the city has a few new cocktails on their menu in funky containers
I had a small taster bottle of Everleaf Forest and fancied a cocktail and so made a quick non-alcoholic sour with agave and lemon. Nice, but I think it needed less agave and maybe a touch more lemon.
I actually still have some sealed Everleaf Marine but it's out of date by 8 months, hmm...
I actually still have some sealed Everleaf Marine but it's out of date by 8 months, hmm...
January 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I had a small taster bottle of Everleaf Forest and fancied a cocktail and so made a quick non-alcoholic sour with agave and lemon. Nice, but I think it needed less agave and maybe a touch more lemon.
I actually still have some sealed Everleaf Marine but it's out of date by 8 months, hmm...
I actually still have some sealed Everleaf Marine but it's out of date by 8 months, hmm...
Today in non alcoholic drinks I tried yakult and matcha (after seeing this: youtube.com/shorts/RjpDX... ). It's okay. Both things are fine apart and I'm not sure either gains anything from the combo, but it's not worse either
I've got six more bottles of yakult though so I might experiment a little
I've got six more bottles of yakult though so I might experiment a little
Matcha + Yakult?! #matcha #yakult #honey #mixology #barchemistry
YouTube video by BarChemistry
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January 10, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Today in non alcoholic drinks I tried yakult and matcha (after seeing this: youtube.com/shorts/RjpDX... ). It's okay. Both things are fine apart and I'm not sure either gains anything from the combo, but it's not worse either
I've got six more bottles of yakult though so I might experiment a little
I've got six more bottles of yakult though so I might experiment a little
In terms of what I've been drinking the last week, I've had some San Miguel 0.0% (fairly refreshing actually), Beaver Town Lazer Crush (I love the peach notes) and tonight I started on Three Spirit's Spark. I had Sharp last year and loved it so grabbed both.
January 8, 2025 at 10:06 PM
In terms of what I've been drinking the last week, I've had some San Miguel 0.0% (fairly refreshing actually), Beaver Town Lazer Crush (I love the peach notes) and tonight I started on Three Spirit's Spark. I had Sharp last year and loved it so grabbed both.
Rare non-drinks related post but it's Dry January and I have a soft spot for Traitors because it reminds me of Mafia/Werewolf (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(... ).
I'm confused why no-one questioned what Claudia didn't say - was there only enough coins for two, or just not quite enough for three?
I'm confused why no-one questioned what Claudia didn't say - was there only enough coins for two, or just not quite enough for three?
January 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Rare non-drinks related post but it's Dry January and I have a soft spot for Traitors because it reminds me of Mafia/Werewolf (en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mafia_(... ).
I'm confused why no-one questioned what Claudia didn't say - was there only enough coins for two, or just not quite enough for three?
I'm confused why no-one questioned what Claudia didn't say - was there only enough coins for two, or just not quite enough for three?
Maybe last cocktail post for a little as I do Dry January (RTD margarita follow-up will wait for February). HowToDrink's latest The Customer Is Always Wrong had a tequila, sour cream, and 7-up cocktail in it. This has provided me a project: I wanted to do a sour cream clarified tequila cocktail.
January 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Maybe last cocktail post for a little as I do Dry January (RTD margarita follow-up will wait for February). HowToDrink's latest The Customer Is Always Wrong had a tequila, sour cream, and 7-up cocktail in it. This has provided me a project: I wanted to do a sour cream clarified tequila cocktail.
A friend was visiting this week and asked what my favourite bar I'd been to so far this decade has been (as we're now coming up to halfway through, ish).
Took a while, top 3 were easy, but top? Less so. Top 3:
Lyaness (London), Washhouse (Manchester) and Lucky7 (Birmingham)
All fantastic places.
Took a while, top 3 were easy, but top? Less so. Top 3:
Lyaness (London), Washhouse (Manchester) and Lucky7 (Birmingham)
All fantastic places.
January 1, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A friend was visiting this week and asked what my favourite bar I'd been to so far this decade has been (as we're now coming up to halfway through, ish).
Took a while, top 3 were easy, but top? Less so. Top 3:
Lyaness (London), Washhouse (Manchester) and Lucky7 (Birmingham)
All fantastic places.
Took a while, top 3 were easy, but top? Less so. Top 3:
Lyaness (London), Washhouse (Manchester) and Lucky7 (Birmingham)
All fantastic places.
Mentioned a while ago I was looking to compare RTD cocktail brands. Did some blind taste testing today of 5 Margarita RTDs (it felt like what should be a fairly standard flavour, and a fairly common one). I started with Moth, Funkin, Niche (a local brand), Whitebox, and Tribeology.
December 26, 2024 at 11:35 PM
Mentioned a while ago I was looking to compare RTD cocktail brands. Did some blind taste testing today of 5 Margarita RTDs (it felt like what should be a fairly standard flavour, and a fairly common one). I started with Moth, Funkin, Niche (a local brand), Whitebox, and Tribeology.