Tom Coughlin
@liddletummy.bsky.social
Going down the cask ale rabbit hole yet one more time. 25 years of homebrewing, 20 years of BJCP beer judging. Been an immigrant my entire life. Often spotted in the Finger Lakes, Northern England, Belgium, and Cork.
Vintage pub sign for Traveller’s Rest Ales and Stout, supposedly from a pub in West Cork. @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social , have you ever heard of them?
September 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Vintage pub sign for Traveller’s Rest Ales and Stout, supposedly from a pub in West Cork. @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social , have you ever heard of them?
Yes:
1) there's too many doctorates in job market.
2) it shouldn't be the top schools that have to cut back.
3) If Ed Tech isn't contributing to expand flexibility and productivity, its promoters are being shady.
1) there's too many doctorates in job market.
2) it shouldn't be the top schools that have to cut back.
3) If Ed Tech isn't contributing to expand flexibility and productivity, its promoters are being shady.
UChicago dean confirms that edtech runs universities now: "The timing of my initial announcement about PhD cohorts was partly driven by deadlines to submit information to software platforms that would have made semi-public our decisions to open or close applications to programs."
The university where I did my PhD is destroying itself. I’m not sure its forner reputation will ever recover. www.insidehighered.com/news/admissi...
August 23, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Yes:
1) there's too many doctorates in job market.
2) it shouldn't be the top schools that have to cut back.
3) If Ed Tech isn't contributing to expand flexibility and productivity, its promoters are being shady.
1) there's too many doctorates in job market.
2) it shouldn't be the top schools that have to cut back.
3) If Ed Tech isn't contributing to expand flexibility and productivity, its promoters are being shady.
Wondering: why is there no Irish Burning Man festival?
August 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Wondering: why is there no Irish Burning Man festival?
I split the Hester Marble!!
July 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
I split the Hester Marble!!
I split the Thy Tay!!
July 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I split the Thy Tay!!
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you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
July 1, 2025 at 10:25 AM
you have been visited by "Le Boulanger Quebecois"
repost to receive his blessing
repost to receive his blessing
Alcohol consumption is giving way to weed and gummies. It’s a big trend.
Brutal times for Irish whiskey - Powerscourt Distillery goes into receivership two days ago and now the news breaks that Diageo have halted production at their Roe & Co Distillery in Dublin www.independent.ie/business/whi... Hard to know where all this ends....
Whiskey sour: Two more high-profile Irish spirits brands halt production as Trump effect hits sector
Two high-profile Irish whiskey brands have halted production in the latest blow to the once-booming sector.
www.independent.ie
June 28, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Alcohol consumption is giving way to weed and gummies. It’s a big trend.
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I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.
June 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I seriously think the Social Internet is 21st century cigarettes. Complete with secondary smoke causing a lot of harm in nonusers.
Racking done. Cleanup is next. FG 1.014. West Yorkshire yeast is a champ. Admiral, Endevour and EKG hops fill the air. Plenty of Hugh Baird medium crystal in there too.
May 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Racking done. Cleanup is next. FG 1.014. West Yorkshire yeast is a champ. Admiral, Endevour and EKG hops fill the air. Plenty of Hugh Baird medium crystal in there too.
Seriously, what's up with the new car marketplace? 90% of cars for sale are small SUVs. They all look like they were designed by the same guy. Manufacturers differentiate by putting meaningless puffery typography on the back. Subaru is selling a Dr. Bronner edition that took me 20 minutes to read.
May 19, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Seriously, what's up with the new car marketplace? 90% of cars for sale are small SUVs. They all look like they were designed by the same guy. Manufacturers differentiate by putting meaningless puffery typography on the back. Subaru is selling a Dr. Bronner edition that took me 20 minutes to read.
Getting ready to brew a best bitter on Saturday. Off to a great start. This is West Yorkshire yeast and it smells like lemongrass and mushrooms—healthy pitch.
May 9, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Getting ready to brew a best bitter on Saturday. Off to a great start. This is West Yorkshire yeast and it smells like lemongrass and mushrooms—healthy pitch.
The new Pope is an Augustinian—they’re friars! From a beer brewing perspective, Dopplebock (a lager, first made by the Minim friars) is a an appropriate brew to make to mark this occasion. If I brew one in June, it will be ready by December. Putting it on the calendar.
May 8, 2025 at 5:52 PM
The new Pope is an Augustinian—they’re friars! From a beer brewing perspective, Dopplebock (a lager, first made by the Minim friars) is a an appropriate brew to make to mark this occasion. If I brew one in June, it will be ready by December. Putting it on the calendar.
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If you are out and about in Manchester this Saturday I will be at @balancebrew.bsky.social selling our @pelliclemag.com zine and merch, plus signed copies of Manchesters Best Beer. Come say hello and drink some saison.
March 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
If you are out and about in Manchester this Saturday I will be at @balancebrew.bsky.social selling our @pelliclemag.com zine and merch, plus signed copies of Manchesters Best Beer. Come say hello and drink some saison.
Guinness is dumbed-down and bland.
OTOH there's always: O'Haras or Beamish (for mass-market times); Lineman's Astral Grains, Boundary's GIFT Imperial Stout, or a Funky bretted stout from Otterbank Brewing. (Life's too short for boring authentic Irish stout.)
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2019...
OTOH there's always: O'Haras or Beamish (for mass-market times); Lineman's Astral Grains, Boundary's GIFT Imperial Stout, or a Funky bretted stout from Otterbank Brewing. (Life's too short for boring authentic Irish stout.)
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2019...
The 'gorgeous' Irish stout that's 'better than Guinness' - and it's not Murphy's | UK | News | Express.co.uk
Pubgoers are now saying one lesser known brand is 'nicer' than the iconic Irish tipple Guinness.
www.express.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Guinness is dumbed-down and bland.
OTOH there's always: O'Haras or Beamish (for mass-market times); Lineman's Astral Grains, Boundary's GIFT Imperial Stout, or a Funky bretted stout from Otterbank Brewing. (Life's too short for boring authentic Irish stout.)
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2019...
OTOH there's always: O'Haras or Beamish (for mass-market times); Lineman's Astral Grains, Boundary's GIFT Imperial Stout, or a Funky bretted stout from Otterbank Brewing. (Life's too short for boring authentic Irish stout.)
www.express.co.uk/news/uk/2019...
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Breaking News: David Johansen, who as frontman of the New York Dolls was in the vanguard of glam and punk rock, has died at 75.
David Johansen, Who Fronted the New York Dolls and More, Dies at 75
In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.
www.nytimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Breaking News: David Johansen, who as frontman of the New York Dolls was in the vanguard of glam and punk rock, has died at 75.
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theeuropeanbarguide.com/a-day-out-in...
Delighted to publish our latest Day Out guide around the best pubs and bars in 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗸 🇮🇪 !
On a wider note, all 19 venues are now fully written up, and profiles ready to view on our guide 🍻👍
Delighted to publish our latest Day Out guide around the best pubs and bars in 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗸 🇮🇪 !
On a wider note, all 19 venues are now fully written up, and profiles ready to view on our guide 🍻👍
A Day Out In Cork by The European Bar Guide
Join our tour of Cork's best bars! From 'earlies' to relics, live music, gins, whiskies, stout, craft ale. the Rebel County capital has a bit of everything.
theeuropeanbarguide.com
February 28, 2025 at 2:18 PM
theeuropeanbarguide.com/a-day-out-in...
Delighted to publish our latest Day Out guide around the best pubs and bars in 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗸 🇮🇪 !
On a wider note, all 19 venues are now fully written up, and profiles ready to view on our guide 🍻👍
Delighted to publish our latest Day Out guide around the best pubs and bars in 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗸 🇮🇪 !
On a wider note, all 19 venues are now fully written up, and profiles ready to view on our guide 🍻👍
@russparsons.bsky.social Been wanting to ask you for a long time… do you have any favorite Irish refreshments?
February 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
@russparsons.bsky.social Been wanting to ask you for a long time… do you have any favorite Irish refreshments?
Whats wrong with beer writing today? Manchester paper profiled the 25 city award-winning CAMRA Pubs. No photographer, so they went with hideous Google Maps street views that were shot at 7:30 am. Cringe. www.manchesterworld.uk/lifestyle/fo...
25 proper Manchester boozers recognised in pub bible the Good Beer Guide 2025
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has released its annual Good Beer Guide, highlighting the best real ale pubs across the country.
www.manchesterworld.uk
February 17, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Whats wrong with beer writing today? Manchester paper profiled the 25 city award-winning CAMRA Pubs. No photographer, so they went with hideous Google Maps street views that were shot at 7:30 am. Cringe. www.manchesterworld.uk/lifestyle/fo...
There’s a tendency for immigrants in a country, once they get established, to harbor a lot of animus toward those that come after them. I saw this growing up among the Irish immigrants in the US—the 1950s-60s arrivals were cruel to 1980s-90s crowd. The Orange Julius operatives exploited this.
The small city of Reading in central Pennsylvania is around 70 percent Latino.
In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points.
I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
In 2024, it shifted toward Trump by a staggering net 16 points.
I spent some time trying to figure out why that happened. The result is this piece. I hope you'll check it out:
newrepublic.com/article/1908...
This Small Rust-Belt City Holds the Secret to Democrats’ Latino Woes
Latino voters shifted dramatically toward Trump in the last election. Reading, Pennsylvania offers a clue to how Democrats can claw them back.
newrepublic.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:31 PM
There’s a tendency for immigrants in a country, once they get established, to harbor a lot of animus toward those that come after them. I saw this growing up among the Irish immigrants in the US—the 1950s-60s arrivals were cruel to 1980s-90s crowd. The Orange Julius operatives exploited this.
16 ounce Bushmill’s Distillery glass found in NY. That’s a pretty big serving of whiskey. Not sure why it was made.
February 9, 2025 at 12:51 PM
16 ounce Bushmill’s Distillery glass found in NY. That’s a pretty big serving of whiskey. Not sure why it was made.
Brewday—making a Baltic porter to celebrate the start of Spring (according to old farmers and pagans).
February 1, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Brewday—making a Baltic porter to celebrate the start of Spring (according to old farmers and pagans).
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This is incredibly stupid. Firms will raise prices immediately, and there will be a rush to bring imports in before the tariffs are fully implemented www.ft.com/content/7fb4...
Scott Bessent pushes gradual 2.5% universal US tariffs plan
Trump’s Treasury secretary wants levies to rise month by month in order to give businesses time to adjust
www.ft.com
January 28, 2025 at 12:28 PM
This is incredibly stupid. Firms will raise prices immediately, and there will be a rush to bring imports in before the tariffs are fully implemented www.ft.com/content/7fb4...
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Started to read @lewbryson.bsky.social Tasting Whiskey and damn, Lew is the best.
January 20, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Started to read @lewbryson.bsky.social Tasting Whiskey and damn, Lew is the best.
Maybe, it's because:
5. Brewpubs: usually awful, expensive beer.
4. Packaged craft beer: old, mishandled beers that shouldn't be in packages.
3. Homebrewing: skill, investment and attention to details.
2. Mass-market craft beer: dumbed-down and value engineered.
1. Beer is not exactly a health food.
5. Brewpubs: usually awful, expensive beer.
4. Packaged craft beer: old, mishandled beers that shouldn't be in packages.
3. Homebrewing: skill, investment and attention to details.
2. Mass-market craft beer: dumbed-down and value engineered.
1. Beer is not exactly a health food.
Why Craft Beer Just Isn't as Popular as It Used to Be www.vice.com/en/article/w...
Why Craft Beer Just Isn't as Popular as It Used to Be
It's likely not a coincidence that the decline in craft beer interest lines up with the surge in non-alcoholic offerings.
www.vice.com
January 8, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Maybe, it's because:
5. Brewpubs: usually awful, expensive beer.
4. Packaged craft beer: old, mishandled beers that shouldn't be in packages.
3. Homebrewing: skill, investment and attention to details.
2. Mass-market craft beer: dumbed-down and value engineered.
1. Beer is not exactly a health food.
5. Brewpubs: usually awful, expensive beer.
4. Packaged craft beer: old, mishandled beers that shouldn't be in packages.
3. Homebrewing: skill, investment and attention to details.
2. Mass-market craft beer: dumbed-down and value engineered.
1. Beer is not exactly a health food.
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Leann Folláin, an "Irish cult classic" and proper good extra stout.
It deserves a write-up as delicious as itself. Thank you to @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social for coming back to Pellicle for this one!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
It deserves a write-up as delicious as itself. Thank you to @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social for coming back to Pellicle for this one!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
The Irish for Stout — O’Hara’s Leann Folláin and the Making of a Cult Classic — Pellicle
Seamus O’Hara never intended to brew a cult beer, but it doesn’t really work like that. It’s a status achieved organically, through a confluence of circumstance, serendipity, and time. The cann...
www.pelliclemag.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Leann Folláin, an "Irish cult classic" and proper good extra stout.
It deserves a write-up as delicious as itself. Thank you to @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social for coming back to Pellicle for this one!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
It deserves a write-up as delicious as itself. Thank you to @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social for coming back to Pellicle for this one!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...