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Beer! Drinking it, photographing it, reviewing it. Based in North Shields in the North East of England

(Also doing non-beery stuff as @peteringout.bsky.social)
Aroma has all the morning-after peaty campfires. Taste is nicely balanced between savoury smoked baconism and sweet mapled honeyness. While I can’t help wishing it had a fuller body, this is a flavoursome beauty with true character. Yum!

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November 22, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Enjoying an excellent Export India Porter from Flash House Brewing Co at the source - their taproom in #NorthShields.
(Bloody hell though, it's freezing in here 😆)

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November 21, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Enjoying a Theakston 'Poltergeist' 👻 salted caramel porter from the handpulls of the Seven Stars in #NorthShields. Tasty stuff, nicely done.

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November 21, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Bonus beer board pic

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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Enjoying a Citra Pale Ale from North Pier Brew Co, from the handpulls of Enigma Tap in #NorthShields

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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Bonus beer 'board' pic

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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
And the award for 'Best Nitro Schwarzbier That Most People Still Think Is A Stout' goes to...
... Donnie's from @donzokobeer.bsky.social, at Aperture Alehouse in #NorthShields

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November 21, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The American Southwest via Canada. Aroma is a huge zingy cloudburst of jammy fruitage. Taste is bigly acidic (pass the Rennies!), has a berry-like tangyness from the added prickly pear, and a lip-smacking tartness. A sour beer that doesn’t mess about. A boldly enjoyable sipper.

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November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Fairly tame for a wild beer. Not a lot of Funkytown on the nose or in the taste. Offers grassy brown bread and zingy citrus, with a mild herbaceous bitterness and a dry finish. Once I came to terms with the lack of Bretty goodness I began to enjoy it. Decent enough. May improve with age

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November 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Charity Shop Glassware Bargains of the Week. 50p each.

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November 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Aroma is a bubblegum noseblast. Taste is a banana butty with a slight hint of clove. Clean finish. Body is a little thin for the style. I wouldn’t say they’ve nailed this but it’s a very quenchly hefeweizen.

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November 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Grainy rusticity on the nose. Taste has toasty maltage and a generous squeeze of orangey lemon, washed over with a light yeasty funk, finishing dry with a peppery bitterness. A textbook ‘straight’ saison. I like.

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November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Oaky barrelism on the nose, with hints of woody vanilla. Taste has lightly funked grapey citrus with a nice level of acidity, and a moreishly dry finish. Superb stuff from @burningskybeer.bsky.social.

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November 16, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Very sniffable aroma of creamy coffee. Taste continues that theme, with a sweet-but-roasty choccy coffeeness, accompanied by a blueberry muffin, and finishing moreishly dry. Hugely satisfying bigboy porterism from @redwillowbrewery.bsky.social

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November 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Aroma has lightly funked herbalised washing powder. Taste has a bone dry pepper-sprinkled lemony grapefruit zing. What a superb grisette!

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November 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Went to Chicago, drank some beer

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November 12, 2025 at 6:02 PM
The Design Museum of #Chicago has an exhibition about beer! 🍻

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November 10, 2025 at 5:27 PM
And to finish...
Their "Fruitcake Beer For Dealing With Your Family", a 12% Brandy BA extravaganza. Wow!

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November 9, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Followed by their collab with Allagash: 'Orange Ghost'. Oof! Tart lemony acidic wild grapey barrelism.

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November 9, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Next up, their "Beer For Cake", a Black Forest Märzen with cherry, lactose and cocoa nibs!

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November 9, 2025 at 12:46 AM
A very busy Saturday evening at Off Color Brewing in #Chicago 🇺🇸.
Mainly Belgian-inspired/barrel aged stuff 😋
First up, their Apex Predator saison.

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November 9, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Last one at Hop Butcher. It's not yellow! Their 'Minted' Holiday Imperial Stout. Oh, it's good.

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November 8, 2025 at 9:44 PM
May I present...

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November 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Onwards in #Chicago 🇺🇸 to another bucket list beer destination: Hop Butcher 🤩🍻

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November 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Bonus bonus pics

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November 8, 2025 at 8:26 PM