Tim Holt
@beerhasahistory.bsky.social
Editor of Brewery History - a journal dedicated to all aspects of beer and brewing history
An unexpected find in Brussels.
November 15, 2025 at 10:53 AM
An unexpected find in Brussels.
Following on from @boakandbailey.bsky.social post some years ago about The Britannia, Brussels, 1958 here's a pub proposed for the Berlin Exhibition of 1966. But was it actually built?
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Following on from @boakandbailey.bsky.social post some years ago about The Britannia, Brussels, 1958 here's a pub proposed for the Berlin Exhibition of 1966. But was it actually built?
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Historic Beer Birthday: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek tinyurl.com/5c3t9mff
October 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Historic Beer Birthday: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek tinyurl.com/5c3t9mff
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Brewery History Journal issue 195 will have a long paper going through all known first-hand accounts of real stone brewing, 75 individual ones all told. I hope it will settle this "debate" for good.
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
Journal of the Brewery History Society
www.breweryhistory.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Brewery History Journal issue 195 will have a long paper going through all known first-hand accounts of real stone brewing, 75 individual ones all told. I hope it will settle this "debate" for good.
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
www.breweryhistory.com/journal/archive/index.html
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GOOD MORNING! Here's this week's round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes from Massachusetts, Namur, Gloucestershire, and Isaac Newton's laboratory. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/03/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/03/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 1 March 2025: The House on the Borderland
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got old mugs, pub crawls, and melancholy reflection.
boakandbailey.com
March 1, 2025 at 8:30 AM
GOOD MORNING! Here's this week's round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes from Massachusetts, Namur, Gloucestershire, and Isaac Newton's laboratory. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/03/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/03/news...
Newton's beer mug rediscovered. Read about it in Notes & Records royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
March 1, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Newton's beer mug rediscovered. Read about it in Notes & Records royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
And in The Times www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Specific gravity: Isaac Newton’s beer mug found after 350 years
Researchers have traced the wooden flagon’s owners back to when the father of modern science was in student digs in Cambridge
www.thetimes.com
March 1, 2025 at 5:47 AM
And in The Times www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...
Maybe one more beer ...
December 28, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Maybe one more beer ...
Sarah Hughes dark ruby mild. Thank you Mr Marchbanks.
December 28, 2024 at 12:49 PM
Sarah Hughes dark ruby mild. Thank you Mr Marchbanks.
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Well worth a read: more info on the imminent closure of Au Daringman, Brussels:
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
Curtain falls over legendary Brussels pub Au Daringman
www.vrt.be
December 15, 2024 at 8:09 AM
Well worth a read: more info on the imminent closure of Au Daringman, Brussels:
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/en/20...
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This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the most important beer marketing paper you’ve probably never heard of. Brand building in beer wouldn't be the same today without the influence of Ackoff and Emshoff. (Free sign up may be required to read.) firstkey.com/the-godfathe...
The Godfathers of Beer Consumer Insights - First Key Consulting
Russell L. Ackoff and James R. Emshoff's paper "Advertising Research at Anheuser-Busch, Inc. 1968-1974" revolutionized beer marketing by categorizing drinkers into types, such as Reparative and Social...
firstkey.com
November 29, 2024 at 2:34 PM
This spring marks the 50th anniversary of the most important beer marketing paper you’ve probably never heard of. Brand building in beer wouldn't be the same today without the influence of Ackoff and Emshoff. (Free sign up may be required to read.) firstkey.com/the-godfathe...
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*NEW BOOK* I'm delighted to announce after seven years of research and writing FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND is here! Published with Nine Bean Rows, it is available for preorder now. Link in bio.
About the book: In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside some of... 🧵
About the book: In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside some of... 🧵
November 11, 2024 at 3:01 PM
*NEW BOOK* I'm delighted to announce after seven years of research and writing FILTHY QUEENS: A HISTORY OF BEER IN IRELAND is here! Published with Nine Bean Rows, it is available for preorder now. Link in bio.
About the book: In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside some of... 🧵
About the book: In Filthy Queens, we look at the history of beer alongside some of... 🧵
Still very much worth a visit.
November 10, 2024 at 1:05 PM
Still very much worth a visit.
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I learnt this from Peter Darby and my research is here: www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...
www.breweryhistory.com
November 7, 2024 at 10:10 PM
I learnt this from Peter Darby and my research is here: www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...
111 years of Metzer Eck. Wish I'd been there ...
August 2, 2024 at 7:38 AM
111 years of Metzer Eck. Wish I'd been there ...
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Slate Yorkshire squares at Sam Smith's brewery
June 27, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Slate Yorkshire squares at Sam Smith's brewery
The latest issue of the Economic History Yearbook on International Knowledge Transfer and Circulation within the Brewing Industry is free to access here: www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
International Knowledge Transfer and Circulation within the Brewing Industry / Internationaler Wissenstransfer und -zirkulation in der Brauwirtschaft, Verantwortlich: Nancy Bodden und Jana Weiß
Volume 65, issue 1 of the journal Jahrbuch für Wirtschaftsgeschichte / Economic History Yearbook was published in 2024.
t.co
May 24, 2024 at 8:47 AM
The latest issue of the Economic History Yearbook on International Knowledge Transfer and Circulation within the Brewing Industry is free to access here: www.degruyter.com/journal/key/...
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Breweries, save your stuff!
New report from Pew finds 38% of webpages that existed in 2013 are no longer accessible a decade later. This research underscores how critical web archiving efforts are. www.pewresearch.org/data-labs/20...
When Online Content Disappears
A quarter of all webpages that existed at one point between 2013 and 2023 are no longer accessible.
www.pewresearch.org
May 18, 2024 at 5:38 PM
Breweries, save your stuff!
The latest issue of Brewery History is now out. Includes a free to access review of 'Globalization in a Glass: The Rise of Pilsner Beer through Technology, Taste and Empire' by M.F. Purinton bit.ly/4238pXZ
January 16, 2024 at 9:39 PM
The latest issue of Brewery History is now out. Includes a free to access review of 'Globalization in a Glass: The Rise of Pilsner Beer through Technology, Taste and Empire' by M.F. Purinton bit.ly/4238pXZ
The latest issue of Brewery History is now out. Includes 'British brewers in North America — George Weatherall Smith', 'An outline of beers and brewing in British Malaya: 1827-1957. Part II' and "Our lager pleases their tastes:" beer at
international expositions, 1873-1900 bit.ly/4238pXZ
international expositions, 1873-1900 bit.ly/4238pXZ
January 16, 2024 at 9:37 PM
The latest issue of Brewery History is now out. Includes 'British brewers in North America — George Weatherall Smith', 'An outline of beers and brewing in British Malaya: 1827-1957. Part II' and "Our lager pleases their tastes:" beer at
international expositions, 1873-1900 bit.ly/4238pXZ
international expositions, 1873-1900 bit.ly/4238pXZ
The latest issue of Brewery History is now out. Includes 'Danes downunder: an exploration of some Danish
contributions to the brewing industry in Australia
and New Zealand' and 'The mysterious non-alcoholic porter of L'viv' bit.ly/4238pXZ
contributions to the brewing industry in Australia
and New Zealand' and 'The mysterious non-alcoholic porter of L'viv' bit.ly/4238pXZ
January 16, 2024 at 9:35 PM
The latest issue of Brewery History is now out. Includes 'Danes downunder: an exploration of some Danish
contributions to the brewing industry in Australia
and New Zealand' and 'The mysterious non-alcoholic porter of L'viv' bit.ly/4238pXZ
contributions to the brewing industry in Australia
and New Zealand' and 'The mysterious non-alcoholic porter of L'viv' bit.ly/4238pXZ
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Pre-order away!
We mentioned @braciatrix.bsky.social’s upcoming book *a bit* here (you may have noticed) - and hey, now you can pre-order for your 2024 reading enjoyment!
camra.org.uk/publications...
camra.org.uk/publications...
December 18, 2023 at 9:04 AM
Pre-order away!
Roscoe's, Portland, OR.
November 15, 2023 at 12:38 AM
Roscoe's, Portland, OR.