Crooked Trail Brew
@crookedtrailbrew.bsky.social
Husband, dad, homebrewer, neurodivergent, bi, MA medievalist.
❤️ - arts/media, history, languages/linguistics, ecology, travel, food, lots of books. Francophile, European, Green Party. He/him.
❤️ - arts/media, history, languages/linguistics, ecology, travel, food, lots of books. Francophile, European, Green Party. He/him.
@whalesandbooks.bsky.social, hi, we are partnered for this year's book exchange - Jólabókaflóðið 2025. Would you message me direct to chat further? 📚🍫
November 27, 2025 at 4:44 PM
@whalesandbooks.bsky.social, hi, we are partnered for this year's book exchange - Jólabókaflóðið 2025. Would you message me direct to chat further? 📚🍫
Oooh, someone in my local homebrew club has taken delivery of some malt from Fawcetts for us. That's going to be nice for the New Year (bit busy in the run up to Christmas), but it'll give me time to get hops in.
November 24, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Oooh, someone in my local homebrew club has taken delivery of some malt from Fawcetts for us. That's going to be nice for the New Year (bit busy in the run up to Christmas), but it'll give me time to get hops in.
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Last ask, I swear. Local film makers shooting a story written by my excellent, clever and funny school writers group. Ignore the figures here. We're £350 short with three days to go. If you've bunged us some money THANK YOU. If you'd like to, THANK YOU. ❤️
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
Angeline - A film by Dallas Road Primary
'Angeline', a film by Dallas Road Primary School, created with Lancaster Film Initiative and Ian Martin.
www.spacehive.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Last ask, I swear. Local film makers shooting a story written by my excellent, clever and funny school writers group. Ignore the figures here. We're £350 short with three days to go. If you've bunged us some money THANK YOU. If you'd like to, THANK YOU. ❤️
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
www.spacehive.com/angeline#/la...
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CHRISTMAS BOOK SWAP 2025
is OPEN!
You'll need to
- follow @christmasbookswap
- send a message, reply or DM saying you want to join in.
- include your COUNTRY (even if UK)
- make sure you get a RESPONSE (Give us a day or 2)
DEADLINE to participate is Sunday 23rd Nov.
More info below!
❤️🎄📚🍫
is OPEN!
You'll need to
- follow @christmasbookswap
- send a message, reply or DM saying you want to join in.
- include your COUNTRY (even if UK)
- make sure you get a RESPONSE (Give us a day or 2)
DEADLINE to participate is Sunday 23rd Nov.
More info below!
❤️🎄📚🍫
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
I blame the neighbours for putting up their lights and making me feel festive. This must be the right glass for Stille Nacht.
November 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I blame the neighbours for putting up their lights and making me feel festive. This must be the right glass for Stille Nacht.
I need to know what a bagel is without the hole. That's what I've made tonight. Delicious but not round either. 😁
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 PM
I need to know what a bagel is without the hole. That's what I've made tonight. Delicious but not round either. 😁
@carolinedebenh1.bsky.social, do you do requests? Will you be posting any (Belgian) Christmas/Winter beers over the next few weeks? That might inform some of my purchases... 😁
#brewsky
#armchairtourism
#brewsky
#armchairtourism
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
@carolinedebenh1.bsky.social, do you do requests? Will you be posting any (Belgian) Christmas/Winter beers over the next few weeks? That might inform some of my purchases... 😁
#brewsky
#armchairtourism
#brewsky
#armchairtourism
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BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
From Nov 25 – Dec 2, we’re stepping back to push back.Stop feeding the system that profits off our struggle.Be mindful with your dollar. Buy nothing unnecessary, support local, and starve the greed that keeps us divided.
Real power lives with the people. Real change starts here
From Nov 25 – Dec 2, we’re stepping back to push back.Stop feeding the system that profits off our struggle.Be mindful with your dollar. Buy nothing unnecessary, support local, and starve the greed that keeps us divided.
Real power lives with the people. Real change starts here
November 10, 2025 at 9:28 PM
BLACKOUT THE SYSTEM
From Nov 25 – Dec 2, we’re stepping back to push back.Stop feeding the system that profits off our struggle.Be mindful with your dollar. Buy nothing unnecessary, support local, and starve the greed that keeps us divided.
Real power lives with the people. Real change starts here
From Nov 25 – Dec 2, we’re stepping back to push back.Stop feeding the system that profits off our struggle.Be mindful with your dollar. Buy nothing unnecessary, support local, and starve the greed that keeps us divided.
Real power lives with the people. Real change starts here
A delightful sour from my 'forget it' stock that I've just got out last month. It's still fizzy, there are floral notes, citrus too, wine undertones and ginger coming up afterwards. It's a great delicate brew, just sad that they're not brewing any more, but an inspiration to try this style myself.
November 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
A delightful sour from my 'forget it' stock that I've just got out last month. It's still fizzy, there are floral notes, citrus too, wine undertones and ginger coming up afterwards. It's a great delicate brew, just sad that they're not brewing any more, but an inspiration to try this style myself.
Deep question. Which languages (and countries) spspspsps with cats? UK rep here 👋🏻.
Just English influenced or is it known in other languages?
😸
Just English influenced or is it known in other languages?
😸
November 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Deep question. Which languages (and countries) spspspsps with cats? UK rep here 👋🏻.
Just English influenced or is it known in other languages?
😸
Just English influenced or is it known in other languages?
😸
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An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
“The search for authentic Mexican food—or rather, the struggle to define what that meant—has been going on for two hundred years,” writes Jeffrey Pilcher at Guernica. Arguments over national cuisine f...
www.openculture.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
An Archive of Handwritten Traditional Mexican Cookbooks Is Now Online
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21 easy projects to help wildlife in your garden - you don't have to do them all, even just a few of these make a huge difference! www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
21 projects for starting a wildlife garden
How to make a wildlife garden to help nature
www.wildway.info
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM
21 easy projects to help wildlife in your garden - you don't have to do them all, even just a few of these make a huge difference! www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
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Gardens make up 4.6% of UK land area according to the RHS, let’s make the most of them to save wildlife. Here’s how - please share and spread the word. www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
21 projects for starting a wildlife garden
How to make a wildlife garden to help nature
www.wildway.info
November 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Gardens make up 4.6% of UK land area according to the RHS, let’s make the most of them to save wildlife. Here’s how - please share and spread the word. www.wildway.info/p/21-ideas-s...
Does anyone else read characters with certain voices?
I'm reading Le Carré's spy books with Alec Guinness' voice from the TV series.
#booksky
I'm reading Le Carré's spy books with Alec Guinness' voice from the TV series.
#booksky
October 29, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Does anyone else read characters with certain voices?
I'm reading Le Carré's spy books with Alec Guinness' voice from the TV series.
#booksky
I'm reading Le Carré's spy books with Alec Guinness' voice from the TV series.
#booksky
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It’s finally coming out ! Get ready Old Norse studies 😈🏳️⚧️
October 27, 2025 at 8:15 PM
It’s finally coming out ! Get ready Old Norse studies 😈🏳️⚧️
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A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
October 24, 2025 at 10:58 PM
A neat tool I just came across: Viabundus, a digital road map of northern Europe 1350-1650, that lets you calculate contemporary travel routes/times. In 1500, going Amiens → Köln by horse took almost 7 days and 13 toll payments.
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
#medievalsky
www.landesgeschichte.uni-goettingen.de/handelsstras...
Hello non sleepers! I can't sleep so am up with whiskey, cheese, baguette and the Leeds International Film Festival brochure. This started out as a grouch on overactive brain insomnia but I realise with my diet that I'm too bourgeois and privileged to really complain.
Anyway, #LIFF2025, go see it.
Anyway, #LIFF2025, go see it.
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Hello non sleepers! I can't sleep so am up with whiskey, cheese, baguette and the Leeds International Film Festival brochure. This started out as a grouch on overactive brain insomnia but I realise with my diet that I'm too bourgeois and privileged to really complain.
Anyway, #LIFF2025, go see it.
Anyway, #LIFF2025, go see it.
Have I missed all the publicity or is it muted? Philip Pullman's 3rd volume in The Book of Dust trilogy is coming out! I only know from walking past my local (UK) bookstore, backtracking, going in and pre-ordering. Clear my diary.
#VeryExcited
#Booksky
#VeryExcited
#Booksky
October 21, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Have I missed all the publicity or is it muted? Philip Pullman's 3rd volume in The Book of Dust trilogy is coming out! I only know from walking past my local (UK) bookstore, backtracking, going in and pre-ordering. Clear my diary.
#VeryExcited
#Booksky
#VeryExcited
#Booksky
I finally made some time to go through 5 boxes I store beer. The idea was to remove it all from my memory & let it develop. It worked, I've found the Belgian beers I left to see how they evolve. 5yr old St Bernardus abt 12 had lost fizz but had pronounced aromas. 4 Yr old Rochefort 10 is lovely.
October 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I finally made some time to go through 5 boxes I store beer. The idea was to remove it all from my memory & let it develop. It worked, I've found the Belgian beers I left to see how they evolve. 5yr old St Bernardus abt 12 had lost fizz but had pronounced aromas. 4 Yr old Rochefort 10 is lovely.
@trumanbooks.bsky.social, hi, could you save a copy of Forever Paris by Marin Montagut for October 25th please? Happy to pass on details via a DM. Thanks.
October 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
@trumanbooks.bsky.social, hi, could you save a copy of Forever Paris by Marin Montagut for October 25th please? Happy to pass on details via a DM. Thanks.
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#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. I’m happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website!
joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...
joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...
Freelance Work
Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…
joanneedge.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 8:28 AM
#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. I’m happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website!
joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...
joanneedge.co.uk/freelance-wo...
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The new SHIFT guide helps you find your climate superpowers!
So glad to team up with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social on this cool initiative!
www.dagens.com/lifestyle/th...
So glad to team up with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social on this cool initiative!
www.dagens.com/lifestyle/th...
The Shift guide reveals your hidden climate superpowers
From protests to pensions: The unexpected ways to tackle climate change.
www.dagens.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The new SHIFT guide helps you find your climate superpowers!
So glad to team up with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social on this cool initiative!
www.dagens.com/lifestyle/th...
So glad to team up with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social on this cool initiative!
www.dagens.com/lifestyle/th...
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Corporations holding Govts to ransom.
CEO of Eli Lilly, $114m pay packet last year, says the UK is “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices.
Big Pharma cartel wants the NHS to pay more for drugs, make bigger profits.
Govt must manufacture generic drugs, end profiteering.
CEO of Eli Lilly, $114m pay packet last year, says the UK is “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices.
Big Pharma cartel wants the NHS to pay more for drugs, make bigger profits.
Govt must manufacture generic drugs, end profiteering.
UK is ‘worst country in Europe’ for drug prices, says Mounjaro maker
Eli Lilly CEO says Britain’s strict regime means it could miss out on new drugs being rolled out unless it pays more
www.theguardian.com
September 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Corporations holding Govts to ransom.
CEO of Eli Lilly, $114m pay packet last year, says the UK is “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices.
Big Pharma cartel wants the NHS to pay more for drugs, make bigger profits.
Govt must manufacture generic drugs, end profiteering.
CEO of Eli Lilly, $114m pay packet last year, says the UK is “probably the worst country in Europe” for drug prices.
Big Pharma cartel wants the NHS to pay more for drugs, make bigger profits.
Govt must manufacture generic drugs, end profiteering.
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If you don't have anyone with any health and science background, @theopennotebook.bsky.social has a database of freelancers www.theopennotebook.com/writers/ and a legion of resources to get your gen assignment reporters up to speed. also see healthjournalism.org 🩺 🧪
September 23, 2025 at 8:25 PM
If you don't have anyone with any health and science background, @theopennotebook.bsky.social has a database of freelancers www.theopennotebook.com/writers/ and a legion of resources to get your gen assignment reporters up to speed. also see healthjournalism.org 🩺 🧪