Ian Scott
@ianscott.bsky.social
Beer obsessed home brewer constantly just about over a hangover.
WEHomebrew.club based at Windsor & Eton Brewery.
WEHomebrew.club based at Windsor & Eton Brewery.
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A fun time at the National Video Game Museum in Sheffield. I'm bad at games but got stuck into a text adventure for about 20 minutes, and reacquainted myself with the clicky clacky tactility of the BBC Micro.
[Video description: Jess is skill, so is Ray, cycling on a 1980s computer monitor.]
[Video description: Jess is skill, so is Ray, cycling on a 1980s computer monitor.]
December 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A fun time at the National Video Game Museum in Sheffield. I'm bad at games but got stuck into a text adventure for about 20 minutes, and reacquainted myself with the clicky clacky tactility of the BBC Micro.
[Video description: Jess is skill, so is Ray, cycling on a 1980s computer monitor.]
[Video description: Jess is skill, so is Ray, cycling on a 1980s computer monitor.]
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I've written for The Observer about how as teenagers many of us were obsessed with Hitler, just like Nigel Farage – but there's a difference (features Nazi death cry "AIEEEEE!", the song Hitler Has Only Got One Ball, and bisexual commando Micky Burn)
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Many teenagers have a dark obsession with Hitler. Nigel Farage’s was something more | The Observer
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December 13, 2025 at 11:00 AM
I've written for The Observer about how as teenagers many of us were obsessed with Hitler, just like Nigel Farage – but there's a difference (features Nazi death cry "AIEEEEE!", the song Hitler Has Only Got One Ball, and bisexual commando Micky Burn)
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Lots of interesting sketches of American bars c.1980 in the travelogue Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon [William Trogdon].
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Lots of interesting sketches of American bars c.1980 in the travelogue Blue Highways by William Least Heat Moon [William Trogdon].
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GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of news, nuggets and longreads, with notes on the health of the cask ale market, the untrendiness of taprooms, and more. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/12/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/12/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 13 December 2025: Stollen Bites
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got news of the passing of a beer blogger, among other things. First, some sad news: Peter Edwardson, AKA th...
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December 13, 2025 at 7:55 AM
GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of news, nuggets and longreads, with notes on the health of the cask ale market, the untrendiness of taprooms, and more. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/12/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/12/news...
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Please be upstanding for the arrival of beers from Sheffield's finest, Brewery St Mars of the Desert...
🍺 Clamp 5.4% Koelship IPA
🍺 Grisette 6.8%
🍺 Barba papa 8.1% Stout
#VivaStirchley #VivaBrum #ShopIndependent
🍺 Clamp 5.4% Koelship IPA
🍺 Grisette 6.8%
🍺 Barba papa 8.1% Stout
#VivaStirchley #VivaBrum #ShopIndependent
December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Please be upstanding for the arrival of beers from Sheffield's finest, Brewery St Mars of the Desert...
🍺 Clamp 5.4% Koelship IPA
🍺 Grisette 6.8%
🍺 Barba papa 8.1% Stout
#VivaStirchley #VivaBrum #ShopIndependent
🍺 Clamp 5.4% Koelship IPA
🍺 Grisette 6.8%
🍺 Barba papa 8.1% Stout
#VivaStirchley #VivaBrum #ShopIndependent
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One of my more unusual homebrew projects I've tried so far is home-malting. Not just any malt, but air-dried wheat malt to approximate a historic malt for Bavarian wheat beer. First, I steeped the grains in water for about 36 hours during which it gained about 50% in weight. Then came the sprouting.
December 11, 2025 at 9:29 AM
One of my more unusual homebrew projects I've tried so far is home-malting. Not just any malt, but air-dried wheat malt to approximate a historic malt for Bavarian wheat beer. First, I steeped the grains in water for about 36 hours during which it gained about 50% in weight. Then came the sprouting.
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Re-up for the nighttime gang
We risk losing cask ale — not because young drinkers are wrong to ignore it, but because we've failed to make the case for it.
www.anthonygladman.com/who-could-bl...
www.anthonygladman.com/who-could-bl...
Who could blame them?
The problem with cask ale isn't that young people don't drink it. It's that we haven't given them a reason to.
www.anthonygladman.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Re-up for the nighttime gang
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Looking for a present for a beer enthusiast or a reward for yourself after getting all your Xmas shopping done - we have tickets for our Be a Brewer days available on any Saturday and Sunday in February and March. www.clarkshaws.co.uk/shop
December 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Looking for a present for a beer enthusiast or a reward for yourself after getting all your Xmas shopping done - we have tickets for our Be a Brewer days available on any Saturday and Sunday in February and March. www.clarkshaws.co.uk/shop
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It’s giving Papal Nuncio
December 10, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It’s giving Papal Nuncio
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Superb writing from Henry Jeffreys about solitary drinking in a pub.
December 10, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Superb writing from Henry Jeffreys about solitary drinking in a pub.
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December 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
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Looks like all is not well at Watford FC!
December 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Looks like all is not well at Watford FC!
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Greetings!
I have created a new map concentrating on brewery information, and where to try and find their beers. Initially London only I will, over time, add other places on to it.
All feedback welcome!
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
I have created a new map concentrating on brewery information, and where to try and find their beers. Initially London only I will, over time, add other places on to it.
All feedback welcome!
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
Breweries & Outlets - Google My Maps
Brewery Only - No on-site drinking
Brewery & Taproom - Brewery with on-site taproom
Taproom - Brewery main outlet away from the Brewery
Brewpub - Brewery with beers only usually available in the one v...
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December 9, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Greetings!
I have created a new map concentrating on brewery information, and where to try and find their beers. Initially London only I will, over time, add other places on to it.
All feedback welcome!
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
I have created a new map concentrating on brewery information, and where to try and find their beers. Initially London only I will, over time, add other places on to it.
All feedback welcome!
www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...
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It's our final home brew club of the year tonight, hopefully you can join us from 7pm at the Town Mouse. #homebrew #beeroclock #Newcastle #beer
December 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
It's our final home brew club of the year tonight, hopefully you can join us from 7pm at the Town Mouse. #homebrew #beeroclock #Newcastle #beer
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“Mind your own country and mind your own people,” said Irakli Kirtskhalia, a member of the GD led Parliament, addressing the UK government, which he called a “non formal, oligarchic government.” 1/2
December 9, 2025 at 10:17 AM
“Mind your own country and mind your own people,” said Irakli Kirtskhalia, a member of the GD led Parliament, addressing the UK government, which he called a “non formal, oligarchic government.” 1/2
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After persistent staffing issues, Santa was forced to negotiate with the reindeer union and the strike concluded.
December 8, 2025 at 3:07 PM
After persistent staffing issues, Santa was forced to negotiate with the reindeer union and the strike concluded.
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Not a bad 25 years 🙂
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Offshore wind has cut UK’s spending on imported fuels by at least…
Analysis on 25th anniversary of commissioning of UK’s first offshore wind farm finds the technology is now main source of electricity from North Sea, overtaking gas
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December 8, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Not a bad 25 years 🙂
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Extracting hangovers from beer: inside the world’s biggest ‘nolo’ brewery in south Wales
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Extracting hangovers from beer: inside the world’s biggest ‘nolo’ brewery in south Wales
AB InBev unveils its ‘de-alcoholisation’ annex at Magor site as demand for once ‘lousy’ low- or no-alcohol beer rises
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Extracting hangovers from beer: inside the world’s biggest ‘nolo’ brewery in south Wales
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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I had a few people round for beers last night. My good friend @daveratkins.bsky.social brought some elderly Belgian Christmas beers along. This one, from a brewery closed in 1954, was astonishing with a trace of carbonation and wonderful depth of flavour with no oxidation at all.
December 7, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I had a few people round for beers last night. My good friend @daveratkins.bsky.social brought some elderly Belgian Christmas beers along. This one, from a brewery closed in 1954, was astonishing with a trace of carbonation and wonderful depth of flavour with no oxidation at all.
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Tailgate idea!
December 6, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Tailgate idea!
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'“The third reaction you want,” Fisher says, “is for people to say, I wish that was real so I could watch it.”' www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
‘The goal was to scare a kid’: the wild world of films-within-films
From Angels with Filthy Souls in Home Alone, to Deception in The Holiday, fake movies are taking on a life of their own
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
'“The third reaction you want,” Fisher says, “is for people to say, I wish that was real so I could watch it.”' www.theguardian.com/film/2025/de...
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It’s panto season and here comes Red Riding Hood in the guise of a delicious Rotbier from the brilliant St Mars of the Desert and it’s my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:01 AM
It’s panto season and here comes Red Riding Hood in the guise of a delicious Rotbier from the brilliant St Mars of the Desert and it’s my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk