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kieranfurie.bsky.social
@kieranfurie.bsky.social
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Creaking, grumpy old gamer. Crafted beer snob. Beard wearer.
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Looks happy to be back in out of the rain.
A black and white Boston terrier with a slightly damp head sleeps curled up in a load of blankets.
November 23, 2025 at 11:27 AM
kieranfurie.bsky.social
Had to try it. Herbal and floral. Quite a bitter finish.

Definitely get the dill.

Perfectly drinkable.

#BskyBeer
A can of Dillsner from Donzoko. A pilsner with citra and dill at 5%.
November 22, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Some recentish book deliveries. Kept forgetting to post about them.

Thoroughly looking forward to both.

#booksky
A picture of The Broken Binding edition of The Works of Vermin by Hiron Ennes with matching book mark. The cover has a dark blue background. The title in red sits in the centre. It's encircled by a pale yellow millipede like I sect. The cover is framed by vegetation in greens, yellos, browns and reds. The authors name is at the bottom. A hard back copy of The Salt Oracle by Lorraine Wilson sits on a desk. The cover features a background made up of dark blue and black wavy lines which fill the top three quarters. The bottom much lighter blue lines broken up with black creating an angry sea. Killer whales can be seen amongst the waves. The head of a woman breaks through the sea filling the centre of the cover in yellowish brown made of the same sort of line art broken up by black Her long hair blows in the wind from left to right. There are fishing lines with hooks attached and the skeletons of a fish and a bird tangled in her hair.
November 22, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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They did have flavoured ones I can remember. Salt N Vinegar, Prawn Cocktail and Cheese and Onion I'm sure.
Packet of Smiths Crisps Flavour n Shake
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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Ah yes that's the stuff right there

#BskyBeer
Bottle of The Kernel Eggers Special Pale Ale at 5.2% No nonsense Kernel branding on the bottle. Brown glass bottle. Light brown label. Brewery name at the top Beer name in the middle ABV at the bottom.l All in plain black text
November 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Supposed to be off this week but seems to have spent a lot of time at work.

It's dead to me till Monday now. Time to relax.

#BskyBeer
A glass of Full Moon Harvest sits next to the can it came from in front of a window on a dark night The cans dark in the centre is a blood moon with the the brewery name across the middle. The beers name is below. Around the outside the various phases of the moon. New Zealand IPA at 6.8%
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
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We were out last night specifically for the Beamish. Never had the pleasure before. It's recently returned to the UK

The plan was a Beamish, a Murphy's and a Guinness to compare and contrast. But the plan didn't survive. We didn't even make it to the Murphy's stage of the plan

Next time

#BskyBeer
3 creamy pints of Beamish Irish Stout on the bar. The third pint is just being placed down on the bar. It's incredibly red in this bar.
November 8, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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Afternoon Womble. We've been trading 2 different maladies between the household members the last couple of weeks hope to have seen the back of it.

Started The Real-Town Murders by Adam Roberts last night and just getting into the swing of it.
The hard jack edition of The Real-Town Murders by Adam Roberts sits on a wooden table. A pair of reading glasses to the left. The art features a top down view of a farm a body curled up in its boot blood pools around its head and leaks out running down the left hand edge of the cover to pool at the bottom forming a red border there. A city is silhouetted at the bottom. The blood rising half way up like a tide.
November 2, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Today's softplay accompaniment comes courtesy of @premeemohamed.com
A copy of These Lifeless Things by Premee Mohamed sits on a table top. A black cover. Artwork of a steam train, side on. Looping back on its tail in a circle. Simple line art in a red orange. 3 circles of lines surround it. Very fine at first getting heavier and bolder as they go out. The title is at the top and the authors name at the bottom in white.
November 1, 2025 at 2:52 PM
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Morning Womble.

I'm on what could be my last pre Halloween read with Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle.

Off to a decent start with it.
The cover of Bury Your Gays by Chuck Tingle. Black background. Authors name at the top in chunky lettering with a pink gradient light to dark. The title below in similarity chunky lettering. There's a gradient of colours filling it. Purple at the top into a lighter purple pink. The next word is light red into orange. The final word is orange inft dark purple into lighter purple. It appears to be a scene looking over the water at a beach with trees during a sunset. There's a blood covered sledgehammer placed diagonally across and amongst the letters. The head is at the bottom left the shaft running up to the top right.
October 26, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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Beak, Track and Verdant collab? Let's get involved.

#BskyBeer
Glass of Pages #2. Collaboration between Beak, Track and Verdant. Next to the he can White background with quite simple art featuring a pint glass on top of 2 books. The top ones red and the bottom green. A pale ale at 5.0%
October 25, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Another long week. Finishing the last couple of the Lidl Festbiers soothed my soul but on to the serious business now.

Cheers

#BskyBeer
A glass of Mighty Scoop Imperial IPA from holy goat. The cans artwork features a flying saucer pulling a goat up from the ground into it through a kind of rainbow vomit. An Imperial IPA at 8.4%
October 24, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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Morning Womble. Rain lashing down here. Looks like I'll be inside for most of it with a book keeping an eye out for breaks to get the dogs out

Finished Once Was Willem by M. R Carey last night. Really enjoyed it

Sticking with dark books for the season. Just beginning Brother by Ania Ahlborn
A copy of Brother by Ania Ahlborn sites on a dark fabric. The cover shows a close up of a wooden door. A rusted bolt is shot and locked with an interesting padlock.
October 19, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Took the little chap out to a local windfarm for a cycle. It's incredibly foggy and slightly haunted. You can hear the turbines creaking before they loom out of the mist.
A wind turbine shrouded in mist. The blades cut through the mist properly at the bottom right of the image before heading back into the gloom.
October 13, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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I'm about done with The Child Thief by Brom. Picked my next read up from the library. I buy a lot of books but still make a point of visiting the library regularly. Use it or lose it.

This will be the first time I've read anything from M. R. Carey. Heard good things and looking forward to it.
The hardback edition of Once Was Willem by M. R. Carey. A cover in black and red. The red elements look floral but curled around they make images against the black background. Swords, a goats head with horns, a skull, a snake. The title is in large golden letters in the centre. The authors name at the bottom in white.
October 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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Need to have another beer to wash the taste of the first one out my mouth.

Wasn't terrible just not my thing and a pint was too much.

This is a Conwy Chestnut Brown. Know a chap who holidays in that part of the world regularly and loves Conwy. This is very decent.

#BskyBeer
A pint of deep brown Conwy Chestnut Brown sits on a table. Menus can be seen behind it.
October 11, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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At Wetherspoons. Not a fan but the beer festival listed Alesmith IPA. It's on cask which is not right.

Anyway, got an Effingut Golden Ale. Effingut are Indian and this is infused with cardamom, coriander and lemongrass. Hate that kind of thing but have to try an Indian craft brewery.

#BskyBeer
A pint of straw coloured golden ale sits upon a table. There's an assortment of menus in the background.
October 11, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Morning Womble. Trying to get into the spirit of the spooky season with The Child Thief by Brom.

Only just started it.

Finished The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed yesterday which was excellent.
The cover of The Child Thief by Brom. A black cover. A stream of spectres or angels crosses from left to right. In the middle A young man with pointed ears floats in a crucifix pose. He has bright red hair and a bright red jacket. The rest of his attire is black. On either side behind him are the tall buildings of a city. Assorted rubbish swirls around his feet.
October 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Cream, fruity and a bit of pithy bitterness at the end.

Good stuff.

#BskyBeer
Glass of Hop Showers by Other Half sits on my table next to the empty can. TV in the background. Silver can. White label. The word hop is printed repeatedly left to right then overlaid from top to bottom merging into a more abstract pattern. The colour shifts from metallic pink at the top through to cooler metallic blues at the bottom. Double dry hopped India pale ale at 7.4%
October 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
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Currently reading The Butcher of the Forest by @premeemohamed.com and having a good time.

#💙📚
The Butcher of the Forest by Premee Mohamed sits on a wooden table to with a pair of dark brown glasses on the table above it. The covers background is dark with dark green leaves. Branches can be seen through some gaps in the leaves. An apple like fruit with a flickering light for a stalk can be seen at various points and animals as well a golden bird and unicorn. The unicorn all since and ribs. A brown/orange fox and rabbit as well. All the animals heads are stark white skulls.
October 4, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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Looks like this is the way I started last weekend as well.

A much windier weekend though.

#BeerSky
A can of Brid's Cross brewings Dead Moon. Next to a full glass sits on a table. Can has a black background with white art showing a woman up to her chest in the water her head tilted slightly upwards the crescent moon in the night sky surrounds her face. Best Bitter at 4.3%
October 3, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Morning Womble. Lovely, bright day here. Hope you find yourself in good form.

I've just started James by Percival Everett.
The cover of James by Percival Everett. The authors name is in large text in orange and the title in larger black text is beneath it. Below a man wades through knee high water. He carries a bundle tied to a stick over his shoulder. There are water reeds either side of him.
September 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Starting the evening off with this little pervert.

#BskyBeer
A glass of Grantler Festmarzen on my windowsill next to the empty bottle. Trees in the background. Artwork features an angry looking man wearing a traditional German hat tearing through a black and white checked background.
September 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
kieranfurie.bsky.social
Survived another week successfully.

Quafftide folks.

#BskyBeer
A can of Brid's Cross brewings Dead Moon. Next to a full glass sits on a table. Can has a black background with white art showing a woman up to her chest in the water her head tilted slightly upwards the crescent moon in the night sky surrounds her face. Best Bitter at 4.3%
September 26, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Cheeky wee pale from @bridscrossbrew.bsky.social to break up this weekends Festbiers.

Going down nicely.

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.

#BskyBeer
A glass of Ash & Elm from Brids Cross Brewing. Can features stark black and white artwork that depicts a man and a woman standing in a gap between 2 trees. The night sky behind them with a crescent moon. An American Pale at 4.5%
September 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM