This is me after a week in #Naples 🇮🇹 I reckon it might be time to go home 😆 #BskyBeer

Another #Naples 🇮🇹 supermarket mini-haul. These cost me a grand total of 6.87 Euros (£5.96), which shows how much we're getting ripped off in the UK. (Having said that, I haven't tasted them yet, they might all be shite 😂.) Watch this space... #BskyBeer

Aaaand next up in #Naples 🇮🇹 is Mosto Birra Artigianale & Distillati, which, after my experience in the previous bar as the only customer, is a real shock to the system - it's fkin heaving!! But the 8% Mosto Tripel (large glass - 500 ml I'm assuming - for 7 euros) is spot on 😋 #BskyBeer

Next up in #Naples 🇮🇹 is Il Birraiuolo, a nice little bar and bottle shop. I'm the only customer in here, and the barman doesn't speak English, but that's ok as I like to feel exclusive and unapproachable 😂. Enjoying this 'Contessa' IPA from Birra Amiata. #BskyBeer

Next up in #Naples 🇮🇹 is Blind Pig, a 'hideout drinkery'. I like it. Enjoying an extremely joosey 'How Much Hops Is Too Much Hops' hazy IPA from 50&50 Birrificio di Varese #BskyBeer

Sunday supping in #Naples 🇮🇹 Oak Wine & Beer. Cool bar. Nice relaxed vibe, and a decent selection. Half the punters are drinking beer, the other half are drinking wine, so this place seems to have got the balance right. Enjoying this 'Ecciu' IPA from Birrificio RentOn. #BskyBeer

Italian supermarket mini-haul 🍻 #Naples 🇮🇹 #BskyBeer

Next up is Jokr. A 'craft beer pub' with only 4 beers on tap. Hey ho. But we've all seen worse beer selections in places with 20+ taps. And it's mercifully quiet. Enjoying this 'Big One' APA from Birrificio Calibro 22. #Naples 🇮🇹 #BskyBeer

Moving on to Hoppy Ending, a small but perfectly formed bar and bottle shop. Slightly chaotic, but that could just be me, the gormless foreigner. Tucking into this Piggy Plunderer IPA from Denmark's Amager Bryghus (shame we don't see their excellent beers in the UK anymore!) #Naples 🇮🇹 #BskyBeer

Local #Naples 🇮🇹 craft brewers Mosto have a few bars dotted around the city. I found this one in the Vomero neighborhood. Very busy, but then it is a Friday night. Lots of Young People. A very decent beer selection. Enjoying this crisp refreshing saison on a balmy evening. #BskyBeer

When in #Naples 🇮🇹 Yes the beer is crap, but the pizza is 🤌😋 #BskyBeer

Accurate label alert! Aroma of a Twix multi-pack. Taste has a dark choccy richness, a black coffee bitterness, a caramelly sweetness, and a biscuity dryness. And it’s all very harmonious. Quality pastry stoutism from Croatia. #BskyBeer

Aroma has light caramelism and some distant candied fruits. Taste has a mild nutty roastiness, some black tea, and a hint of treacle toffee. Probably the least exciting of St Bernie’s excellent output, but this is decent Dubbelism nonetheless. #BskyBeer

Fruitaceous airiness on the nose. Taste has lots of berryism, with a gentle tartistic overwash. Finishes with a herbolic dryness. Lots of character on display for a modest 3.5% ABV. Quality petiteness from @burningskybeer.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Not too much on the nose, maybe some distant haybales. Not a great deal in the taste either. Very light, almost watery. It’s easy-drinking (I glugged it down in no time), but I’d prefer a bit more character. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Caramelised doughballs on the nose. Light body. Taste has toffee maltism but any excessive sweetness is headed off by a balancing lemony bitterness and a dry, mildly herbaceous, finish. Drinkability + character = a quality festbier! #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Meadowistic aroma. Taste is crisp and clean, with some light biscuity maltage, unobtrusive hoppism, and a dry finish. Not really a lot going on here, but it’s a decent, well made, lagery refresher. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Visiting an old fire station... The Crossed Anchors brewpub in #Topsham #BskyBeer

In #Exmouth at Crossed Anchor Brewing, enjoying their 'Le Douff' pale ale #BskyBeer

Well it certainly looks like the #LeftHandedGiant brewpub in #Bristol knows how to do guest boards: @allagashbrewing.bsky.social Allagash White on tap? Yes please 😋 #BskyBeer

#Bristol, I am in you! Enjoying this crispily refreshing sessionista from @goodchembrew.bsky.social at the Kings Head #BskyBeer #DrinkLocal

Aroma has breadcrusty toastiness plus a citric undertow. Taste has some fresh juicy lemony orange hoppage up front, with a light caramelism in the background, and a dry finish. Very refreshing, very moreish, very decent. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

White bread on the nose. Taste starts – and continues - with an almost vanilla-like sweetness. I waited for some (any) hop bitterness to arrive. I waited in vain. Too sweet, lacks balance. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Wholemeal loafage on the nose. Mild caramelism in the taste, with a squeeze of lemon. Chewy citric finish. Unspectacular decentness. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Brown breadiness on the nose. Soft chewy mouthfeel. Taste has Weetabixy maltage with toffee undertones. A festbier with substance. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Big graininess on the nose. Taste is clean and crisp, with a tingly carbonation, and a cream cracker character. Nice dry finish. Fairly generic festbierism, but it’s decent enough. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Aroma of line-dried laundry. Taste offers rustic bread rolls fresh out of the oven. A honey richness adds an extra layer, while a mild hop bitterness comes through in the finish. Veeerry tasty. Proper lagerism. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

'Spoons in Hexham. £1.49 for a pint of @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social Stairway To Heaven (even on a Tuesday...). They've also got Old Peculier for £1.49 a pint (or at least they would if it wasn't off). Madness. #BskyBeer

A serviceable pint of Landlord in The Heart of Northumberland (in the heart of Northumberland) #Hexham #BskyBeer

Lots of peppery clove waftage on the nose. Taste leads with a crispy herbalism, developing an underlying banoffeeness as it goes down. Bubblegum aftertaste. An intriguingly tasty spice-led weizen. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Hats off to @bombgirl.bsky.social for another excellent bottle share today 👍 Here's what was shared. Thread! #BskyBeer

Aroma of leather, Bovril, and cocoa, with a barrel lurking in the background. Super-smooth mouthfeel. Taste has a mocha richness up front, developing a tannic woodiness. The brandy is there, but it’s subtle, providing a bonus layer of dark fruitiness. This is a very good beer! #BskyBeer

Herbalised orangey apricot on the nose. Smooth and soft on the tongue. Taste leads with pithy orange. Some chewy underripe peach follows. Very quaffable for the ABV. My head has rolled. This is a quality IPA. #BskyBeer

#LidlFestBoxWatch Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne 🍺 #BskyBeer

Commendably Bretty on the nose (urinal cakes and sweaty socks 😋😁). Taste showcases the Nelson Sauvin hoppage, with a tangy gooseberry grapeyness. A light woody funk joins the proceedings. Highly harmonious and very approachable. Exquisite entanglement from @burningskybeer.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Freshly squeezed sweet citrus on the nose. Taste continues the citric theme, with pithy grapefruit and bitter orange to the fore, while adding some juicy peach, and finishing with a black tea dryness. Commendably good IPA action from @twicebrewedbrewco.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Full Circle Festing, yesterday afternoon #BskyBeer

A disgracefully early start but keeping it sensible with a table beer. This 'Waves' from Beak, on tap at @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social is very impressive. Drinks like a full-blown IPA. #BskyBeer

Important scientific research! Comparing two Orvals. One bottled in March 2025 (6 months old), the other bottled in June 2024 (15 months old). Results to follow… #BskyBeer

Aroma of honeyed cerealism. Taste has a rich breadiness alongside a generous serving of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. Nice drying finish to offset the sweet maltage. And little sign of the ABV. A belta Geordie Helles Bock from @hadrianborder.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Big maltistic malteousness on the nose. Nice body. Taste is maltloaf-forward, with plenty of raisiny molasses, plus some black tea, and a lemony cola caramelism. A textbook Dopplelbock from @hadrianborder.bsky.social. Impressive stuff! #BskyBeer

Ticket purchased 👍 See you there! Can't believe it's been the best part of a year since I was at one of these. Guaranteed to be some great beers getting popped and slurped, with a friendly bunch of people, all for a bargain price and for a very worthwhile cause. Recommended! 🍻 #BskyBeer

Noting that the (completely empty) Brewdog bar inside the waiting area at Edinburgh Waverley station boasts about being "community owned since 2007" 🤔

Enjoying an intriguingly tasty Maelstrom Cask Aged IPA from @oakhamales.bsky.social at the Guildford Arms #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, while admiring the magnificent ceiling #BskyBeer

Enjoying a schooner of #4 at the Salt Horse, #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: the ever-reliable Pintle from Burnt Mill #BskyBeer

Always a good/bad sign when you're the first and only customer in a bar 😆 The Salt Horse #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BskyBeer

#DrinkUnlocal Enjoying a @burningskybeer.bsky.social NZPA on cask at the Bow Bar in #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BskyBeer

Bring out Das Boot! Aroma of warm banana bread. The banana bread theme continues into the taste, which also has a lemony tang and a mild herbal bitterness. As it goes down and warms up, it adds some caramelism. Plenty here to enjoy. A solid weizen. #BskyBeer

A bit of #NorthShields beer history from the local CAMRA mag #BskyBeer

Unintended scientific research... Previous pint of Bass in the Tynemouth Lodge in North Shields (see previous post) followed by more Bass down the hill in the Low Lights Tavern (only cos the Landlord is off). This Bass tastes very different, much more lemony and with a slicker mouthfeel. #BskyBeer