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A brewing career spanning two centuries
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Pete Brown
2 days ago
This is quite astonishing. Can’t pretend I understand it all, and am not sure I 100% agree with conclusions, but a social studies academic analyses pub closures in a totally different way from anyone else ever has and comes up with some extraordinary insights.
laurenleek.substack.com/p/britain-lo...
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Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
https://laurenleek.substack.com/p/britain-lost-14000-third-places-they
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Katie Mather
8 days ago
Charlotte's voice is the one I was waiting for on this.
open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
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On the Demise of BrewDog
From someone who worked for them, and then spoke out against them
https://open.substack.com/pub/charlottecooktravel/p/on-the-demise-of-brewdog?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
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K M Flett
9 days ago
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Being made redundant by Brewdog. 15 minute call. No questions
Being made redundant by Brewdog. 15 minute call. No questions 38 Brewdog bars were shut with immediate effect on 2nd March and 484 workers were made redundant. Below is an account from STV of what …
https://wp.me/p15p2Q-gfT
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Pete Brown
10 days ago
A week today it’s International Women’s Day. In
@thetimes.com
today, we spotlight six brilliant female brewers. (Paywall)
www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
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The women breaking into the boys’ brewing club
Some of Britain’s best brewers are now women. Pete Brown salutes them — and picks their best beers
https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/food-drink/article/female-breweries-beer-best-to-buy-khbdc3cz5
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Matthew Curtis
26 days ago
It’s a lovely morning… to watch a three part mini-documentary on the
@thornbridge.bsky.social
Burton Union, which I’ve compiled into a handy playlist on YouTube here:
youtube.com/playlist?lis...
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The Burton Union - YouTube
A three-part mini-documentary on the Burton Union set at Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Shot, edited and produced by Matthew Curtis.
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrG7EobRzLz2v8BDlptQ_B_PePHlr5ti1&si=s7gL5--VD2VOG9vT
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Really nice interview with Evin here
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Jessica Mason
28 days ago
Beer Hour: Evin O’Riordain
@teamdb.bsky.social
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Beer Hour: Evin O’Riordain
Evin O’Riordain speaks to Jessica Mason about how the beer world is changing, ways IPA has changed and how mainstream brands are turning heads despite not winning palates.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/02/beer-hour-evin-oriordain/
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Matthew Curtis
29 days ago
Here is the second part of my mini documentary on the
@thornbridge.bsky.social
Burton Union, which takes a closer look at its recent collaboration with Theakston’s, and features a few familiar faces.
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Phil Mellows
30 days ago
Des de Moor |
@britbeerwriters.bsky.social
www.beerguild.co.uk/news/much-lo...
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Much-loved Guild member and writer Des De Moor passes away
The Guild board is desperately sad to hear that long-time Guild member and wonderful writer Des De Moor has passed away.The outpouring of stories since the news tells its own story, but Des was one of...
https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/much-loved-guild-member-and-writer-des-de-moor-passes-away
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about 1 month ago
Part two of my interview with Mitch Steele. Where he discusses his time at Stone and New Realm.
youtu.be/WXBdkblqAjw
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Mitch Steele interview part two
YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins
https://youtu.be/WXBdkblqAjw
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Adrian Tierney-Jones
about 1 month ago
This is very good
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Ipswich.co.uk
about 2 months ago
Adnams achieves top 10 ranking in UK drinks magazine
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Adnams achieves top 10 ranking in UK drinks magazine
https://www.ipswich.co.uk/articles/adnams-achieves-top-10-ranking-in-uk-drinks-magazine?utm_term=Autofeed&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Bluesky#Echobox=1768914581
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Lewis Goodall
about 2 months ago
Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize. That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency. We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally. My latest 👇
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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The Valueless Presidency
America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.
https://open.substack.com/pub/goodallandgoodluck/p/the-valueless-presidency?r=4i04j3&utm_medium=ios&shareImageVariant=overlay
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Pete Brown
about 2 months ago
This week in
@thetimes.com
it’s a tricky one. “Write about your eight favourite breweries” they said. EIGHT?! Not a hundred? Apologies to the other 92 breweries I adore. You know who you are. But these 8 are truly special. (Paywall)
www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
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The 8 best breweries in the UK — and the beers to try
Out of the country’s 1,600 breweries, these are the ones Pete Brown comes back to again and again
https://www.thetimes.com/magazines/the-sunday-times-magazine/article/best-uk-breweries-beers-to-try-2026-s0s38rv92?gaa_at=eafs
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Southwold in the snow
2 months ago
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Lewis Goodall
2 months ago
Great powers have always, to some extent, written the rules for themselves. But this should be a reminder that for all we might lament the “rules based order”, it’s largely gone, if it ever existed. Hard power is the only thing which matters now. Europe needs to wake up to the new realities.
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Adrian Tierney-Jones
2 months ago
Pubs are not just for Xmas so here’s my guide to a pub for every month of the year in today’s
@dailystar.co.uk
and a recommended beer for each - includes
@thefreetradeinn.bsky.social
City Arms, Manchester, Lord Nelson, Southwold, Whitlock’s, Leeds and the Brunswick, Derby - pubs for all seasons!
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Jeff Alworth
2 months ago
Video awesomeness (2), via
@patto1ro.bsky.social
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Bottling Guinness in the 1960s
Another Guinness bottling controversy. This time about the use of corks. Which Guinness wanted to phase out in favour of crown corks. The b...
http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/12/bottling-guinness-in-1960s.html
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Adrian Tierney-Jones
3 months ago
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave this selection of potent potations including those from
@neptunebrewery.bsky.social
@sirencraftbrew.bsky.social
@teamutopian.bsky.social
and
@hooknortonbrewery.bsky.social
- in today’s
@dailystar.co.uk
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Fergus Fitzgerald
3 months ago
#Adnams
will be opening to customers tomorrow at The Old Post Office in St Andrews St South,
#BuryStEdmunds
The new shop is part of the council's redevelopment of the site after the Post Office moved location. Council leader Cllr Cliff Waterman visited the store on Friday to see it being readied.
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Darren Hayman
3 months ago
Bagpuss painted on an Adnams beer mat.
darrenhaymanart.com
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Dave Infante
3 months ago
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At
@vinepair.com
, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
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Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
https://vinepair.com/articles/hop-take-rogue-ales-craft-brewery-collapse/
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Pellicle
3 months ago
For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us. "WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?" Now,
@davidjesudason.bsky.social
digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
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Under the Bridge — A Definitive History of Wychwood Hobgoblin — Pellicle
My love affair with pubs started in Staines. It’s where I found my tribe—the pub as an expression of individuality, an alternative to bland Britain. But I was afraid at first. In 1996, my British-Asi...
https://www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12/1/under-the-bridge-a-definitive-history-of-wychwood-hobgoblin
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British Guild of Beer Writers
3 months ago
View the full photo gallery from our annual awards:
www.beerguild.co.uk/news/photos-...
📸 by Cath Harries 🍻🍻🍻
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Photos from the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards 2025
Photos taken during the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards 2025 can be viewed by clicking the link below.Thanks to Cath Harries for being our photographer on the night.British Guild of Beer Writers ...
https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/photos-from-the-british-guild-of-beer-writers-awards-2025
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Dominic Driscoll
3 months ago
This is just crazy, it didn't make sense at any point and I didn't hear anyone offer an explanation for it that was financially coherent. Hopefully not the end for Black Sheep.
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British Guild of Beer Writers
3 months ago
We have a special award for this evening, to honour the work of Martyn Cornell (
@thezythophile.bsky.social
) as his contribution to beer writing throughout his life. We present Martyn’s Lifetime Achievement Award to his brother, Dave Cornell.
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Beer Today
3 months ago
David Jesudason has been named beer writer of the year at the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards, staged at Big Penny Social, in London
beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/28/b...
#beer
#beernews
#beerwriting
@davidjesudason.bsky.social
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David Jesudason is beer writer of the year - Beer Today
David Jesudason has been named beer writer of the year at the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards, staged at Big Penny Social, in London
https://beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/28/beer-writer-year-1125/
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British Guild of Beer Writers
3 months ago
The first award of the night is Brewer of the Year, sponsored by SIBA 🏆 Winner: Andy Parker
#BGBW25
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Watsons Brewery
4 months ago
Interesting about the Burning Sky Plateau. Me I'd drop the 0.1% pop some more hops in and plan what to do with the tax saved.
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IrishBeerHistory
4 months ago
For those who ever doubted me about the age of what we know as Smithwick's ale, here it is straight from the horse's mouth in an advertisement in 'Kilkenny Sixty-Six.' It clearly states that the newly launched kegged ale 'Smithwick's Draught' is 'the new flavour in beer ...' (Ignore the 250 years!)
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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray)
4 months ago
FAO publicans who love cask ale: Joule's is looking for someone to operate The Coopers Tavern in Burton-upon-Trent. They emailed us to ask if we'd share this because, we gather, they really want someone who will be excited to run this particular pub.
www.joulesbrewery.co.uk/vacancy/coop...
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Coopers Tavern - Joule's Brewery
The Coopers Tavern, Burton-on-Trent Key Features Real Ale and Cold Beer Cask Ale from the Barrel Live Music Dog Friendly Real Fires Guest Beer Provision Bar Snacks Street Parking Beer Courtyard ...
https://www.joulesbrewery.co.uk/vacancy/coopers-tavern/
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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray)
5 months ago
Footage of Hook Norton, still steam powered in 1974. (CAMSPA – the Campaign for Steam Powered Ale?)
youtu.be/HHDESSHVpcc
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1974: Working in a Traditional English Brewery | Industrial Grand Tour | World of Work | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
https://youtu.be/HHDESSHVpcc
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Adrian Tierney-Jones
5 months ago
Funeral pints and the contemplation of mortality
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Funeral pints
The contemplation of mortality in the pub
https://atjpubs.substack.com/p/funeral-pints
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Tipple Marketing
5 months ago
Amélie’s in the news! (Thanks to
@britbeerwriters.bsky.social
for sharing her award win)
www.beerguild.co.uk/news/women-i...
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Women in Beer Founder Amélie Tassin Wins Diversity and Inclusivity Champion Award at Brewers Choice Awards
Women in Beer is proud to announce that its founder, Amélie Tassin, has been named the Diversity and Inclusivity Champion at this year’s Brewers Choice Awards, held on 30th September at Big Penny Soci...
https://www.beerguild.co.uk/news/women-in-beer-founder-am%C3%A9lie-tassin-wins-diversity-and-inclusivity-champion-award-at-brewers-choice
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Ratbo
5 months ago
Adnams head brewer, Dan Gooderham declared Brewer of the Year at The Brewer’s Choice Awards.
adnams.co.uk/blogs/journa...
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Our head brewer, Dan, is named Brewer of the Year
Adnams is celebrating after head brewer, Dan, was declared Brewer of the Year at The Brewer’s Choice Awards. Dan was among the figures from the beer, brewing and hospitality sectors recognised at this...
https://adnams.co.uk/blogs/journal/our-head-brewer-dan-is-named-brewer-of-the-year
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6 months ago
International coverage for
#CaskAleWeek
- Gen Z is saving cask ale in the U.K.
www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/featured/gen...
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Gen Z is saving cask ale in the U.K.
A new U.K. survey shows 25% of Gen Z beer drinkers regularly order cask ale—up 50% in a year. Are younger drinkers just waiting for a reason to go out?
https://www.craftbrewingbusiness.com/featured/gen-z-is-saving-cask-ale-in-the-u-k/
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Phil Mellows
6 months ago
Yet another of those academic studies that tell you something you already knew 🙂
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Pilot
6 months ago
It's absolutely insane to us that anyone still uses Twitter. You don't have to. You can just stop. It was a *massive* part of our growth but you can just let it go. However important your business is to you, it's less important than this:
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Jessica Mason
6 months ago
CAMRA reveals the ‘stark reality’ of its financial woes
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/09/camr...
@teamdb.bsky.social
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CAMRA reveals the ‘stark reality’ of its financial woes
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) has cancelled its Great British Beer Festival (GBBF) events for 2026 as it faces the “stark reality” of its financial challenges.
https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/09/camra-reveals-the-stark-reality-of-its-financial-woes/
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Will Hawkes
6 months ago
Sorry to be right about this. No GBBF next year as it made “a substantial loss”, according to CAMRA
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Matthew Curtis
6 months ago
In February 2024 I visited French & Jupps, the UKs oldest existing maltster, and roasted malt specialist. I’d never heard of them before, despite them being in operation since 1689. It’s story fascinated me, so I wrote it for
@pelliclemag.com
here:
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...
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Adrian Tierney-Jones
6 months ago
Just thought I’d say…
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Jake Scott, MD
7 months ago
Vaccines do not cause autism.
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Andy Parker
7 months ago
"Liquid Green – cutting through the myriad of new liquid hop aroma products" Just had new piece published in Brewers Journal on how we've used liquid hop products to drive up packaged yield.
www.brewersjournal.info/liquid-green...
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Beer Nouveau
7 months ago
We've got Adnams on the Discovery Bar at Peterborough today, and I'm fanboying in a retro brewery t-shirt! 🤣
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Craft Beer Channel
7 months ago
Baffled and proud to have a feature in
@ftweekend.com
today! All about the death and hopefully rebirth of British hop farming. Massive thanks to St Austell, Buxton and Farams for the info, and to
@petebrownbeer.bsky.social
for connecting me.
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Pete Brown
7 months ago
Well this is awesome beyond awesome. Tonight at 6pm I’m a guest on
@bbc6music.bsky.social
Round Table, reviewing the week’s new releases and quite possibly suggesting beer pairings for them ahead of my Tasting Notes launch at
@greenmanfest.bsky.social
tomorrow!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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BBC Radio 6 Music - Huw Stephens' Roundtable, Karly from Wednesday, Iona from Cliffords, and writer Pete Brown.
Huw brings together a panel of musicians and experts to discuss the week’s new releases.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002gscg
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Brief morning walk along the seafront
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NigelSadler
7 months ago
Sad news from Elgood's Brewery. I met Scruffy a few times on visits to see Head Brewer Alan Pateman. Her appearance on the wort cooler during an IBD brewery tour will live on. RIP 🐈⬛🌈
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