Did my bit as ambassador for Dublin today by filling @akrennmair.bsky.social and @louisekrennmair.bsky.social with decent stout and giving them directions to Zaytoon.

A rare opportunity to spend quality time with the beers of Burning Sky, on the blog today: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/flam...

Also, "New Spain" has been renamed "Mexico".

I hope the VFI spots the irony of this article on the importance of Irish pubs being illustrated by a picture of a British pub offering something the Irish ones all abandoned decades ago.

"Where'd you get that?" says the barman. "Grote Markt," says the owl, "It's full of them."

I can't believe Tayto abandoned "The Champagne of Crisps" as its slogan.

A coda to Monday's blog post about my beers of Christmas, here are two unexpected surprises from over Japan way: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/of-o...

Seems not enough of you bought yer da the scratch-off map of Dublin pubs.

Today on the blog, it's the English and Welsh beers I drank over Christmas, some more patriotic than others. thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/on-m...

My beer of the weekend, not that you asked, was Whiplash Shepherd's Warning.

wake up babe new vault city beer just dropped x

Unexpected side effect of getting older is that Frank Ryan's is even darker inside.

Finished, though I'm a bit concerned about this lad, steaming full tilt into Positano harbour.

There was a time when it wasn't worth putting Brendan Gleeson's name on the poster.

Ooh, didn't realise I still had one of these. Happy #BalticPorterDay to all who aren't celebrating but should be.

Dork Orts, as they say here in Dublin 2.

@lisagrimm.com Did you know M&S makes bready pretzels?

Not content with plundering Werewolf and making a TV show out of it, now they've plundered the Choose Your Own Adventure book too.

It seems that the endless debate around beer styles did, in fact, end some years ago. I'm having a go at reviving it in today's blog post: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/call...

"Its launch draws on Caffrey’s long-standing brewing heritage, reintroducing the brand to today’s market in a way that remains grounded in its history.” I feel a debunking coming on, for starters - even in Belfast - Thomas Caffery was brewing prior to 1897 ... "Marketing *Controller*" is right ...

#NowDrinking imported beer, from D6W to D6 👌

Out of hibernation and back on the Ambush.

Fair play. Actually being a competitor to the big breweries, rather than just looking like another of them.

This week's 2000AD has co-opted The Bridge Tavern in Newcastle for the ancient goddess of northern England.

I love how America's nascent THC drinks industry measures potency in milligrams, because their usual measurement system doesn't have a unit that's sufficiently small. Metric is the way, guys. The place system is your friend.

On the blog today, I indulge my hobby of picking random stuff from the beer shelves of Dublin's exotic grocery stores, and deal with the near-inevitable consequences: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/runn...

I enter the world of YouTube with a chat with Dann and Martha of Saint Mars of the Desert. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGDg...

Don't think of it as an extra 20c on the price of a pint of Guinness. Think of it as your personal contribution to the £10,000,000 Diageo pays to the English Premier League each year.

Bud and Ticketmaster up a tree, G-O-U-G-I-N-G.

My beer of the weekend, not that you asked, was Burning Sky Robust Porter.

New Year bol drop. #pastamonday

On the blog today, a sampler at Dublin's Urban Brewing, with thanks to Mr @brookston.bsky.social: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/frui...

New post on Stash Killer! Remember YellowBelly? stashkiller.blogspot.com/2026/01/yell...

Put this on a shoulder height shelf in a closet in a guest bedroom and forget about it.

Malmo's defamation suit will be filed directly.

Krieky Friday.

This is mad. The Finnish tax authorities appear not to know the difference between contract brewing and beer collaborations. www.ebcu.org/blog/2026/01...

Friday means it's almost time to sit back with a good book and a beer. Or you could read my new blog post about Irish porter: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/unho...

The beer in today's one-shot Wednesday blog post is named after the patron saint of opticians, mathematicians and dogs, most of whom probably don't know they have one: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/oi-l...

Hello Dublin, and rain. Blessed liquid rain.

Pitching hard to the brutalist demographic.

Hadn't intended to visit Belgium on this trip, but while I'm here...

On a wing and a prayer and a #trainbeer.

Attempting to escape the clutches of Old Man Winter, via Rotterdam.

Another snowy day in The Hague. Still don't know if I'll get home today. Better crack on with breakfast.

Stranded in the Netherlands. No idea how or when I'll get home. Pub, so.

The blog is still catching up on 2025, including the news that Ireland apparently won some football: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/good...

Your 5% continental boyfriend.

Having some quality alone time with the menu board at Kompaan.

Good morning to this HEMA rookworst, and this HEMA rookworst only.