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'York is a party city - but attitudes to drinking are changing' - DSN members @professorpub.bsky.social and Nadine Waehning hit the BBC headlines: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

'Even one drink a day raises mouth cancer risk by 50%, study warns' says the @the-independent.com headline. Read on and you'll see that's "when combined with chewing tobacco". And of course there's no indication of the absolute risk, *sigh* www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

A long feature on the pubs of St Albans in @theguardian.com and no mention of @rogerprotz.bsky.social How did that happen? www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

A blog on the problems facing pubs as we enter a key year for the sector. The key message: we need to keep channels of communication open. beertoday.co.uk/2026/01/05/p... #pubs #pubsnews #businessrates #pubcampaigns #saveourpubs @campaignforpubs.bsky.social @camraofficial.bsky.social

Catching up with stuff... this, from Mathias Lenz at Grain to Glass, is an excellent bullet-point precis of the impact of global consolidation on the beer we drink: graintoglass.substack.com/p/big-beer-b...

Mindful drinking and the heady glow of growing intoxication atjpubs.substack.com/p/mindful-dr...

Do you live in or near SE London? Is one of your goals to get out more and meet new folks in 2026? Join us @itspuboclock.bsky.social Turn up any time from 6.30pm, drop in or stay all eve. I'll have a tiny whiteboard with an incendiary question like "What's the best and worst biscuit?" #ItsPubOClock

'A Tale of Three Labels' - the story of the first trademark, as possibly told by the Bass man who registered it (via Ian Webster): thebeertonian.com/2026/01/01/a...

Ooh, look what’s on at the local…

“Cocaine goes with drinking like roast potatoes go with turkey” - @maxdaly.bsky.social on the snow we’re sure to have at Christmas: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...

Homebrewers of Bluesky! Where should I be looking/joining on here for engagement and chats about homebrewing? I am finding Bluesky to be a bit of a desert, but hopefully I'm just not looking in the right places yet. Advice appreciated - thanks! #homebrew #homebrewing #beer #uk

“Oh yeah? More like the three wise guys, I’d say.”

Controversial? (Yes, clear glass bottle isn’t helping). As someone who was there at GBBF when GK IPA won a CBOB title at the moment thunder crashed and everyone booed, I think this is significant.

Drink and cricket. When you’re winning it’s part of the successful culture. When you’re losing, blame the boozing. Even though there’s plenty of other reasons. Fourth Test starts tonight www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Got it.

Cost of living crisis & Trump's tariffs causing crisis for Scotch whisky. "companies have also invested millions in additional warehouse capacity... International Beverage... invested £7mn in 6 new warehouses for 60,000 casks worth of additional capacity. www.ft.com/content/db41...

What I keep forgetting to mention is that you need light, refreshing beers as relief from the rich heavy beers at this time of year. Managed to sneak down the pub for a pint of @ashoverbrewco.bsky.social Christmas Light (3.7%), which is perfect for the job. Enjoy the festivities everyone!

Come on people. I’d look after it myself but I’m not sure it’ll fit into my one bedroom flat.

'When Laurel and Hardy spent Christmas at an English pub' - the Bull Inn at Bottesford, run by Stan's sister | BBC World Service Witness History podcast www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Happy Christmas Eve-Eve! It's time for our Reader's Choice roundup, something that always brings up interesting patterns—for example, every single one of our most-read stories this year was about beer or pubs. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...

It’s all saved. Martyn’s site is all backed up at the Wayback Machine: web.archive.org/web/20250709...

Worth your time reading this to understand how the new business rates threatens pubs | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Justin Hawkes departs Moor Beer. Left Handed Giant bosses save the company from administration. Hurrah. I can drink Old Freddie Walker again. www.bristol247.com/food-and-dri...

It must be Christmas! Ten free places up for grabs for members of @britbeerwriters.bsky.social on The Drinks Trust's Wellbeing Champion course: www.beerguild.co.uk/news/guild-m...

Let's go to Dublin and drink beer madr by an independent brewery formed of local publicans and hospitality pros! Robyn Gilmour takes us there: Keep Your Eyes Wide — Changing Times Brewing in Dublin, Ireland share.google/efPyZYLOKXJb...

This is a fascinating dive into London’s ‘Cigar Mile’ where ‘sampling’ lounges are exploiting a loophole in the smoking ban.

Just a quick reminder that all book reviews published in Brewery History are free to access immediately. Recent works to appear in the journal include those authored by @akrennmair.bsky.social @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social and @brunsma.bsky.social

All the finalists in the 2026 Publican Awards: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Reminds me that my grandmother used to open bottles with the door of the outside lavatory. Yes, it had a door. My family was privileged.

Not sure how new it is, but quite liking the latest Cobra glassware.

Some awesome Xmas gift ideas to add to your wish-list from a few of our members ⬇️⬇️⬇️

"The beers we’re looking for here require substance. They need to be special. They have to match the smells and flavours of the season". @philmellows.bsky.social wonders 'What is a Christmas beer, anyway?' for our latest newsletter: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/what-is-ch...

Sales of cask Bass have grown nearly 20% this year, and its now sold in over 1000 outlets as opposed to 400 12 months ago. Landlord is #1 by value. Boddington's was relaunched. Other breweries I speak to are in cask growth: Theakston, Thornbridge, Abbeydale, Siren, Five points...

The New Statesman @newstatesman1913.bsky.social writes about young people and drinking (contains our Laura): www.newstatesman.com/politics/soc...

By @evanrail.bsky.social

Our festive fave Christmas Ale (5%) is back in selected pubs and in bottles (7%) - buy online & in our brewery shop in Faversham. Plus its mini me tree decoration is on sale in our shop for £3.95. Also you can book a Yuletide Brewery Tour! More here: snea.me/christmas-fa... ✨🎄

Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington on the government's plan to tackle the youth unemployment problem it created: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Quite the scandal, isn’t it.

Inside the new Guinness microbrewery and visitor centre in Covent Garden | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Back from the Great American Beer Festival, @hoppylotte.bsky.social identifies five US beer trends on their way across the pond | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

That's by value, Phil, not by volume from the data I saw. Doom Bar still number one by volume 🍻

It's been coming for a while, but @timothytaylors.bsky.social Landlord has now officially overtaken Doom Bar as the nation's best-selling cask beer | Morning Advertiser / CGA by NIQ www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Brewdog in trouble again... www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

The Morning Advertiser's Ed Bedington accuses the government of gaslighting the pub industry on rates reform: www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Brilliant stuff.

National Bass Directory, December 2025: nationalbassdirectory.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

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...

Ideal gift for the travelling beer lover in your life: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beer-brea... (Shameless plug. Fairy lights not included.)

Missed this piece from @anthonygladman.com when it first appeared in Ferment. Now in his newsletter. It's rather good: www.anthonygladman.com/drink-it-in/...