We know, it's Sunday night. But spare a moment for the Learnship teachers who haven't been paid their wages for this month or last month. And send an email the bosses letting them know it's time to pay up! #solidarity actionnetwork.org/le...

GOOD MORNING! Here's our weekly round up of good writing about beer, with pubs in Norwich and Bradford, thoughts on the budget, and notes on a kitsch advertisement for Hamm's beer. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...

The CAMRGB heresy has gone the way of the cathars. #BePureBeVigilantBehave edsbeer.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

This week’s jam packed beery news note were brought to you by many like @merryn02.bsky.social @thebeerfather.bsky.social @beervana.bsky.social @oldmudgie.bsky.social @morrighani.bsky.social @pelliclemag.com @courtiseman.bsky.social @boakandbailey.bsky.social @pbs.org and many more!

Ancient history now, but workers at Rogue tried to organize in 2011, but the company busted the drive: www.splinter.com/craft-beer-s...

Here it is. The news on the union set in Glasgow that it has taken me six months to be able to publish.

The return of the quart: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2025/11/mind...

Malvern House teachers announce week of #strike action! “This fight is not ours alone. It’s for all the teachers who go above and beyond their paid hours to deliver lessons that do right by their students. It’s time schools did right by us” teflworkersunion.org/malvern-hous...

Bob Vylan

The same issues keep cropping up for our members: unsafe conditions, long hours for low pay, and illegal workplace practices. Read our step-by-step guide to dealing with problems at work here: londoniww.org.uk/wp-content/u...

400,000 dead children. They were starved to death by the world’s wealthiest man. They weren’t white, so it didn’t matter to him. And Tesla rewards him with a $1,000,000,000,000 payday.

Last exit for the lost.

It's getting close now

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes on the Polish beer scene, pub names, Norwegian funeral beer, discounted BrewDog, the US beer market, and witches. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...

The Stranglers

The Buzzcocks

Gosh, that's a lot of draught alcohol free beer.

NEW: @uniteherelocal17.bsky.social, which has had success organizing the Twin Cities' craft-beverage and hospitality industries, is accusing bosses at Indeed Brewing at intentionally dragging out the bargaining process with its unionized workers over their all-important first contract:

Prolapse at the Lexington @prolapseband.bsky.social #RememberKronstadt

Let's hear it for the brave teachers of Malvern House London. They're leading the fight to #MakeTEFLaCareer. Show them you've got their back by donating to their hardship fund. actionnetwork.org/fu...

Gogol Bordello

If you’re looking for an early Christmas present I have a few left I could sign. Please RT

Loving the tasting notes at The Crown!

Malvern House teachers voted unanimously to go on strike again next week over working conditions and to reinstate a colleague they allege was unfairly dismissed. Show your support and donate to the strike fund 💰 https://ow.ly/sHsV50Xblih

Israel Agrees To Go Back To Killing Palestinians On Less Frequent Basis

And that was the last we saw of Gordon.

Okell's at the ODG! Heron and Brearley must have started pushing it.

Getting the office fire going.

The Subhumans

Existing event coming up @theshirkersrest.bsky.social @davidjesudason.bsky.social

Cask ale week eh? I suppose I could give it a try.

There more, but I'm on another deadline, so I'll just drop the link and mention it's FREE—no paywall on this one:

Having been to Italy a few times before, I was kinda embarrassed when I recently realized there are hand pumps scattered all over the country. Making it back there this summer, I made sure to do a little investigating and wrote about it on the blog. www.casketbeer.com/home/2025/9/...

Landlord in Germany! There is a god!

G for Germany!

Up before dawn again for the first time in ages. It's still shit.

🫶Thank you!🫶 As we prepare to announce #strike dates for the Malvern House teachers, we want to thank everyone who helped get us over the £1000 mark! #solidarity Not donated yet? ➡️ actionnetwork.org/fu...

A friend of mine was on Charlie Kirk's "watch list" of Black professors. She received so many death and rape threats that her university offered her a security detail for the walk to class. This is Kirk's legacy. You would never know it from reading all of these legacy newspaper op-eds about him.

Well that was a surprise: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

You show up for the weekly beer news but did you know about True Black Brandywine? Hmm… just as I expected. Time for a little “TNT!” - and the rest of “The Delightful Yet Pensively Penultimate Beery News Notes On A Summer’s Thursday For 2025”:

100% #union membership 100% turnout 100% vote to #strike The teachers are Malvern House are leading the charge to #MakeTEFLaCareer. Show them you've got their back by donating to their hardship fund: 🔗 shorturl.at/EAI3S#union

Hops, bleedin' thousand of them.

Hop bines going in to a picker

Long Challenger hop cones

Cascade. Apparently climate change is improving the flavour of UK grown cascade.

Eureka, a high alpha hop (hoping for 18 to 20 percent!)

Solero

East Kent Golding

Just signed up for this. Been meaning to update my site's theme for a while now. Seemed like the perfect opportunity.