A visit to Uttendorf Vitzthum brewery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-vi...

A visit to Ried brewery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-vi...

Back to networking and CPD with the CIBD study tour of Austria and Bavaria. We started at Ottakringer brewery in Vienna: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-vi...

Ah shaddap-a your face!

Fucking yes! Called in at the Sovs to meet a mate before a gig and they've only got a mild on! My eyes lit up when I saw a Timothy Taylor's pump clip. Normally I'd be disappointed it's not Landlord, but not this month. Golden Best even says mild on the pump clip. #MildMonth #BeeryMonthOfObligaton.

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of the best writing about beer and pubs, with a thread around inclusion and political debate in pubs; thoughts on AI art in the brewing industry; and notes on the entanglement of beer brands and family history. boakandbailey.com/2026/05/news...

Worldwide Distilled Spirits Conference

Unfiltered Tennents from the tank. Only slightly foul so an improvement on the normal version.

Nice view though.

I got suspicious when the guy on reception at the premier inn hub pointed out where tea and coffee could be made. Sadly I've been proved right, no kettle. Barbarians.

Spending the May day bank holiday travelling for work. The Haymarket Martyrs will be turning in their graves. :-(

Just heard Professor Graham Stewart has died :-(

Started working on my talk for the next Carnivale Brettanomyces so it seemed a good time to dig this one out of the garage.

A look into the genomic results in the new Verstrepen lab paper on farmhouse yeast, with some tantalizing results. www.garshol.priv.no/blog/442.htm...

Reporting that includes the two Jewish men that the Golders Green attacker is charged with attempting to murder but does not include the Muslim man he is *also* charged with attempting to murder is wildly inaccurate and distorts the story hugely. Sky News and the BBC have both done that.

Even sun in Glasgow!

An interesting read, especially for those who think they've worked out how to drink *quite a lot* in a safe and steady way.

A visit to Lost and Grounded brewery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-vi...

A sexual abuse survivor speaks out today as foul Right Wing racists try to scream over her. "I stand in solidarity with survivors of sexual assault and I stand in solidarity with Refugees." So right.

Lest anyone accuse me of bargaining in bad faith here, let me start with this admission: I don't think AI is intelligent; nor do I think that the current (admittedly impressive) statistical techniques will lead to intelligence. 1/

- 6 de la Suiza: ¡por fin libres! www.iclcit.org/es/6-de-la-s... - 6 of la Suiza: free at last www.iclcit.org/6-of-la-suiz...

ffs Amazon is evil

Yesterday's brew is fermenting nicely :-)

Are you able to provide details of what is, and is not, a CAMRA beard? @keithbeard.bsky.social www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2026/04/beer...

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of news, nuggets and longreads, with everything from industry gossip to a very weighty piece about farmhouse yeast genetics. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of our weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, including evidence that we're being haunted by the ghost of BrewDog. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

A cracker from Steve Curtis on the rise and fall of brewdog in the CIBD magazine!

You can say what you like calendar, it's definitely Friday today.

‘The scale of the nightmare in Gaza and the West Bank is vast. It is her job to somehow absorb and relay it to the rest of the world. That costs her profoundly — more than any American sanctions.’

I always enjoy the Saturday morning round-up. So I would hit the like button, but now I know that's cowardly I'd bettter repost!

Loving your work @davidjesudason.bsky.social !

Back at the ODG

Just seen THE TAND himself! @tandleman.bsky.social

I've got my own stage!

Liverpool is carnage on St Patrick's day.

Feels really weird watching this. Urban explorers going round the lab building at CampdenBRI Nutfield. Shame they didn't get to the brewery, I'd have have liked to see that. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fSVu...

Still only on the introduction and amazing stuff in Martyn Cornell's Porter and Stout book. China's the world's biggest stout market!

#OtD 7 Mar 1921 the repression of the Kronstadt Rebellion against the Bolsheviks, demanding worker self-governance and freedom for socialist prisoners began. It was brutally crushed by the Red Army led by Trotsky and hundreds were executed stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1072...

Obituary for Des de Moor now online at the Guardian www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

A reminder that there are young people in the UK who have been held in prison for up to two years without conviction for allegedly dismantling weapons of genocide. The government has been proven wrong on all accusations against them so far. Meanwhile: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

I knew I had seen a similar thing somewhere before Labour is a far right party

Charlotte's voice is the one I was waiting for on this. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...

"Equity For Punks" explained #BrewDog

I was right that brewdog were circling the drain back in October. edsbeer.blogspot.com/2025/10/time...

An abomination unto the lord at Cold Town House last night.

Sharp's brewery is being closed www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwal...

‘Morning Advertiser's 2023 Best Pub Brand/Concept and Best New Site’

Jennings in August? @robsterowski.bsky.social @dmonbeer.bsky.social www.breweryhistory.com/diary.htm

Cheers!