Back to Brett: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/07/carn...

SESSION #150 ROUND-UP: Thoughts on porter and stout from around the world, with contributions from @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social, @beerdiary.bsky.social, @dingsbeerblog.bsky.social, @morrighani.bsky.social, @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social, @akrennmair.bsky.social and @thebeerfather.bsky.social.

The Session #150 - I do a Cornell on Cornell. edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/06/the-... @boakandbailey.bsky.social

The mighty Hawkwind

Cracking version of Floating Anarchy I've not heard before: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Um1s... You know that violence is caused by governments, armies, police force!

🥵Workplace Heat: Know Your Rights🥵 Guidance for Brewery Workers ⬇️ Text in images and alt. Also (w/links) at: teflworkersunion.org/workplace-he... Too hot at work? Email: [email protected] for #union support.

ohhh look if you didn't already understand why the Filton trial was a complete stich up. Here trumps America doing the same

Excellent talk from Garrett Oliver at the Brett fest this morning. Having been through the previous craft beer slump he seemed chilled about the present one. Fashions come and go. He said diversity would help end the current slump as the average craft beer drinker is a 57 year old white man!

This sums up the immigration debate neatly in a way you won't hear it spelled out in the British media. A media which seems to have given up on any commitment to educate many years ago.

Garrett Oliver at the Carnivale Brettanomyces: "I've been to hundreds of beer festivals but never anything remotely like this."

A shirtless white man, in the street with a knife in his hand, having attacked and wounded five people, allegedly shouting anti-Muslim slogans is the sixth story on the BBC UK news page. There is absolutely no doubt at all this would be the lead story if attacker and intended victims were reversed.

Tilquin in the can.

Peace activists in the UK have been sentenced as terrorists. They were not charged or tried with terrorist offences and the jury was not informed that the defendants could be sentenced under terrorism laws. The judge ruled there was a ‘terrorism connection’ #PeaceNotWar #DefendTheRightToProtest

GOOD MORNING! Here's the weekly round-up with double Black Country, double 'Spoons, a challenge to the idea that low- and no-alcohol drinks are all the rage, and a thoughtful take on how pubs might implement the recently published EHRC code. boakandbailey.com/2026/06/news...

A visit to Bathams brewery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-vi...

@beer4john.bsky.social you going to the Brett fest this year?

This week’s beery news notes were brought to you by many including @morrighani.bsky.social @beervana.bsky.social @braciatrix.bsky.social @willcleveland13.bsky.social @thebeerfather.bsky.social @anthonygladman.com and many more including an announcement from @boakandbailey.bsky.social on #TheSession

Just poured the tablet into a tray. Now it's time to make myself feel sick.

Some good news today. Won back seven days pay that had been wrongly deducted from the wages of a worker at a brewery supply company . #TheUnionMakesUsStrong

At last! A visit to Sarah Hughes brewery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-vi...

ANNOUNCEMENT: Session #150 is taking place on or around Sunday 28 June 2026 and we're asking people to post something in response to the late Martyn Cornell's epic final book Porter & Stout. boakandbailey.com/2026/06/anno...

A visit to Witchmark distillery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-vi...

Did a bit of table snooping yesterday. @boakandbailey.bsky.social

A visit to Warminster maltings: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-vi...

They use both types of hops at Bathams.

In the Bathams.

Sarah Hughes brewery :-)

On the Bathams.

Peter and the test tube babies

Keeping it real at the 1865.

I hope this important post makes people reconsider the dangers of gambling, seek help if needed and question why pubs have these betting machines davidjesudason.substack.com/p/pubs-gambl...

The lastest article in @pelliclemag.com from @katiematherkm.bsky.social has got me thinking back to my time on the Isle of Man: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/06/big-...

I know the CIBD Diploma module 3 is notoriously hard, but I doubt many people have written poetry about it! www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFz8...

If you say "I support Palestine Action", they might put you in jail. If you incite a racist riot, they put you on the news.

Gosh, never really thought about them. Or heard the term Britannia table. Excellent stuff! I may well be joining you in weirdo table investigation.

Last one on the study tour: a visit to Camba brewery: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-vi...

It’s May and then it isn’t. Frost then sunburns. Makes you think. If you’re into that kind of thing. Here’s the beery news notes!

Went to Warminster maltings today

Just a few hours and E.M. Faulds' new collection These Broken Little Worlds (NewCon Press) hits the shelves! Feat. the BSFA Award-winning 'Godzilla as a Young Man Named Mike', discover why her (pole-)star's rising at the link below. Buy: www.newconpress.co.uk/info/book.as... @bethkesh.bsky.social

Excellent!

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

BLOG POST: What we learned about British brewing in the mid-20th century from a prestige publication by a doomed West Country brewing conglomerate. Features some lovely post-war pubs. boakandbailey.com/2026/05/west...

Was starting to get Sunday dread creep in, then remembered it's a bank holiday tomorrow. Cheers St Late May!

Backstory:

NEW: Last night Attaboy Local 134, the recently certified independent union at the iconic same-named NYC cocktail bar, announced that one of its members had been summarily fired earlier that day. The union is alleging the termination is retaliatory. www.instagram.com/p/DYqmsIZFuAM/

A visit to Augustiner brewery. No, not that one, the other one: edsbeer.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-vi...

A Thursday in May. First sip of coffee Is there anything better than a clear, warm undemanding Thursday in May? Well, yes, there’s that. And that, sure. But you see my point. What? Really? There’s no need of that. Just sharing pleasantries. Now just a minute. What? Fine. Here’s the beery news notes.

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...