Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf

2 out of 3 of the top beers listed in this article are from North East breweries. Capital of Craft? You bet we are! 💪 www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/dc07c06... #ShareTheBeerLove: @melissacolebeer.bsky.social for @telegraphnews.bsky.social

It’s not that I don’t want to come home, I do, I miss my husband, but I really don’t want to leave this fruit (and no, I will not be putting any in my bag, it’s so ripe it would turn my whole luggage into some horrifying ferment before I even hit the Elizabeth Line!)

Join Julie and @melissacolebeer.bsky.social at Salt and Tar in Bootle for a Beer School Tasting Experience, where we’ll talk you through the journey from grain to glass! 🔱 Sunday 25th May 2025 🔱 Price includes 6 x ½ pints of beer Tickets are available now via our website: bit.ly/NeptuneBeerSchool

@waterstonesargyle.bsky.social a friend sent me this yesterday, thank you very much for your kind words!

People of Manchester. I'm visiting soon for a work trip and I have an accessibility mission for you! Are there any wheelchair accessible restaurants in the Curry Mile that would welcome a guide dog? (Yes I know it's the law, but unfortunately I very often get refused by restaurants).

Now Keystone has acquired North’s brands, the sector is saddened. Could it be that brand identity is meaningless without beer integrity? Here, I look to the duo who began the North brand in earnest to show why the industry cares so much. www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/02/wher...

Some good news for a pleasant change! www.itv.com/news/border/...

Another one gone sadly.

“At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do.” Send him to the fucking Hague

Some good news. Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

This is my new anthem.

Just listening to the latest excellent Marina Hyde and @richardosman1.bsky.social The Rest Is Entertainment for some reason… open.spotify.com/episode/2Ls2...

Exclusive by me in The Drinks Business, several sources inform me that Magic Rock & Fourpure have been bought out of administration by Keystone... more to come.

When your dad is trying to advise you on some DIY but types a somewhat insufficient search phrase into Amazon… the key word missing here was ‘hinges’ 😂 #dads #diy

I don’t watch a lot of football these days but Mike Dean on @skyspaces.bsky.social today is the literal embodiment of having someone commit self-arson in the trouser region.

I finally have my other place archive request in progress, it’s taken months but I’ll finally be able to delete my account, which is sad but very necessary.

This looks good. Beer, Brews and Bold Women: beer tasting with @melissacolebeer.bsky.social and @alidunworth.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/beer-brews... via @britbeerwriters.bsky.social

If you snitch-tag, I will block you so fast lol

Magic Rock & Fourpure have allegedly called in the administrators, sad times. Lion has a lot to answer for after it epically mismanaged those two brands, it was always a hail mary to bring them back.

Day Seven! Rough night’s sleep due to horrible sinus pain but genuinely feel a corner has been turned today, mental acuity is about 75% (low bar anyway, but, you know, I’ll take it!). Cough is still hideous, smell and taste intermittent to none for last two days, still a damp rag physically.

just a reminder that the beer wwe has crawled into bed with was launched to capitalize on the transphobic bud light boycott tucson.com/news/nation-...

So, I have no doubt that had I not had my vaccine I would have been in hospital these past few days, and it was touch and go at times whether I was going to call an ambulance. If you’re sick, try to stay home. If you can get jabbed, please do! Influenza will fuck you up… hard.

Good morning to everyone else who started the day with a toddler cry because the cough they gave was so painful they immediately burst into tears… fuck this bug it’s awful!

Hooooo boy, this lurgy is a doozy huh? I think I know what coughing razor blades would be like now. At least I still have my sense smell and taste still… although a consistent temperature would be nice. Real life footage of me RN.

Buy your children earphones, the racket from three of your little darlings, all with separate cacophonous tablets, is not appreciated on the train.

It's mad Friday for the trade so, remember, friends keep friends hydrated and don't let them be dicks to staff... pass it on!

A tale to warm the cockles at Christmas. www.theguardian.com/business/202...

www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri... Got to hang out and drink #Anspach&Hobday #LondonBlack Stout with the wonderful @melissacolebeer.bsky.social Great list of stouts.

Hey, Melissa! We have Eventide Nitro Stout, 4.5% ABV, and our best contact is [email protected]. For those interested, it can be found at The Long Hall, Darkey Kelly’s, and Abbots Ale House in Cork! ☺️🍻

I have a niche request for any restaurants lovers who happen to remember the Smollensky’s restaurants in London… could you please share with me your happy memories of visiting there… my dad who founded and owned them is turning 80 very soon and i’d love to share some stories.

🎶T’is the season to shag trolleys, fa la la la la la, la la la la🎶

Great to hear pubs getting lots of positive PR on Radio 2 this afternoon. The story was about GenZ loving trad boozers - mentions of cosy spaces and cheap beer (compared to upmarket bars). Shout out to @melissacolebeer.bsky.social for her brilliant contribution. @bbcradio2.bsky.social

Hive mind, I know I’m forgetting some beers, go!

Random information, but if you didn’t already know, there’s a show called Happy News on BBC World Service, currently listening to a story about Mayor Max, a golden retriever mayor in California 😂 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

9 White Deer do a lovely GF Nitro stout if you’re in Ireland

@AmpersandBrewCo Runner Nitro Porter 4.2% [email protected] fantastic stuff Melissa

Hello! It’s Small Business Saturday so if you don’t know me… I’m Gail, a one woman business, based in #Manchester I create bold & colourful prints, homewares and cards gailmyerscough.co.uk #Christmasgifts

Brewpoint - Genesis, Bedford Stout, 4.1% [email protected]

Bewdley Brewery Anchor Storm 4.3% currently brewed exclusively for the Cocky Anchor pubs in Worcester and Romsey. Give me shout [email protected]

Can you also ask them to provide recommended line pressure settings? Kegs always come with a "USE 70/30 + CREAMER PLATE" sticker, but never a suggested serve pressure and some breweries are wildly different. Overgas it at the start and prepare to piss half the keg into the drip tray.

Otto Nitro Stout 4% [email protected] 🤙 Thanks @melissacolebeer.bsky.social

Hi Melissa - you call, we answer 😉 we have a nitro stout Vortex at 4.4% abv! [email protected] ♥️

Here you go 🤗

Heartless Nitro, 4.6%, [email protected]

Former Champion Beer of Britain - 6.5% Broken Dream. [email protected]

👋 London Thunder - Nitro Porter (4.2% abv) [email protected] 🐓

And brewers, don't be shy if the ABV is zero or 0.5%. Captive audience here. Thanks

Donnie's 4.3% Nitro Dark Beer [email protected]

Our Bad Kitty vanilla porter also comes in nitro. [email protected]