Had the pleasure of meeting Brewdog at a charity do once. They were surprisingly down to earth, and VERY funny.

Had the pleasure of drinking Brewdog at a charity do once: Found it surprisingly down to earth and very funny.

NEW - @swannaybrewery.com Orkney Tartan. 3.7% abv. £3.70/44cl

NEW - @marblebrewers.bsky.social Hungry Joe mountain IPA 5.4% abv. £3.80/50cl

NEW! (and limited) - @marblebrewers.bsky.social @sunkenknave.bsky.social Burton Ale. 6.1% abv. £3.90/50cl

BACK! @marblebrewers.bsky.social Rocket Best Bitter 4.8% abv. £3.20/50cl

BACK! @marblebrewers.bsky.social Extra Special. 5.5% abv. £3.50/50cl

50/50 Lochlea Smoke Without Fire peated malt and Curatolo Marsala. Not bad at all - buttery, with an overriding character of toffee apple and sea salt. If you could drink an end of the pier fairground in a run-down seaside town: it would taste like this.

NEW - Moonwake Oat Stout. 4.5% abv. £3.80/44cl

NEW - Closet Brewing Super Graphic, Ultra Modern Gose with lemon & hibiscus. 4.5% abv. £4.20/44cl

NEW - Lochlea malt finished in Overtone stout seasoned bourbon casks. 52% abv. £58/70cl

The dreich weather has played havoc with my laundry: Which means I was forced to run to Tesco's yesterday for some budget socks of dubious quality/origin. Just slipped them on and kinda freaked out to discover that they are alarmingly sexy - I mean, you don't expect gents socks to be this sheer..

NEW - addition to our LochLea range of malts. Dark Briar is a more robust, fruitier, sherry cask iteration. 46% abv. £48/70cl

NEW - Burnt Mill/Little Earth Between Fields Hazy Pale/Table Beer 2.8% abv. £3.60/44cl

Loot that drops after defeating me. - bottle of schlenkerla marzen - packet of angel delight butterscotch - random copy of any Acme Novelty Library issue - DVD of The Raid - teabag - white chalk marker - snotrag (used)

Yay! Cycle lanes.

In any just world a Stainless Steel Rat movie series would be on it's third or fourth installment by now. ( for the uninitiated, he's basically Han Solo + Lupin 3rd + Danny Ocean + Sgt Bilko ) Sadly, it's quite Cowboy Bebop - and I can't see anyone bankrolling anything in that vein anytime soon.

NEW - Campervan Crimson Canyon red IPA. 5.7% abv. £4.20/44cl

Is Mandelson the Jared Leto of UK politics..? ( or is Leto the Peter Mandelson of the film industry? )

Kind of odd that these guys haven't been mentioned in the files yet.

BACK (in a shiny new livery) Newbarns Chevallier Vienna lager. 5% abv. £3.80/44cl

We’re back @argonautbooks.bsky.social in Feb. corneliusbeers.com/blogs/news/s...

Our Leith Walk shop is offering (while stocks last) four quid off all wine from Complices De Loire Meaning this crisp, appley, herbal Vouvray alternative s now only FIFTEEN QUID. 12.5% abv. £15/75cl

Our Leith Walk shop is offering (while stocks last) four quid off all from Complices De Loire Meaning this complex, chillable organic Cab Franc is now only FOURTEEN QUID. 12.5% abv. £14/75cl

Our Leith Walk shop is offering (while stocks last) four quid off all wine from Complices De Loire. Meaning this brilliant, classy organic Sauvignon Blanc is only TWELVE QUID. 12% abv. £12/75cl

I wonder if they’ve programmed these chatbots to start making typos to make them seem more human?

If you don't want to watch it, here is how the NYT's liveblog is reporting on the video that first started spreading:

Not going to link to the video directly ( because you shouldn't have to see it it you don’t want to ) - but I feel an obligation to make sure that people see this.

Let’s get these going again. corneliusbeers.com/blogs/news/s...

Best telly I've seen this week. youtu.be/JRzFrD543Z8?...

NEW - Newbarns/Gamma Reid's Lager. 5% abv. £3.80/44cl

NEW - Newbarns @northernmonk.bsky.social Auld Ale 5.5% abv. £3.80/44cl

NEW - Newbarns/Fourman Screich Hazy IPA. 6.5% abv. £5.20/44cl

NEW - Newbarns Mega Burns mult-colab IPA. 5% abv. £4.60/44cl

NEW - Holy Goat barrel aged, lightly bretty, Shipwreck imperial stout. 8.4% abv. £7.20/375ml

NEW - @holygoatbrewing @otherworldbrewing Crimson Veil. Flanders Red with rooibos and damson. 6.9% abv. £6.90/375ml

NEW - Holy Goat/Newbarns Limonata Sour. 6.9% abv. £6.90/375ml

NEW - Holy Goat IronSkull (yes, I am very excited about this one) 8.2% abv. £5.20/44cl

2026 Business plan: Have both shops well stocked and well staffed for when “ it ” happens.

BACK - Closet Brewing Spectre. 4.8% abv. £4.50/44cl

If/when he backs down - he’s going to claim he’s ended yet another war. ( bringing the total to eleventy-hundred )

The unifying philosophy that underpins the American billionaire class is philistinism. Not only do they not understand art - they are actively hostile to those that do.

NEW - Closet Brewing/RPG Taverns Tabletop Table Beer 3.2% abv. £3.90/44cl

BACK - Vault City Fiery Ginger Iron Brew. 5% abv. £5/44cl

NEW - Vault City af Peach Cobbler. 0.5% abv. £3.70/44cl

NEW - Vault City/One Drop Summer Down Under 6% abv. £7.20/44cl

NEW - Vault City Buckie Bomb. 7.8% abv. £8.20/44cl

Loads of Hitchcock out there atm, Including the 1927 version of The Lodger (2012 BFI restoration with Nitin Sawhney score) Which is bizarrely streaming for free on @itvx.com

NEW - @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social / Green Bench Brewing smoked marzen. 5.2% abv. £4/44cl