We’ll see!!!!

Read this excellent profile from @willhawkes.bsky.social and then go to the correct Sutton Arms - not the incorrect Sutton Arms around the corner that I first went to.

I concur.

Someone needs to make a law that the Porterhouse Temple Bar can never change. I love this pub.

In better pub news, happy Friday.

The State of the Union has a whole other meaning when it I say it in my North Dublin accent.

For those tracking the contemporary decline in beer drinking and pub going, @iamreddave.bsky.social reckons one factor is/will be weightloss drugs: liveatthewitchtrials.blogspot.com/2026/02/off-...

This is a necessary fillip given most Irish league games are being cancelled because apparently Ireland now suffers a monsoon season

It was #OTD in 1988. Should be landing any minute now.

People think Tesla’s sales are tanking because the owner is a wanker (definitely a big factor). But seems to get overlooked that their cars boring and they have been overtaken by all the other electric car manufacturers 🤷🏻‍♂️

Have been asked by a couple of publicans this week if we are also putting our prices up. Assume they are all doing new menus/price lists as a result of the big two putting their prices up. We are not.

A new page on the blog lists beer festivals potentially happening across Ireland in 2026. Dates for these festivals haven't yet been published but if you know any festival where dates have been made public or I've missed any festival, let me know. Cheers 🍻 quareswally.com/ireland-beer...

2015 and 2026: When I took the top photo of the derelict Lord Napier pub in east London, I joked that it would probably reopen as a craft beer place. I wasn't far off. #pub #HackneyWick

There’s a lot of people that will only buy the most expensive beer on the bar. They consider cheaper beer, worse beer, which isn’t necessarily the case. So in some ways it’s a race to the top.

Your annual reminder that “Blue Monday” is a complete fiction invented by a company that wanted to sell you more holidays. Enjoy January! It’s quiet and cosy and time for semi-hibernation, reflection and being kind to yourself!

Happy Friday, pub nerds.

Fair play to the big breweries for the constant price increase. It helps keep smaller breweries like out sustainable, and keep our pricing competitive.

It looks like a Galway pub has just (re)discovered the meejum ...

The brewery had over 10k followers on Twitter, I’d say it was a massive part of growing our business between 2010 and 2020. Was happy enough to walk away in 2024, partly because it was pretty obvious the new owner was a prick, it had also stopped being effective unless you were willing to to pay.

Well, would you look at that!!!

Hahaha, the irony! Assume they’re just mad because we don’t give them any money. Surly pictures of pints is not where they draw the line? Did Side Show Bobby not just say pints are good for you?

Friday means it's almost time to sit back with a good book and a beer. Or you could read my new blog post about Irish porter: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/01/unho...

Great start to 2026, Dark Arts now pouring in Sheehans. Always nice to remind people *other porters are available!!! Probably need to get working on a dedicated glass now that it seems to be getting a bit of momentum.

Auto enrolment looks like a great idea. Credit to whoever came up with it. Really easy to sign everyone up for it too.

banning X is a national security issue for every country, plain and simple its explicit goal is to amplify and empower the largest Nazi-adjacent party in every country in which it operates it is also the largest deepfake porn generator in the world this is not a difficult call to make

Day 1 of the annual diet, currently tucking into the babies crackers. Fair to say it’s going well!

So this is 2026! I don’t hate it.

First time seeing one of these driverless cars in the wild. Way more normal than expected and didn’t appear to run anyone over

My love letter to Dublin the 5th most-read article in 2025 on UK's best food & drinks publisher! Mostly down to @davidsquires.bsky.social's illustrations, & all the people who gave their time to talk to me, @lisagrimm.com @stephenclinch.bsky.social @gerrytastic.bsky.social @braciatrix.bsky.social

Hitting the road for Christmas, first time in my 46 years I won’t be in Dublin!

An hour before guests arrive. Fridge stocked, 10 crates of beer outside cooling, Perry and cider flowing. Food all prepared just needs to be set out a little later. Need a shower and a beer.

The Irish health system has its flaws, but as someone who just spent 4 days in the Mater, have to say my treatment was exceptional, the people working there are brilliant, kind and professional. Can’t thank them enough. (Don’t ask, I’m all good) Just wanted to publicly acknowledge the amazing work.

I’ve been doing this 15+ years, and have been in easily over a hundred breweries. This is one of the nicest experiences I’ve had. Beers are phenomenal, brewery is very impressive and the owner is super sound. Lost and Grounded, Bristol.

Early start today!

This is incredible.

Benedict Cumberbatch and Amazon are conspiring to make consider subscribing to YouTube just so I don’t have to see their poxy advert again.

I’ve only just recovered from Sunday evening’s entertainment. Thank you to @braciatrix.bsky.social @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social @lmulligangrocer.bsky.social and everyone that came along. I’d a lovely evening chatting about all things Irish beer with so many Irish beer people!!!

I’ve got a new blog post out covering my top ten tips for giving beer as a gift at Christmas. Give it a read, and then find a way to surreptitiously pass it on to your relatives beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/12/05/g...

Looking forward to this tomorrow, hoping to see plenty of familiar faces. Irish beer is in a weird place with so few events these days, Underdog closing and there only being about two pubs in the country that don’t pour the stout.

December is the month in beer sales when you either get rewarded for all the work you did during the year or becomes fairly obvious you’ve been at nothing!

As an employer I’m into this auto enrolment. Would be nice if I could sign up. Can also see how the new costs could send big companies on tight margins over the edge.

Dave does a great job distilling and synthesizing the rise and fall of Rogue, and reading it makes me realize how out-of-step brands founded on toxic masculinity (to use a shorthand) have fared. The country is steeped in TM now, and it’s just not into beer brands offering more of the same.

So cool to see the rapid growth in renewable energy over the last year or two. In spite of some people’s best efforts, and years later than maybe it should have happened. But still it’s really cool, feels like there’s serious moment now too.

Just seen an Re-turn advert saying putting your bottles and cans in your recycling bin isn’t as good as returning them to machines. Why? Isn’t as good for who?

One year married today. Took my wife out for tacos. #classyguy

Friends!! Join me Dec 7th from 4pm at @lmulligangrocer for PORTER WARS- book talk and beer tasting!! We will be launching my collaboration brew with @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social & @troublebrewing.ie - two porters inspired by my chapter Porter Wars from Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland

The absolute state of this. 'From the Heart of County Wexford' and 'A family tradition since 1905' implies to the consumer that it's brewed in that county and has been around that long. Theakston Brewery should be hanging their head in shame for these shenanigans, as that's where it's brewed ...

Scotland trying to 1up Ireland here!