Hoppy murk and nothing but, on the blog today: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2025/11/the-...

"Beer is a fundamentally social hobby," I opine whilst closing myself in the understairs toilet to photograph my glow-in-the-dark can of black IPA.

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This Pellicle post on pub etiquette has gotten a ton of attention. Since pub mores are dictated by local custom, I have no great opinions on their takes. The long list of rules is itself strange to this American—it seems very English—I like pubs for their laissez-faire attitude toward rules.

One last morning cleaning up the tomato patches. A tie is necessary for such moments especially at 5C. Plenty of tomatoes untouched by frost and a nice set of purple and pink velvety Magnolia pea blossoms. #Gardening

Octogenarian Sisters Rita, Regina and Bernadette went back to their old convent with local support, and an Instagram following. "People are calling us the rebellious sisters!" Rita says.

I woke up in a bit of startle this morning after dreaming that in Fantasy Premier League I had a total weekend score of -1 ! My subconscious has odd priorities.

As always, great stuff, and love Liam’s piece on Guinness label context. It’s fairly difficult to find much from those now-gone competitor breweries.

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Really? If I’m not drinking alcohol, I want to drink something tasty. And this is NA beer’s Achilles heel.

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In today’s digest, Alan has lots of good stuff, but I want to point to an item down the post a ways—the price of non-alcoholic beer. This is going to be an idiosyncratic little rant and I’m not confident enough to put it on the blog, but Bluesky? Sure. A 🧵…

Recent studies? Please pass the grain of salt.

Thursday. And seven weeks to Christmas Day. And there’s still tomatoes being picked. How odd. Speaking of odd, it’s beery news notes morning. Monopolistic tendencies. Tax evasion. Junketeers. And a bulky man…

New post on #Fuggled, in which I revisit Unibroue's La Fin du Monde... www.fuggled.net/2025/11/old-...

As well as this I have a feature coming up that I’m so pumped to share. It’s a great platform and please support it here www.patreon.com/c/pelliclema...

Brew Like A Monk.

Wondering if anyone noticed the reference to a Pixar movie in my Pellicle piece last week...

The world is terrible and he is a goddamned nightmare, but never forget he is miserable and your having—manufacturing, *sharing*—joy in your community helps you, helps them, and hurts his play. Fuck him. Sing and dance. Drink. Laugh. Generate that for *others.*

Jay Brooks taking a hose shot of the day shot of the day:

BREAKING: trad-wife DC lobbyist can’t find potential trad-hubs in conservative circles.

UPDATE: front door tomato patch now cleared out. This is nuts.

Fine. I maybe planted too many tomatoes. Three more tarps to lift up out back. The freezer is already filled with sauce. #Gardening

No, Telegraph free summary email headline writer. Conservative babble-fests aren’t thinking. No, Canada is not your fantasy hell hole of social engineering. Nope. I’d recommend the sad columnist seek another career path but can’t think of one that might be assisted by their presence.

I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends @helenannesmith.bsky.social Otto Taylor-Rickard and @gergemanson.bsky.social I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live! www.burumcollective.com/jlp

What psychopath thought jackfruit Maibock was a good idea?

Oh really…

Fourteen weeks to Bus Day!

How I’m going to look when you dislike my posts.

Did America notice that it took a foreign worker to help an American team beat a foreign rival?

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes on the Polish beer scene, pub names, Norwegian funeral beer, discounted BrewDog, the US beer market, and witches. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...

She’s probably expecting him to converted to Hinduism sooner or later given his faith-based gymnastics through the years.

Anyway next weeks Pellicle piece is a fucking banger. Maybe our bangingest banger yet? Nine people worked on it, all got paid. We’re a micro entity with a turnover of 50k a year, if we can manage it everyone else sure as hell can

Happy Samhain and Halloween to everyone!! And it's time for my annual PSA that women brewing in UK and Ireland were not removed from the beer trade via en masse witchcraft accusations and the modern witch stereotype doesn't come from their garb either

Completely Blanched Station?

"Changing themes with wanton abandon." Just another Thursday with Alan McLeod.

Preach!!!

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I’m back in the i-paper Weekend edition this Saturday with a selection of brewpubs and brewery taprooms around the country. Make sure you grab your copy!

If I have more than two beers, I feel it in the morning. It’s less a hangover than feeling like a truck ran me over in the middle of the night. Getting old sucks.

“The Queen said, ‘Good Lord, what’s happened to you?’ I said, ‘I fell off my ladder, ma’am.’ She said, ‘You’re never to go up ladders again’.

For those who have clear skys this weekend, you can still see Comet Lemmon... if you know where to look!

Fancy beers, taproom-only specials & limited edition releases are great, but when you wanna just grab a great beer, kick back n chill you still want quality👌🏽🍻 My latest for The Alcohol Professor names a few-feel free to add your own in the comments! www.alcoholprofessor.com/blog-posts/b...

Happy Hallow-een-een! It’s Thursday before the kiddies show - so do buy more candy or practice our skills at turning all the house lights off in under 7 seconds? Fortunately no pumpkin beer stories (dead trend alert!) this week but plenty of other news: abetterbeerblog427.com/2025/10/30/y...

Always take a photo of the sky when you are looking for something up there. I was staring at the wrong spot looking for Comet Lemmon this evening - but there it was in the trees in the upper left corner of the photo.

Additionally if this guy is on stage the pit is going to be fucking wild

BLOG POST: “It’s still a breathtaking to stand on that beach. To hear water lapping over stone, intensified by the passing of passenger boats, and the cries of seabirds. And to sense that beneath your feet, no doubt, are the stems of a million clay pipes.” boakandbailey.com/2025/10/the-...

Pleased to say my first piece for @the-independent.com Travel is now live ✈️ www.independent.co.uk/travel/europ...

Diane Flynt is key not just to the renaissance in cider throughout the South, but also at the very heart of orcharding for apples, specifically cider apples. It is always a joy to speak with her about not just cider apples, but growing apples for cider - an important distinction. #craftcider

Meet Diane Flynt, the first lady of Virginia cider. It's been a while since we published a cider story, we hope you enjoy it! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...