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There are doubtless more comprehensive histories, but this is the most definitive story on the current position of union brewing in the UK and beyond. Took me over a year to pull together, so do give it a couple of minutes of your time today 🤣

'[Bass was] the first ever trademark in 1876 ...' Nope, it wasn't ...

And here are the footnotes for Patreon supporters (thank you!) with additional commentary and some bonus links continuing the journey around Bavaria and Czechia. www.patreon.com/posts/154747...

GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest edition of our weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, including evidence that we're being haunted by the ghost of BrewDog. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/04/news...

Pam Bondi had a section chief demoted because she saw that pictures of Biden, Harris, and Garland were still hanging in the office shortly after inauguration. This was reported to have been found in one of the DOJ buildings right after she was fired. Civil servants remember. And wait.

Today? Today or tomorrow definitely. First seeds in the ground. Under row cover, sure. Maybe with heat tape in there too. But it’s on. #Garden2026

Communal brewhouses and coolships: that's how Zoigl in Bavaria's Oberpfalz gets its start. But it's in the Zoiglstube (tavern) where the magic happens. Cheers to @pelliclemag.com for publishing my article on this enchanting region and its unique beer culture. 🍻 www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/3/...

A cracker from Steve Curtis on the rise and fall of brewdog in the CIBD magazine!

But only if you pronounce the "ich" with a overly emphasized Scottish style "ch" as in braw bricht moonlicht nicht the nicht!

"Jack, you should get a website for your pub." "A website? Sure what would I put on that?"

Tom just said "When you play god you make things in your own image" so consider me shut tf up

Folk are up there heading to the moon again. Last time was when I was a nine year old kid. I turn 63 soon. Hey, maybe the Leafs will win the cup again in my lifetime too! Maybe... well… probably not. Anyway, here’s the beer news!

Then he and Frog ran outside to see how the world was looking in the spring.

Actually pretty smart.

Only note here: I think the NYT might have missed that this could be an homage to January 6, since some pardoned visitors would be undoubtedly familiar with breaking and entering governmental buildings through the windows.

This is violence

How to say there is no plan without saying there is no plan.

Satan loves a liar.

If you see this post a concert photo you took.

Pope Leo XIV rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.

BLOG POST: On the one hand... On the other hand... We think the Bass boom might be good news for cask ale, on balance, though we do hear the arguments against. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/bori...

"Every citizen or subject of another country, while domiciled here, is within the allegiance and the protection, and consequently subject to the jurisdiction, of the United States."

A Saturday 46 years ago. On a train to Highbury for Arse v Villa. Me + Dad in a car of uniformed school girls escorted by nuns. One stop, drunk Watford fans chanting obscenely about beating Chelsea + dismembering their fans. Doors open, had one look, shouted "NOPE, ANOTHER CAR!" Left us all alone.

Debating kids in pubs. The gift that keeps on giving.

Copies of my book (my Master's Thesis) available at Abe Books. Such a surprise! I've been turned into a bloke so I'll have to contact them about that. You can download a copy from my Researchgate page (link in bio) but you won't get a lovely red cover.🏺#archaeology www.abebooks.co.uk/978184171352...

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about beer and pubs with notes on the popularity of Bass, a very special barley wine, and the ever-controversial topic of kids in pubs. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/news...

Hang on, complimentary profiteroles? With hot chocolate sauce? Oh god. Oh Jesus Christ.

AB-InBev's "Italian Lager" Via Roma has been discontinued. The brand's positioning - inspired by Italian orange groves & "the eternal city of Rome" - muddied by actual provenance in Lancashire. Failed to quench the growing thirst for Mediterranean lagers in the UK. #BskyBeer

I choose to now believe that "fishing for stew money" is a well-established anglo-Canadian idiom.

🚩 When you go to the taproom and see this 🚩

A spring style suggestion: dress like Peter Rabbit. I wrote something for Mr. Porter about why I think gardening clothes look great. The clothes look better with age and reference a lifestyle that's been considered romantic for centuries. www.mrporter.com/en-us/journa...

Indeed. "If we accept that people like what they like they will also talk shit about what they like. ‘Twas ever so. In fact, there is so much shit talked about beer one can wonder where the facts may be found."

Here it is. Thursday. The last one of March. Has the ground thawed yet? Where are those tulips I planted? Where’s the rhubarb?!? C’mon. Hurry up. Meantime, here’s the news.

The US is certainly losing the propaganda war.

Sucks especially in Canada where Netflix is not showing the game, MLB.TV is blacked out and rights holder SportsNet is showing the crap Leafs v the shit Rangers.

I am quoted in this article slagging off Brewdog and generally being a lil gobshite. drinksretailingnews.co.uk/analysis-why...

Somehow the copy is even worse. "Some drinkers say it tastes quite similar to Sam Adams." Sure, among drinkers with active covid infections.

Sound of springtime #3792.

A thread about Iron Age cauldrons as brew kettles. Brewing ale/beer from the grain is a living tradition. If you know where to look. That large cauldron being excavated at Melsonby (see below) was a valued and important piece of the Iron Age brewer's kit.

Middle-aged men should resist the temptation to sarcastically complain about things being 'woke' because (a) it's not always clear that you're being sarcastic and (b) if the wind changes your opinions'll stick that way.

Oops. Just as well I was planning to drink this quickly.

Yet there’s that guy still in the White House…

Boss: Can you buy some flags for the pub? Employee: Sure, which ones? B: Canada, 'cuz we're in Ottawa. And Scotland and Ireland to show we're a Celtic pub. E: On it! (Later) B: YOU HAD ONE JOB! #vexillology

Those Satan possessed materialists say the silliest things..

The British Newspaper Archive have just put a whole hape of Irish newspapers on their site. I may be quite distracted over the next few days ...

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How to say you screwed up without saying you screwed up…

GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest round-up of news, nuggets and longreads, with a vague them of nostalgia for 2016 which (we've checked the maths) is apparently a decade ago. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2026/03/news...