Mussels cooked over fire on a bed of pine needles, so good and a lovely end to a week on the Ile de Re

The French do no how to lunch

Arrived in France, pulled into a petrol station and it has a brewery attached

Definitely one of my favourite cook books

Messing around with tap list layouts at home and now want to go for a pint

First brew going in, time for a coffee

Of course the chiller decides to be a dick Friday afternoon

Quick QA on this before heading to bar for a pint of K.R.A.F.T Less which takes way too much typing

Every time I use a pressure cooker, there is part of me that is genuinely terrified

Found a panini press, my life is now toasty oriented

Slightly longer than expected train to Brussels due to strikes, but made it

Last day, then train to Brussels

Best beer is always about context and right now this is my favourite beer ever

Impressively punctual train journey, 3 changes, 5 mins wait between each and we arrived in Grindelwald exactly on time

Lovely, but brief evening in Cologne now heading for some snow in Switzerland, definitely becoming a train convert

Time for a beer

Getting the train from Macclesfield to Cologne, should be drinking Kolsh in about 11hrs.

Marmalading

Father cremated, eulogy haltingly delivered, time to raid his single malt collection

Found a photo from yesteryear during the fit out of the Macclesfield bar, can’t believe daughter will be 20 next week

On train to mcr, a chap has just gone into the toilet with a bottle of red wine

This is lovely

Bought some inter rail passes in the Dec sale. So doing Cologne, snow boarding, Brussels, think I am match fit for 2 out of 3

Visiting my parents and popped into a pub I’d not been to for years. Brilliant cask, good selection of keg, lovely atmosphere, can’t ask for more

The youngest said nice, bit like a posh steak bake, so win for Greg’s

Finished most* of the prep, but think it’s time for a pint

Lovely sky

Ramen o’clock from Matsudair Ramen

Walking up to brewery and hearing fire alarm going is very on brand for Fri 13th. Thankfully just a fault in panel

Daughter sent me a picture of her flats Xmas tree, think it’s fair to say she is embracing student life

Just had a very confusing phone call with someone from Guys hospital asking how many beds we had available.

Backup chiller being a bit of a pain got sick of running up and down stairs to check on it, so as a homage to the coffee pot, set up chiller cam

This is the first post on this platform, and it is a Black Friday one. All cans are 20% off, and we might have just released Ageless Anniversary, the first of our 15-year birthday celebration beers. redwillowbrewery.com/collections/...

Clarity on that

Reward for an early start

Morning from a chilli brewery

Lovely commute this morning

Main brewery chiller developed a fault over night so had the fun of getting back up chiller running.

Feck of a week

15 years, bloody hell