Lots of peppery clove waftage on the nose. Taste leads with a crispy herbalism, developing an underlying banoffeeness as it goes down. Bubblegum aftertaste. An intriguingly tasty spice-led weizen. #BskyBeer #LidlFestBox

Hats off to @bombgirl.bsky.social for another excellent bottle share today 👍 Here's what was shared. Thread! #BskyBeer

Aroma of leather, Bovril, and cocoa, with a barrel lurking in the background. Super-smooth mouthfeel. Taste has a mocha richness up front, developing a tannic woodiness. The brandy is there, but it’s subtle, providing a bonus layer of dark fruitiness. This is a very good beer! #BskyBeer

Herbalised orangey apricot on the nose. Smooth and soft on the tongue. Taste leads with pithy orange. Some chewy underripe peach follows. Very quaffable for the ABV. My head has rolled. This is a quality IPA. #BskyBeer

#LidlFestBoxWatch Walkergate, Newcastle upon Tyne 🍺 #BskyBeer

Commendably Bretty on the nose (urinal cakes and sweaty socks 😋😁). Taste showcases the Nelson Sauvin hoppage, with a tangy gooseberry grapeyness. A light woody funk joins the proceedings. Highly harmonious and very approachable. Exquisite entanglement from @burningskybeer.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Freshly squeezed sweet citrus on the nose. Taste continues the citric theme, with pithy grapefruit and bitter orange to the fore, while adding some juicy peach, and finishing with a black tea dryness. Commendably good IPA action from @twicebrewedbrewco.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Full Circle Festing, yesterday afternoon #BskyBeer

A disgracefully early start but keeping it sensible with a table beer. This 'Waves' from Beak, on tap at @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social is very impressive. Drinks like a full-blown IPA. #BskyBeer

Important scientific research! Comparing two Orvals. One bottled in March 2025 (6 months old), the other bottled in June 2024 (15 months old). Results to follow… #BskyBeer

Aroma of honeyed cerealism. Taste has a rich breadiness alongside a generous serving of Crunchy Nut Cornflakes. Nice drying finish to offset the sweet maltage. And little sign of the ABV. A belta Geordie Helles Bock from @hadrianborder.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Big maltistic malteousness on the nose. Nice body. Taste is maltloaf-forward, with plenty of raisiny molasses, plus some black tea, and a lemony cola caramelism. A textbook Dopplelbock from @hadrianborder.bsky.social. Impressive stuff! #BskyBeer

Ticket purchased 👍 See you there! Can't believe it's been the best part of a year since I was at one of these. Guaranteed to be some great beers getting popped and slurped, with a friendly bunch of people, all for a bargain price and for a very worthwhile cause. Recommended! 🍻 #BskyBeer

Noting that the (completely empty) Brewdog bar inside the waiting area at Edinburgh Waverley station boasts about being "community owned since 2007" 🤔

Enjoying an intriguingly tasty Maelstrom Cask Aged IPA from @oakhamales.bsky.social at the Guildford Arms #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, while admiring the magnificent ceiling #BskyBeer

Enjoying a schooner of #4 at the Salt Horse, #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿: the ever-reliable Pintle from Burnt Mill #BskyBeer

Always a good/bad sign when you're the first and only customer in a bar 😆 The Salt Horse #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BskyBeer

#DrinkUnlocal Enjoying a @burningskybeer.bsky.social NZPA on cask at the Bow Bar in #Edinburgh 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 #BskyBeer

Bring out Das Boot! Aroma of warm banana bread. The banana bread theme continues into the taste, which also has a lemony tang and a mild herbal bitterness. As it goes down and warms up, it adds some caramelism. Plenty here to enjoy. A solid weizen. #BskyBeer

A bit of #NorthShields beer history from the local CAMRA mag #BskyBeer

Unintended scientific research... Previous pint of Bass in the Tynemouth Lodge in North Shields (see previous post) followed by more Bass down the hill in the Low Lights Tavern (only cos the Landlord is off). This Bass tastes very different, much more lemony and with a slicker mouthfeel. #BskyBeer

Down with the cool kids #BskyBeer

A Deya collab with Odell, on tap at @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social? Go on then 😁 #BskyBeer

Grainy cerealosity on the nose. Taste has honey-tinged toasted graininess, grassy herbalism, a big lingering bitterness, and a dry yeasty bite in the finish. As per the label, this is not a Pils, it’s a sessionistic Belgian Blonde that tastes quite a bit like a Pils, and it’s good! #BskyBeer

Caramelised banana on the nose, with a slightly smoky tinge. Taste is a lot more subdued than the aroma. A light breadiness dominates up front, before some mild banoffee action occurs. Clean finish. Not a top drawer weizen, but it’s decently drinkable. #BskyBeer

Smooth rich vanilla cherry choccy goodness. A sweet treat. #BskyBeer

Aroma is a westward nose-blast of coniferous citrus. Mouthfeel has a pronounced oily stickiness. Taste has grapefruit pith and honey, combining with layers of strawberry and melon, finishing with a robust piney bitterness. What an absolute belter of a WCDIPA from @burialbeer.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Aroma of childhood sweets inhaled from a little white paper bag. Taste combines herbalistic hoppiness with a tongue-clicking fruity tartness, and does so beautifully. A dry finish keeps you slurping. Light and refreshing but full of character. #BskyBeer

Aroma of – yes – raspberry and basil, like a herb-infused raspberry jam. Taste of – yes – raspberry and basil, like an excellent beer from @burningskybeer.bsky.social that’s juicy, tart, and refreshing, and with a lovely twist. #BskyBeer

Deep caramelistic maltage, with some red apple and burnt orange on the fringes, before a barrelistic woody vanillaness adds a bonus layer. An English Old Ale with US stylings? Very good work from @burningskybeer.bsky.social. #BskyBeer

Lots of very promising wheaty banoffee on the nose. Taste has a caramelistic foundation that dominates, while the clovey banana vibes take a back seat. So, for me, this is a little unbalanced. Good body though, and remains very quaffable. Just not quite my kind of weizen. #BskyBeer

Full-on Starburstiness on the nose, led by orangey lime. Chewy citric pithiness in the taste, with a piney breathiness in the finish. Achieves its aim of providing West Coastism with East Coast trimmings, so fair play to #SierraNevadaBrewing. And – more importantly – it’s good! #BskyBeer

All sorts of tropicality can be found here, led by pineapple, mango and banana, with melon and strawberry also in the mix. But it’s not a gloopy smoothie, there’s a tingly crispness about it, and a bitterness in the finish. Yes, @burningskybeer.bsky.social can do excellent hazy pales too! #BskyBeer

Last night's beers, freshly muled in from North Carolina 🍻 #BskyBeer 1/4

Trotting along the railway arches for a debut visit to the @balancebrew.bsky.social taproom #Manchester. Classy place, classy beer 👌 #BskyBeer

Debut visit to #SureshotBrewing #Manchester #BskyBeer

Still in #Manchester, still at the Sadler's Cat, still in their biergarten (getting a bit nippy now 😂), still on the Cloudwater, still on the Germanic styles, this time their 'Genau & Then' Weissbier. #BskyBeer

Still at the Sadler's Cat and still on the Cloudwater, but heading outside and slurping on a Schwarzbier. Prost! #BskyBeer

On to the mercifully cool and airy Sadler's Cat #Manchester for a third of @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social's Statera Rerum NEIPA #BskyBeer

Back over the water in #Manchester, and enjoying the proper bitterness of this Mallinsons Mosaic at the Victoria Tap #BskyBeer

Another one in Joule in #Salford, enjoying this NZ-hopped 'Wipeout' IPA from Berlin's Fuerst Wiacek #BskyBeer

Enjoying this extremely drinkable 'Cactus Cat' citra & mosaic pale from the taps of Joule in #Salford

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All the way from one end of the industrial estate to the other... and the @cloudwaterbrew.bsky.social taproom. Their puntastic 'Genau & Then' hefeweizen is spot on #BskyBeer

Brewery Toilet Cisterns Of Manchester - Number One In A Series Of One: Track Brewing Co, Unit 18, Piccadilly Trading Estate #ToiletsOnTuesday

Time to visit an industrial estate on a sweaty #Manchester afternoon. Kicking off with a @trackbrewingco.bsky.social Sonoma on cask at the source. #BSkyBeer

I reckon this place would be a pretty good venue for a craft beer festival. They should give it a try. #VictoriaBaths #Manchester #IMBC

Well, if @chesterred.bsky.social and @beersmanchester.bsky.social tell me I should go here...

So, in honour of the monky boys at Abbaye Notre Dame de Scourmont, I'm doing God's work by drinking a #Chimay 175 in a Left Handed Giant glass in #NorthBrewing in #Manchester #BskyBeer

When you're in the Manchester outpost of a Leeds brewery, you're bound to have a beer from, erm, a London brewery, right? Enjoying a delightful 'Hop Picker' pale from #Anspach&Hobday at the #NorthBrewing Circle Square taproom in #Manchester #BskyBeer