Stepping away from Bluesky for the rest of the day (on my own account, at least), as it’s time to drive to LEEDSLEEDSLEEDS for a gig

The wait is over! The shortlist for the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards is out now. Follow the link to see the full list and celebrate this year’s talented finalists! 🍻✨ www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...

Well i envy anyone going to @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social today cos yesterday evening was so good. You are in for an absolute treat, the beer list is absolutely amazing so many standout but I will recommend beers from Dolphin, Scatterlings and @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social if you're into sours

Episode 1 of the new @camraofficial.bsky.social series on community-owned pubs - the Antwerp Arms: learn.camra.org.uk/courses/the-...

Congratulations to Reece at @donzokobeer.bsky.social for making the shortlist for @britbeerwriters.bsky.social Awards! You can read Reece’s shortlisted entry via @pelliclemag.com: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/5/...

If you are coming to @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social over the next 5 sessions please pick a song from the list of 500+ songs and pass them to me.

If you’re heading to @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social this weekend, give this beer a try. Mainly because I dug out 78% of the mash tun on the brew day.

Time to share the Collabageddon venues! Check out our latest blog post for info on each of the beers, too: bit.ly/Collabageddo... And a reminder to keep Friday 21st November free, and let us know which venue(s) you’ll be joining in from!

Four big tanks going in to satisfy thirsty people…

Time to share the beer and cider list for #ISBFX Ready, set…GO!: www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/isbfx-t...

Wylam Brewery have announced that they’re opening a new place on the Quayside - follow www.instagram.com/sandhill_arms for updates

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...

Here at the end of the known world in a Tesco car park in North Wales here is my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk - a glorious impy from Stroud Brewery

Want something different to do on your lunch break? Check out the Google Doodle for today, as PAC-MAN celebrates its 45th anniversary!

The inaugural Women in Beer Awards ceremony has taken place, at Eko Brewery and Taproom in London, celebrating the women shaping the beer industry beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/29/w... #beer #beernews #womeninbeer #beerawards @tipplemarketing.bsky.social

The @womeninbeer.bsky.social Awards took place at Eko Brewery in Peckham yesterday. The evening served as a great reminder of what’s most important about the beer industry. Not beer styles or hop varieties or hype. It’s always the community and making meaningful connections that are of worth.

Last night this happened. @bccamplight.bsky.social . Magnificent! Thanks to @garethbird.bsky.social for this. 🩵

View from Monument over Grainger Town, Newcastle upon Tyne, photo by Sally Ann Norman.

In case you missed it, our co-owner, @daisyturnell.bsky.social, is now a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing! FCIM recognises Daisy’s leadership, expertise, and long-standing contribution to the marketing profession.

When Henry from @sunkenknave.bsky.social collaborates with @marblebrewers.bsky.social, an #ISBFX Special is born! Read all about it in Henry’s guest blog post: www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/a-winte...

We’re excited to be advising The International Brewing & Cider Awards to help with their marketing and PR strategy for their 2026 awards. If you have an upcoming event you’d like some assistance with, we’d love to hear from you! Book us: tipplemarketing.com/book-us

We wanted to say a huge thank you to our amazing sponsors this year! Clare from @breweryjewellery.bsky.social will be popping up in the hall with her stunning upcycled craft beer artwork, transformed into unique keyrings, necklaces, bracelets, cufflinks, and much more.

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Feels like a good day to get the overnight ferry to Amsterdam

TOMORROW.

In personal news I have used Chat GPT so little the FT is taking my licence away. I would quite like a badge

North Shields has been having a glow-up for a while, so it was lovely to visit the newest kid on the block last night. (Aperture Ale House opens to the public from tomorrow)

Tynemouth, Northumberland, photo by Rachel Riley.

Our favourite place for breakfast butties every morning of #ISBF is also a brewery, so Jim was delighted to be able to collaborate with Lark Hill Brewery on a beer for this year! www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/isbfx-b...

It's home brew club tonight so dig out your best beers and I'll see you in the Town Mouse from 7pm! #beeroclock #Newcastle #beer #homebrew

Must. Resist.

Six years of pairing books with beer…I love #BookshopDay! 📚

Britain just had an historic apple harvest, and the cider industry continues to grow. A good report:

Fun assignment for @saveur.com, looking into the modern side of mead. With new producers, new formats, and a diminished focus on the ren faire set, mead is proving surprisingly versatile. Find it in the latest issue!

Baked beer? Lars has the story www.beerandbrewing.com/style-school...

One of those days that reminds you why you do what you do ❤️

NEW VID! We're at Baron Brewing making a DIPA to end all DIPAs – 28gpl of Simcoe, Strata, Motueka & Krush. Very excited to see what people think of this beer at Love & Beer Fest next week! Tickets still available btw! youtu.be/80x-4v_DwtE

As the nights draw in, our attention turns to nights in with big sharing bottles of Belgian beer, and this year we've four new ones from Chimay, Rodenbach, and Duvel.

Because being more inclusive means putting in the work:

This Saturday you can catch me chatting with Susan and Judith Boyle about all things Filthy Queens and Women in Irish Beer History at the Kildare Readers Festival. Free tickets here: riverbank.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... And of course there will be beer!

Amélie’s in the news! (Thanks to @britbeerwriters.bsky.social for sharing her award win) www.beerguild.co.uk/news/women-i...

On Sunday 26th October, we're hosting a Bandcamp Listening Party to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of our debut album. We'll be there in the chat, taking rubbish as per usual. Come join us! fieldmusic.bandcamp.com/merch/field-...

The Jarrow Crusade, in which 200 unemployed men marched to London calling for government intervention to restore jobs, began on this day 1936. Unsuccessful at the time, but helped to shape postwar attitudes to employment and social justice.

On average, the first result in an Amazon search is 29% more expensive than the best match...Click any of the top four links on the top of your screen and you’ll pay an average of 25% more than you would for your best match – which, on average, is located 17 places down in an Amazon search result.

Last time I was on a ferry was across the Bosphorus to Asia! I doubt South Shields is that exotic 😀 #Tyne

When you put your phone camera on a timer, prop it up with a pint on the table, and leg it to get into the shot in time…

Always love this time of year! Autumn cosiness, and putting together the beer list for my annual books ‘n’ beer pairing with Helen at Forum Books. Picked up some great options for it today…all will be revealed later this month!

There's still tickets for our festival on 17th October at the Beer Merchants Tap! It's a celebration of collab brews, street food and homebrewing – with stunning beers from the UK's best plus free homebrew samples, hop/malt sampling & BBQs and burgers! www.themaltmiller.co.uk/product/love...

What a week so far! Such a great time catching up with everyone at the Brewers Congress, and celebrating @tassinam.bsky.social’s award win for her @womeninbeer.bsky.social work! 🏆

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it's off to the Brewers Congress I go…