Guinness has officially released the first batch of highly anticipated tickets for its Open Gate Brewery London today beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/12/g... #brewery #brewerynews #brewerytour

We’re in among some bangers here! Thanks Paul.

📢 NEW BLOG POST 🐦‍⬛ If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫 www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...

See a handy map of them all here 🔺🔺🔺 www.google.com/maps/d/edit?...

🍺TAP TAKEOVER 🍺 Join us in Lincoln this Thursday for a Tap Takeover where there will be EIGHT different Thornbridge beers to try! Here's everything you need to know ⬇️ 📍Cardinal's Hat, Lincoln 📆 Evening of Thursday 6th November 🍺 8 Different Thornbridge Beers See you there 🍻

Now November is here, it’s chillier and the nights are drawing in what is needed is cosy pubs - some suggestions from @philmellows.bsky.social inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...

In today’s iWeekend, my pick of brewpubs and taprooms.

Ipswich Craft Beer Week, November 17-23 ipswichcraftbeerweek.com

NEW VID! This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...

In our latest Substack newsletter, Kate seeks out surviving examples of that Victorian tourist attraction, the Camera Obscura, while @philmellows.bsky.social finds the nearest pub: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-differen...

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!

One for the #Beer Diary all @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social #Newcastle A Full Tap Takeover with the Brilliant #OtherWorldBrewing #BskyBeer 🍻

COMING SOON... Cheese Night (online only) 8-10pm Tickets must be bought before 6pm Sunday 9th November. Tickets and details: www.tomstap.co.uk/product/beer...

Notts breweries Bang the Elephant and Emperors to open new bar in Nottingham's Lace Market: www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/foo...

Struggling to think of a Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for, beer and travel loving friend or relative? Our friend @philmellows.bsky.social still has a few copies of runaway best seller Beer Breaks in Britain stashed away. Act now to avoid disappointment www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beer-brea...

Opening date announced for new @thornbridge.bsky.social Sheffield pub, The Fargate. It's October 22.

Edinburgh’s Cold Town House crowned Scotland’s ‘Best Beer Destination’ | @britbeerwriters.bsky.social

We're down to the last four in @camraofficial.bsky.social Pub of the Year: wb.camra.org.uk/2025/10/10/f...

There's more to Hastings than 1066 and all that, as @philmellows.bsky.social discovered at last week's Hastings Tap Takeover - there's good beer, characterful pubs and a warm welcome. And it's got art, too, Kate Simon reminds us. britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-seaside-...

The full programme is now available for the forthcoming Norwich Beer Festival and its accompanying fringe event, running from 17th October to 2nd November beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/07/n... #beer #beernews #beerfestival #norwich @norwichcamra.bsky.social

If you happen to pop into your local newsagent tomorrow morning and happen to pick up a copy of the I-paper you might happen to find a feature on cosy winter pubs in the Weekend magazine, written by me.

🌳🌳🌳 11 Beers from 11 different breweries through the week. Something we’ve always wanted to do and we’re excited to finally pull together. Full beer list incoming…

Just over a week away for our PAGES event! If you love beer and books then this ones for you

In our latest newsletter, Kate takes her shoes and socks off to stroll among Britain’s tidal estuaries while @philmellows.bsky.social fearful of getting wet on the outside chooses to get wet on the inside - with beer, of course open.substack.com/pub/britishb...

Terrific resource (thanks to @boakandbailey.bsky.social for the tip)

Delighted to confirm three special guests to officially open our four-day celebration of the best in beer and cider. We'll be joined on our opening afternoon by writer @rogerprotz.bsky.social; national chairman of CAMRA @corbettcollins.bsky.social; and MP for St Albans @libdemdaisy.bsky.social

Grassmarket Craft Beer Festival, Edinburgh, October 4 grassmarketbeerfest.com

Don't forget, Cask Ale Week 2025 starts on Thursday. Events across the country mapped here: caskaleweek.co.uk/map/

For our non-London friends, these amazing venues will be hosting their own events to help us launch Brown Stout - London 1812 and Pale Ale Ernest

Support Cask Ale. Support pubs. 🍻😊

Where can you find a pint of Bass? Here's the National Bass Directory for September: nationalbassdirectory.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

😬Oops! We've had to move one of our Brew Day Experience dates. 📆 It's now happening on Saturday, 20th Sept instead of the 16th. 📍At Brewlab, Sunderland. Come brew your own beer with us at Brewlab 👉 https://brewlab.co.uk/product/brew-day-experience

Next Thursday - 4th September - you’ll find us and a whole load of our tasty beers at the wonderful Crown Posada in Newcastle. If you’ve been before, you’ll know what an awesome pub this is. If you haven’t, come and find out! Loads of cask, loads of keg. Side helpings of chat. Cheers!

🎬🪩 29th-30th August… the mirrorball spins, the bassline drops, and the beer gets funky. 🍺 Bungay Beer & Music Festival 2025 Starring: 70s funk + Bull of the Woods’ brand-new brew Bewgie Bungayland 🎶✨ 👉 www.beerfestbuddy.com/festivals/bu... #BeerFestival #DiscoOnTap #Bungay #BskyBeer #BeerUK #disco

It's not all Dull and Boring. Kate Simon gets into the spirit of international collaboration and town twinning in our latest newsletter, and @philmellows.bsky.social finds beers can bring down borders, too: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/bring-down...

The London Brewers’ Alliance will be celebrating its 15th anniversary next month with a festival at Bird House Brewery, in the heart of Herne Hill beertoday.co.uk/2025/08/26/l... #beer #beernews #beefestival #londonbeer

Bank holiday weekend is here, and with it a plethora of festivals and other beery events. I've got nearly 90 listed before the end of the month, and I'm adding more all the time. Check out the listings at beertoday.co.uk/events/ #beer #beerfestivals #realale #caskale #craftbeer #cider

Micropub Adventures visits Worthing, an underrated beer destination in our view: micropubadventures.co.uk/2025/08/14/1...

Loving @beerbreaks.bsky.social Great Britain book. Some nice ideas for motorhome weekends away (thinki g york next). Need a beer tour of Britain by motorhome guide with a list of breweries that allow camping/stopovers 🤔

BLOG POST: Taprooms aren't all about big cities and young urban professionals and this one reminded us of being in Franconia. boakandbailey.com/2025/08/the-...

Thanks to everyone who came to the launch party at The Marble Arch yesterday! Tickets for our beer festival in November are on sale now, and you’ll find loads more info over about #ISBFX in our latest blog post: www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/isbfx-y...

A strong argument for moving the Great British Beer Festival around the country is all the delightful posts from people exploring bits of Birmingham and the Midlands as side quests while they're there.

As featured in our book...

New SIBA festival, Indie Beer Cymru, coming to Wales September 19/20: www.siba.co.uk/indiebeercym...

Martyn Cornell's major study of the origins, history & revival of Porter & Stout, published posthumously. A great legacy. protzonbeer.co.uk/reviews/2025...

Hop Hog live music, beer, cider & perry festival at The Plume, High Street, Hungerford, West Berkshire. Free admission. Food options. Sat 9 / Sun 10 August. westberkscamra.org.uk/festival/plu...

Yes, we can say beer has 'social terroir' argues @philmellows.bsky.social - if we take that to mean the different ways it's drunk around the country. It all adds to a "rich and fascinating diversity" in our culture, and a good excuse to travel: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/social-ter...

The line up for the Five Points mini Tap Takeover this Thursday: Cask * Citrus Pale: seasonal pale, brewed with lemon and grapefruit zest. * 1995 Mild: bittersweet classic from a '90s recipe * Best: iconic single-hop bitter Keg * Jupa - powerful, fruity pale ale * XPA - pale ale, but more so

New Guide Entry : The Stranded, Charing Cross Latest member of the Tap family specialising in Czech style pours www.beerguideldn.com/pubs.php?IDK...