Yes, yes, Boak & Bailey's Saturday round-up. I've just caught up, however, on their previous post, which was fascinating, and the 1951 photograph is particularly wonderful: boakandbailey.com/2025/10/the-...

About last Thurs. We had our BIGGEST turnout for a Think While You Drink EVER, with *40* squeezed into The Robin Hood's upstairs room! Huge thanks to everyone who came, what a fascinating evening 🤩 Next up, this one is already fully booked! We'll let you know if we get any drop-outs. Great stuff 🙌🏻

THIS IS GONNA BE AWESOME!!!!

A good date for an update. Cheers to me and @beernouveau.co.uk 🍻🥳🎂

Looking forward to heading to one of our fave Bris pubs tomorrow evening. Join us for a pint of great cask! 🍻

Our current local (yes we're v lucky). We've noticed it's been busy this summer (when it can not be). Which is jokily rather bloomin annoying when there's nowhere to sit 🙄, but as publicans ourselves, lovers of pubs & just people who want to see small local biz succeed is great to see - cheers 🍻

American-focused (obviously) but really interesting read about the last decade in beer and brewing 🍻

As interesting and useful as ever. Enjoy (perhaps with a pint in a pub) 🍻

Is this just going to be a Drapers blackboard account.... Well it's not like I do anything/go anywhere else...! Three GC beers, one crossed off, one just added, AND another on the 'coming soon' display elsewhere - cheers! ☺️🍻

It's our birthday party tomorrow. Big milestone. Hope you'll come and see us if you're in Bris. There's cake ☺️ 🍻🎂🍕🥳

Right. This one again 🤣 We just got home from another really great Think While You Drink (thanks @philmellows.bsky.social!) and I am so ready for bed! But what a flipping goal!!!

Got to write the Average Beer Miles at the bottom of The Drapers menu board this evening, after working it out sans calculator. My Dad helped with the fraction. We can neither confirm nor deny its accuracy 😆 Good to try Counter Culture in the wild too 🍻

Gah! I was ready for an early night - now the ladyball goes to extra time!! Come on Lionesses! 🍻

Excited for this on Tues. Our first two talks were fantastic, and this should be a lot of fun - Phil's book is great, packed with interesting places to visit and insightful beer and pubs commentary. Perfect for Think While You Drink! Still places, if you'd like to join us: thinkwhileyoudrink.co.uk

Boak & Bailey. They're not late, I am. I had a lovely day out in Bradford-On-Avon yest, so missed sharing. Spect you've all already seen it by now. But if not... PS BOA has some nice pubs and is very pretty 😌

If you’re in Bristol, hope to see you there!

@maristhotter.bsky.social Michael! Hello👋🏻 Dunno if you remember me but my partner Bob & I stayed at the Crow in '23 when we brewed at Abbeydale, & met you. Our pubs mngrs @bothsidesofthebar.bsky.social are staying on Thur for a day-&-night of Sheff pubbing, so I wanted to introduce you - cheers!🍻

Saturday means morning reading to see if anything takes my fancy to fully read later. Boak & Bailey - doing the good work! Cheers 🍻

Tomorrow!

Boak & Bailey innit. Stay hydrated, support your local pub this weekend 🍻

B&B's usual round-up, only this week with bonus B&B and GC - what a treat! To say we're delighted to have them joining us on Tue for Think While You Drink is an enormous understatement. If you're local, do join us. The second talk on the night is set to be fascinating too thinkwhileyoudrink.co.uk

Basically what Christina said! Come on down, beer fans/social history fans/women fans 🍻

Come for the Irish beer history, stay for the ghosts and demons. Can't wait to see some of you at 'Think While You Drink'! Make sure you sign up 🍻

Oh yeah, and this! (Ignore the Kokomo / Pure O mix-up 😆) V cool!

Cheers!

There will be beer tastings, parties, music and wakes. You’ll meet thieves and murderers, saints and goddesses. You’ll hear stories of kings and paupers, witches and bishops, Irish, English and Vikings from the Late Iron Age all the way up to the early 20th century.

the biggest events in the story of Ireland. You’ll find an 18th-century courtesan who had a wicked streak of beer snobbery and early medieval monks who wrote beer reviews so terrible, any Untappd fan would feel right at home.

Can't wait to welcome Christina to Bristol this time next week! She's helping us re-launch our Think While You Drink series of free talks this summer, and here's a little of what you can expect if you join us 🍻

It's day 23 of #31beerherstories and today we learn of Unnr, a powerful leader who had ties to Dublin. Importantly, she planned her grandson's wedding- which also turned into her funeral feast. That wouldn't be complete without funeral ale! More on my substack here open.substack.com/pub/braciatr...

Interested in these stories? Come and hear the wonderful Dr Christina Wade @braciatrix.bsky.social talking 1000years of Irish beer history at the end of the month in Bristol 🍻

Cannot wait to come to Bristol to chat all things Irish Beer History and my book with @amyjbburnett.bsky.social at the 'Think While Your Drink' series! Hoping to see some of you there!

I'm so excited to be working with Dr Pam (& Prof Sam) on these events. We love creating good chemistry in its broadest sense, sharing our interests in things that reach outside of just drinking beer 🍻 Let us know if you want more info, would love to see you ☺️

Life (work, mostly) gets in the way, and I haven't re-shared these wonderful stories daily as I planned 😮‍💨 But we're REALLY excited to welcome Christina to Bristol in a few weeks to talk about her book! Do come if you can, the Robin Hood on Wed 30th, as part of Think While You Drink 🙌🏻

As if any of the few people who follow me don't also follow B&B! Here's the re-post anyway ☺️

Christina will be in conversation with @amyjbburnett.bsky.social about her new book, Filthy Queens, at Robin Hood on 30/4. Hope to see you there! @drinkingstudies.bsky.social

Missed reposting this at the time so going to do so in April, for anyone who missed it ☺️ And, super-excited to announce the return of Think While You Drink, our series of talks about beer, brewing, pubs and general drinking culture. Dr Wade is our first speaker wooooo! More info to follow...

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Not necessarily an improvement. Just different. Why cant we have food pubs AND brilliant, community-minded, local wet-led pubs for people who fancy a pint. And if he thinks pubs without food cant be open & inclusive he should come & see my two, & meet my superb managers, their teams & our regulars 🙄

Fascinating, terrifying, and utterly believable. Thanks for this. Looking forward to reading the other 5 year diaries. 😣

And my friend Kate, Head Brewer @handbrewco.bsky.social, won this one 🙌🏻 I'm so proud to know her - she's a powerhouse, and makes diversity, equality & inclusion a priority across the whole brewery. She's also kind, generous & great fun. I think she'll prob have a hangover today! Well deserved!! 👏🏻🥳🏆

Our beautiful pub was shortlisted for an(other!) award 🙌🏻 We lost our to the guys that went on to win Brewery Business of the Year - so that's not bad! Congratulations Bullhouse Brewery (& their Bullhouse East taproom)! 👏🏻

On our way to Liverpool for BeerX, looking forward to catching up with lots of people and going to some beautiful pubs 🍻 Got a few hours to make some headway on this, in preparation for our Think While You Drink talk with @braciatrix.bsky.social and @amyjbburnett.bsky.social #ComingSoon!

And this as part of the day - all welcome at the Taproom from 2 o'clock. The brilliant @betamaxer.bsky.social & pals spinning vinyl by women , an incredible woman food trader, and our v own fabulous @lawwraguest.bsky.social behind the bar. Join us for a pint or three! 🍻 #IWD2025

Right - this is tomorrow! Got 60 women signed up 😵‍💫 I'm sure they won't all come, no idea how we're going to fit them all in if they do 🤣

Loads happening this week! Tomorrow is March's She Drinks Beer, our regular night at the pub for women who enjoy beer, at our beautiful award-winning city centre pub @kingsheadbs1.bsky.social! Come join us! 🙌🏻🍻

Had such a great time in Birmingham on Thur with Catherine, the Brum Beer Babs and @atticbrewco.bsky.social team brewing up an International Women's Day cask amber - thank you for having us x We can't wait for our own IWD brewday on 8th March now - more details on our website 🍻

Lorin, Laura, the rest of the team & I are working hard to make sure this is going to be an interesting, informative, hands-on, wide-reaching, FUN day - really hope you'll join us. Details on the She Drinks Beer page on our website 🙌🏻🍻

YES can't wait for this! Part of our IWD brewday on 8th March, we'll be welcoming womxn to the brewery to brew a beer & do cool stuff like hear from Dr Amy. More info to follow! 🙌🏻🍻

2025 marks 10 years of Good Chemistry 😱😆🥳🎂 We’re really excited to celebrate this milestone - it's shaping up to be a year-long party! You’re not going to BELIEVE what we’ve got in store for Feb😉🍍 Head to our blog for ALL the details first (tinyurl.com/4drvnzxt) and we'll see you in the pub soon🍻🎂