Fancy a cheeky Monday beer? We're open till 8pm today!

Sit by the fire and try a triple choc @beersinchester.bsky.social @stephenslack.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social @redjumpermartin.bsky.social

The beer and cider selection in @thatbeerplace.co.uk right now is unbelievable #bskybeer

One stout then another @beersinchester.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social @stephenslack.bsky.social

GOOD MORNING! Here's the final news, nuggets and longreads for 2025 with lots of stuff about pubs, plus notes on a frustratingly unattainable, wonderful-sounding beer. 🍻🍺 boakandbailey.com/2025/12/news...

If you can please support our #pubs this holiday season I don’t drink alcohol so why am I passionate about pubs. The answer they provide communities with unique social spaces. They are economically, socially and culturally important. They are sites of our national and local history and heritage

You should read this thoughtful piece from Matthew for a perspective you won't get from the suits.

Fresh on @beersinchester.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social @stephenslack.bsky.social

You’re a community that's passionate to save & run your village pub – but how do you find funding to turn vision into reality? 👉 https://www.goodfinance.org.uk/latest/post/securing-pubs-future-lessons-punch-bowl-inn?utm_source=plunkettuk_bluesky&utm_medium=organic_social @goodfinanceuk.bsky.social

Christmas opening times, and it’s the final quiz of the year tonight, come along and join in, thanks to Sarah and Colin for hosting the quiz and all who attend @beersinchester.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social @stephenslack.bsky.social

Worth your time reading this to understand how the new business rates threatens pubs | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Bass in a Bass glass @beersinchester.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social @stephenslack.bsky.social @zuspus.bsky.social

May be subject to a few little changes along the way, but for now...

A lovely reflection on the joys of drinking alone - “Drinking alone, within reason, makes you slow down, meditate, enjoy your own company and observe those around you.” - henryjeffreys.substack.com/p/the-joy-of...

Please share this image - with big thanks to the Edgcumbe Arms 👏 We all need to get the message out that unless the Government listens & changes course - and supports pubs rather than taxing them to death. #businessratesbetrayal #stoptheratesrise #TaxedOut #saveourpubs #pubs

Beer from the wood. One of the best beers I have tasted this year. In the magnificent Angel, Manchester.

Fantastic afternoon in the Castle, Macclesfield. Great beer and company. Superb pub.

A book, a cosy fire, a perfect pint. Quintessential pub experience, city or countryside. Mustn't lose them.

With 13 #BeerFestivals this weekend, secure some glorious local beer & wrap a pint with the confidence of someone who’s given up on style. Your festive salvation awaits at beerfestbuddy.com 🍺🎄🔥🧝‍♂️😏 #SupportLocal #BeerLovers #BrewSky #IndieBeer #BeerUK #BskyBeer #Beer #Beeraholic #beertalk

That stout is a real (Christmas) cracker.

What seemed like support for hospitality, biz rates reform, #Budget2025 turns out to be the opposite. Proposed revaluations a disaster. Promises broken. #SaveOurPubs #bizrates protzonbeer.co.uk/comments/202...

Fantastic beer from Merlin @beersinchester.bsky.social

Oh good gods! Port Street Beer House.

Well this is unexpected. Raspberry Jam stout, with early Pink Floyd (Remember a Day) on the speakers in the City Arms in Manchester.

Happy to see that the concerns of pubs made it onto the national news - and @theswanyork speaking for them! The government have dealt yet another blow to an industry that deeply supports our communities! Politicians need to up their game, and quickly, to avoid devastation! #pub

...or you could tell your loved ones that instead of presents and cards, you are making a donation to charity. Win-win.

This week in @thetimes.com we look at minikegs and minicasks - what the difference between them is, how to know which one you’ve got and how to get the most out of it (paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

Lunch. Mince pie washed down with Dunham Massey Winter Warmer at Costello's bar in Altrincham.

Just updated the chalk board @beersinchester.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social

Just having a lovely local IPA 😋🍻 #Cask #realale #beer

Don’t forget, it’s double bubble on the quiz tonight, and free muffins for everybody, bet you can’t wait @beersinchester.bsky.social

A lot gone and a few added @beersinchester.bsky.social @realalecyclist.bsky.social

It’s getting milder @beersinchester.bsky.social

I can hardly believe I turned down a chocolate orange stout for this, but who can resist a ruby mild? Glad I made this choice; excellent beer. Abbeydale Ruby Mild in the Angel, Manchester.

Today, this gem from Wilde Child; Son of a Nutcracker Ferrero Rocher stout, found as a guest beer in the Blackjack tap in Mackie Mayor in Manchester.

Some great dark ales at this time of the year. Yesterday, Macclesfield's lovely Castle provided this stunner. A coffee milk stout from Black Iris brewery.

Just checking that the heritage is on @beersinchester.bsky.social

GOOD MORNING! Here's this morning's round up of good writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with a common thread about *doing it right*. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...

In my new column for CAMRA’s What’s Brewing I have taken a look at two recent “best” pub lists (from Time Out London and The Good Food Guide) and assembled my thoughts on them. You can read it here: wb.camra.org.uk/2025/11/10/o...

Back to Bass @beersinchester.bsky.social

Finally to the local Pub of the Season, Beacon in Altrincham. RedWillow Feckless my beer of choice

Always a warm welcome at Jack in the Box in Altrincham Market Hall. I was recommended this cask dark lager and can confirm that it was very good indeed.

Really good stout from Dunham Massey in Costello's Altrincham today. Just the beer for a cold day.

Today in @thetimes.com I break down the price of a pint and explain why it costs so much. Over half of all job losses in the last year have been in hospitality - pubs need help. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

The odd beer @realalecyclist.bsky.social @beersinchester.bsky.social @redjumpermartin.bsky.social

Lovely to meet up with a couple of mates in @oldecottage.bsky.social earlier - Unfortunately the Bass was on its last legs (damn, I'd been looking forward to having a pint all day). Second pint was the Wye Valley-HPA, which was lovely. Fantastic pub. 👏 @shitchester.bsky.social

Ways stout and porter are commanding more attention @teamdb.bsky.social

Stop 5 Chester and perfectly located before the train home - The Olde Cottage for a pint of Wye Valley HPA. About as good as you can get cask beer. I'm not sure the fire needed to be lit but it certainly added to the atmosphere

Moved on to Jolly Sailor in Macc.Very good pint of @timothytaylors.bsky.social Boltmaker and an open fire.