When I say this tastes like Crunchie bars I don’t mean, it’s a bit like honeyed whiskey. I mean it’s liquid crunchie bars, the honeycomb, the chocolatey bit, it’s Crunchie bars.

A hell of a line up from British Guild of Beer Writers Brewer of the year @elusivebrewing.com We have Kernel and Burning Sky collabs as well as the return of world beer award uk winner Oregon train and a cheeky black IPA for those who partake.

The Grapes Christmas market stall is back open! We have Glühwein, mulled cider, mulled Old Fashioneds, bottles of fizz and proper German sausages from Larkhall Butchers! PLUS, take home bags of mulled cider to enjoy later! Thur to Sat 12pm - 8pm Sun 12pm - 6pm

🎶 it’s be-ginning to look a lot like I’ve f-ed up🎶 Too much stuff again. I’ve done it again. Every time I say I won’t do it again and I go and do it again.

Looks like egg nog is back on the menu boys! After a very brief hiatus we have plenty of egg nog in for you again. For the moment. shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/eva...

How about that for a starting lineup. Coming down for the game later? We have Witchmark distillery, @bathrugby.bsky.social sponsors down this afternoon sampling their terrific gin.

Out in the market today? Best stall is at the back of the grapes where they have local sausages from Larkhall butchers, local mulled cider, mulled wine made with actual wine and the best drink of the market -the mulled old fashioned…

Looks like cloudflare is back. In which case there are 7 of our single cask spiced rums left. A single cask, cask strength canerock that is our own little cask. You can only access it via this link if you want to get some for Xmas. shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/can...

Guess the giant cat that controls cloudflare has knocked something important off the table again. Website down atm but most websites are down atm. Normal online operations should be back up soon but in the meantime we open at 10am

Best thing Bath ever did was voting this asshole out.

lol

3/3 “Why is Jones’ patent flour like the sun? Because they are both original and self-rising and their beneficial effects are alike appreciated in the palace and the cottage!”

His concoction (which was sold in bags hand-signed by Jones himself) soon became a household staple in pantries across the world. Later, the bags would bear the catchy slogan: 2/3

In 1845, in a bakery near this spot in Broadmead, baker Henry Jones invented self-raising flour. His patented recipe of flour, baking soda and salt was initially intended for sailors so that they could bake bread whilst at sea without the need for yeast. 1/3

Well. I mean, it is mince pie season.

Here we go!! Pop down this afternoon and Joe from Witchmark has some gin and vodka. Come along and try spirited union, the Bath Rugby treble winners official gin!!

This Black Friday, we have an instore only release courtesy of Wire Works. Gather is exclusive to independent retailers. A 295 btl single cask of their delicious lightly peated single malt at 53.6%. Ex bourbon cask and finished in moscatel, we have 6 btls and you have to visit us to get one.

So tonight, at the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards, this happened:

Fuck yes!!!! Congrats @tabamatu.bsky.social

This *is* the beer you are looking for shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/emp...

3 Tickets freed up for tonight’s whisky tasting with Adelphi/Ardnamurchan at 6pm shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/ard... It’s a good way to avoid the market until you’ve had enough whisky to face the market.

Don’t panic. The little Sherry sets are back this year. That is all.

It’s here! Distilled 56 days after we opened in 2013. 75btls from an oloroso octave. 63%, peated to 80ppm. Glenturret no long make this heavily peated Ruadh Mhor as of this year. Say hello to our very own Xmas bottling. Smoky, silky & sherried. shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/ber...

Monday. Everything is miserable. The world is imploding and the economy is like a turtle in a remote control car. I mean, it’s there, we can see it, but that turtle doesn’t have a clue what’s going on. Sorry, I digress. Third stout of Christmas is out from NewBristolBrewery Winter spiced ginger cake

The Xmas beers are coming thick and fast.

Coming down for the game later? We have something brand new on the shelves for lovers of tasty spirits. Can’t post it yet because it’s not announced till Monday but you can drink it with some tonic down at the rec and buy a bottle off us today!!

Super late but Xmas shopping has started. 20 bottles left of this supercharged single cask spice rum left poppets. 😘 Only available through the link, not searchable on the site. shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/can...

X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based. Here’s an “influencer from Texas”

Want to try something fun this afternoon? James from Maison Ferrand /aplanteray rum is here all afternoon with our single cask spiced rum and some super fun things to try. Bunk off early.

I’ve done it again haven’t I. Gone and ordered too much and it’s all arriving at the same time. I said I wasn’t going to do that again.

New Beer! Fresh from the Empire beer co. You want some? Just pop down to your favourite wretched hive of scum and villainy.

Labour MP Nadia Whittome tells Shabana Mahmood that her plans "fly in the face of decency and compassion" and "will force children and spouses into the hands of the very people smugglers that the Home Secretary is seeking to smash"

It’s Monday so that means the next of New Bristol Breweries 6 stouts of Xmas is out!! Maple bacon pancake stout. Does not contain bacon* just smoked malt, so it’s vegan.

GOOD MORNING! Here's our latest round up of news, nuggets and longreads, with important brewery closures, Belgian bars, green hop beers, and lots of other stuff an' all. 🍺🍻 boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...

It’s Caribbean chocolate cake day! This years editions from Siren include milk and dark chocolate versions, a deconstructed barrel version and the pinnacle being an Emperors brewery collab - DARTH by Caribbean Chocolate Cake!! shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/search?q=Car...

The news is out! Joining our single cask spiced rum is a Ruadh Mhor distilled 56 days after we opened. Glenturret stopped making this heavily peated malt this year so our little sherried octave is a slice of history. This is a preorder for 27th Nov. shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/products/ber...

Thomas hardy ale is back. There’s a third variation this year as well. Vintage 2025 The historical 2025 Special Reserve 2025 Will it last till Xmas? Who knows. shop.independentspiritofbath.co.uk/search?q=Har...

Here it is. The Pokemon evolution of Canerock spiced rum if you will. 50.1%abv, 50cl and only 49btls from a quarter cask that spent the last year on a floating cellar on the Seine river. Not online but message us and we can send you a link. The Cane That Rocked. The best spiced rum we have ever had.

TODAY!! One of the best things we have ever been involved with lands and every bottle from that little barrel is ours and only ours. The liquid travelled over 6000 miles, it’s been resting on the Siene river and you better believe every drop of that is going to be drank by the Avon here in Bath.

And so it begins. The first of @NewBristolBrewery’s 6 stouts of Christmas. One a week for the next 6 weeks. Choco caramel coconut wafer stout is your #1 A rich, silky smooth stout inspired by the legendary Scottish wafer treat. We have less than last year so you may want to click and collect

The studio that made the shitty coca-cola AI ad getting their teeth kicked in on socials bc of how icky bad it is, then the studio CEO coming out insulting and dismissing folks kicking their teeth in, and THEN releasing the worst ever cover up “hey we actually made this by hand” scam vid 🧍‍♀️

Our single cask octave and single cask spiced rum on pre order instore. Mr Cooper is keeping the secrets to himself though. Pop in and see what’s up or wait for the launch of the whisky (around the 25th) or the rum (next week) 49btls of the rum and 75 of the whisky so get it on your Xmas lists.

Rockstar Games, "famed for its Grand Theft Auto franchise, the latest edition of which netted more than $1billion (£770 million) in pre-sale orders alone, last week fired all 30 workers who had been part of an Independent Workers Union of Great Britain (IWGB) Discord channel"

The Christmas beers have started landing. Last Christmas is back from Vault City. Plus an interestingly labelled gluten free gingerbread porter from Brass Castle. All of the Last Christmas we are getting this year is in the building. We ran out last year, we have less this year. Just FYI

meanwhile

In 1755 a panic spread through Bristol when the Avon suddenly drained of all water. The phenomenon was caused by an earthquake and a resulting tsunami off the coast of Portugal. Lisbon was almost destroyed and much of Europe and Africa was devastated but Bristol was mercifully spared.

Hopefully our single cask is getting labelled in the next week. This full cask strength, peated dram from a sherried octave lives up to its big red reputation and should be with us before the Xmas market 😘

In other news 24 bottles of egg nog will absolutely do us the weekend… he said. 👀 Brand new to the UK we have Heaven hill Bottled in Bond 7yr and the Toasted Barrel Elijah Craig as well this weekend.

Mulled mead is back and a new mead, more a braggot stouty mead thing. Second breakfast - honey, oats, malt, coffee, coffee, bit more coffee and finally coffee. Hive mind won’t be at the Bath Xmas market this year but rest assured that we will have all their wonderful things in for you.

New Chu Hai flavours!! The Taiwan tangerine (green) is back as is the incredible peach (tastes like a fresh white peach Bellini) and the lemon. We have plum joining and the gold one is Kawachi Bankan, like a non bitter grapefruity citrus fruit. Tastes like Lilt used to taste before Fanta ruined it