I’ve got a new blog post out covering my top ten tips for giving beer as a gift at Christmas. Give it a read, and then find a way to surreptitiously pass it on to your relatives beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/12/05/g...

Had a great time last night at #BGBW25 @britbeerwriters.bsky.social congratulations to all the winners, all thoroughly deserved!

The dreaded day is here. A nation of hospitaly operators holds their breath.

I had a great afternoon at Brewpoint today, recording a podcast episode with @beerwithtim.bsky.social, having a tour of the brewery, and sampling several of their beers - six after the tour and three over some lunch. Really impressed with the beers.

Completely buzzed this morning to find out I have made the shortlist of the @britbeerwriters.bsky.social awards. See the full shortlist here www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...

Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.

“ When that pub is turned into a house it is gone forever. It’s not coming back… Having the sign up is a constant reminder to the community of what they have lost. The sign mocks those that miss what it signifies.” New blog post on my site now live beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/08/16/g...

It's Beer Day Britain and we'd like to honour the occasion by drawing your attention to @jonnygarrett.bsky.social's piece on his @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social mission to give cask beer a recognised UNESCO cultural heritage status. Cheers! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

Bass 1988 Strong Ale, bottle number 445/500. Heavily aged as you would expect but still drinkable after 37 years. Always fun to try something older than I am!

Beer people! I’ve recently been given this bottle of Bass Museum Brewery Strong Ale brewer in 1988. Ltd edition #445/500. Does anyone have any information on this beer, or Museum brewery from that time? All info appreciated. I plan to open it and try it in due course.

I just published a new blog post with some thoughts on pump clip displays in pubs, and the general changes in pump clip design in the last couple of decades. beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/05/29/p...

Important: @jonnygarrett.bsky.social has written about the crusade to give cask ale UNESCO Cultural Heritage status. Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

Happy Sunday all, enjoying last light of the day with a @millsbrewing.bsky.social Standing Beer in the garden. Dry, acidic, fruity goodness, with a peppery hop finish. Delicious.

I just published a new blog post about how, after years of refusing to do so, I’ve now come to appreciate drinking lager straight from the bottle. You can read it here: beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/04/18/66/

STOP USING AI ART - hire a real cartoonist to draw you into a doll, action figure, anything you want like Eric did when he hired P&P

The train beer game from M&S Food at Marylebone has improved in recent months. Much prefer sipping on a Paulaner Münchner Hell than an own label ‘Belgian Lager’ any day

Deeply strange entering middle-age at a time in world history where things are getting measurably worse. Just a continual psychic struggle of “is this fogeyism or are things just not what they used to be?”

Friday night foam courtesy of Augustiner Weissbier.

Me when I go on Instagram

Have fun everyone heading to SIBA Beer X today 🍻

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To coincide with #britishpieweek I’ve got a new blogpost out, championing one of my favourite food and beer pairings - pork pies and pints of bitter. beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/03/07/i...

I’m heading to Beerfly in Bedford tonight for a talk on How Beer Changed the World from @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social Jonny Garrett. Looking forward to it! Still one or two tickets left, so if you’re local and at a loose end tonight, get one before they’re gone beerflyshop.co.uk/products/how...

It’s amazing what three consecutive days of proper sunshine does for my general mood. I never think my winter glums are that bad until a good dose of vitamin D comes along.

Tonight’s supper was a bottle of Wadworth Old Timer Strong Ale and a pork pie from Block & Butchers of Wendover. The pie was sensational, the beer was fantastic and the pairing was sublime.

This is a top ten of all time hangover. Pray for me

Been looking forward to series two of @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social Keep Cask Alive for months! Can’t wait to watch this tonight.

Hosting our 1000th brewery tour at Brewpoint this morning. All guests are competition winners and are in for a good time. I just hope my voice holds out 🥴

Had a great time on the Wadworth Brewery Ale Trail Pub tour this afternoon. A great afternoon out in Devizes for those who like beer, pubs and history.

Always an excellent round up of the week’s beer writings and news, made even better this week for me because I am included in it!

Jalepeno & Dill is the best flavour of Pipers crisps.

I’ve written a new blog post about my enjoyment of drinking vintage and aged beers. beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/02/05/t...

Perhaps one of my least favourite things in life is pubs, that have been converted into houses, but the occupiers continue to keep the pub sign hanging out the front. If the sign was worth keeping then surely the business was too!

Cautiously, this looks like great news for cask ale drinkers of the Lake District and beyond. I’ll reserve final judgement until the beers are on the bar once more, but I wish the best of luck to Jenning’s new owners.

If only more lagers out there had a colour like this. Bohemia Regent Polotmavé is hitting all the right notes for me tonight. A delight.

He would probably advise me to eat an apple and do some naked frolicking in a stone circle.

Stayed at the pub long enough to get offered free pints whilst line clean is on. Result!

Very happy to join the party 🥳 🍻

This is true. Just because you liked that beer, doesn’t mean everyone else did. Business generally need to produce stuff that actually sells to, you know, survive.

Just guffawed at this post on Instagram by Usernamewithbeerinit.

Really pleased to see Fullers have resurrected Chiswick Bitter. Hope that it will also be returning in cask as well as the advertised bottles. A great pub session beer.

A week behind when I wanted to publish, but I’ve got a new blog post out on why I think January is a really good month to go to the pub. beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/01/05/w...

Pleased to share I am now a member of The British Guild of Beer Writers! What a great start to 2025! @britbeerwriters.bsky.social

I finished 2024 with a Barley Fields Forever, Barley Wine by the always excellent Anspach & Hobday. A boozy apricot delight. Happy New Year BlueSky People!

It’s been too long. @kernelbrewery.bsky.social Imperial Brown Stout

Good morning, I’ve put a new post up on my blog about the potential long term impact of the great Guinness shortage of 2024. All thoughts welcome. www.beerwithtim.com

Let’s get this Christmas break started right! Dookit Brew Forritsome strong Belgian dark ale

A new experience for me, went on a pub crawl last night and drank (nearly) all AF beers. Feels weird to hit 8 pubs in an evening and then drive home. But brilliant that every pub had something to drink that wasn’t lemonade.

I’m making healthy eating choices in 2025. Goodbye 10pc wings and hello 8pcs wings