The Indie Nitro Stout listings now up to 80 entries. Stouts from Hexhamshire brewery, St Austells, Loch Lomond Shindigger and Electric bear added yesterday. Thanks to everyone who has had a look at the list so far.

24 hours since publishing, The Indie Nitro Stout List has grown to 76 entries, with beers from Hobsons @blackisle.bsky.social @hadrianborder.bsky.social @ironpierbeer.bsky.social & Kirkstall now added.

For the last 18 months I’ve been compiling a list on my phone of pub strength, flavouring free nitro-stouts brewed by independent UK breweries. I decided it’s about time I shared the list. You can now find it on my website. beerwithtim.co.uk/the-indie-ni...

Can anyone confirm if @adnamssouthwold.bsky.social Blackshore Stout is available on Nitro in Adnams pubs please? I’m convinced I’ve seen it, but can’t find any record of it on nitro online?

#saisonsunday is rapidly becoming a thing in our house. This hibiscus blended saison from @fyneales.bsky.social Origins Brewing was so good, I immediately ordered another six bottles.

A big weekend 🤩 Excited to accept 'Herts Beer of the Year' award tonight at the White Hart Tap in St Albans (ft. Tring tap takeover) Sunday - we'll feature in a Beer Ties panel at the Alban Arena with host @beerwithtim.bsky.social 🍺 Here's to CAMRA members weekend and its 'City of Ale' events 🙌

Excited to be chairing a panel discussion on the beer tie & guest beer rights at @camraofficial.bsky.social members weekend next Sunday Joining me will be reps of Tring Brewery, Mad Squirrel Brewery and SIBA. I look forward to what will no doubt be a robust & engaging discussion!

Thursday night in Montpellier, every bar is packed, every terrace is full, I had steak, chips, salad for dinner with free bread and a pint and it came to €26. People are spending money! This is what the UK could have if we just gave hospitality a break from the endless tax and overhead pummelling!

If you are using AI to create a zero effort, piss-yellow filter ,joke post for your socials, then you are the fool this April.

Next month marks 10 years since the release of Cloudwater DIPA V3, one of the first hazy hype beers, and Gipsy Hill’s Drifter, the first UK brewed New England IPA. I’ve written a post reflecting on 10 years of UK NEIPAs & the styles impact on British beer culture. beerwithtim.co.uk/2026/03/17/m...

On my way back from a few days in France. A short blog post has emerged from an evening in Lille beerwithtim.co.uk/2026/03/12/c...

Bit of a coup for us, we've landed the gig running the bar for Prince Andrew's 66th birthday party tonight. Right, better get the van loaded and head down to Windsor!

This is an incredible piece of work. Well worth reading and understanding. Well done @laurenleek.eu anyone with an interest in keeping pubs alive should read.

Cask ale drinkers? If given a choice do you prefer to drink your pint from a glass with a handle, or a glass without one? Doing some research and trying to gauge what the general consensus is (if any)

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 🍻

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.