Very enjoyable couple of hours with the Seestar S50 tonight. Decent first images of C46, M44, NGC2264 and IC2177 😊🔭

Excellent seeing conditions for the first time in a couple of weeks here in Essex,UK. SeestarS50 running and my first attempt at imaging NGC2264, the Christmas Tree Cluster 🤞🔭

Lars discloses the secrets of Grog www.beerandbrewing.com/nordic-grog?...

Symposium honoring Distinguished Professor Emeritus Jeremy Thorner entitled “Saccharomyces cerevisiae: The Very Model of a Modern Model Organism”. Monday March 23, 2026 from 9a-6p in Berkeley #yeast #modelOrganism Registration still open! mcb.berkeley.edu/cdp-symposium

I'm a bit out of touch now with the US malting barley scene. Last I heard their 2 row was good so guess this is aimed at the higher protein 6 row material. Anyone got any input on this? 🍻

Beer O'Clock. Belgian theme today following my visit to Beautiful Beers on Saturday. Also I need something warming in this dismal weather! Cheers 🍻

'More than 100 jobs go as brewer Innis & Gunn is bought by Tennent's owner' | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

On #InternationalWomensDay, here's another edition of Women in Chemistry History. This edition features women whose achievements in chemistry include the creation of synthetic emeralds, the impact of diet on intelligence and health, and more: www.compoundchem.com/2026/03/08/i... #ChemSky 🧪

Every spring during marsh tit surveys I check on the Monks Wood bottle, now lain here undisturbed for at least 72 years, but prob since WW2 when a pigpen was here. Huntingdonshire Brewery closed in 1954. Still a few smashed snail shells: Song Thrushes have used it an anvil for generations.

Excellent time at our Social Club here in Suffolk. Good to celebrate our anniversary with a few friends. Finishing on a Chimay Blue. One of my favourites which I don't get that often. Cheers 🍻

Well here we are, celebrating 12 years together tomorrow. I haven't aged a bit obviously 😁 Happy anniversary to us. Cheers 🍻

Pub bells across the UK rang out early yesterday, at 6pm, and will again over the next six days as part of a new campaign by Greene King and Macmillan Cancer Support beertoday.co.uk/2026/03/07/e... #pubs #pubsnews #cancerawareness #prostatecancermonth @macmillancancer.bsky.social

Rather pleased with this haul from @beautifulbeers.bsky.social in Bury St Edmunds yesterday. Keeping Christmas going for a couple more weeks 😁🍻

Jack begins a quest to discover what became of the Cheat Boy perry pear, exploring its past popularity, cultivation, and wondering if it is still to be found in the wild.

Nice to see our local Suffolk brewery supporting this event and celebrating their 40th anniversary.

After three days of judging, the winners of the International Brewing and Cider Awards — the ‘Oscars of brewing and cider’ — have been announced beertoday.co.uk/2026/03/06/b... #beer #beernews #beerawards #cider #cidernews

Hot on the heels of its frontrunner failed bid to buy BrewDog, Tennent's/Magners owner C&C buy Innis & Gunn. More jobs lost, more investors out of pocket

Obituary for Des de Moor now online at the Guardian www.theguardian.com/stage/2026/m...

A student team from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm has broken the record for the world’s smallest beer bottle, completing a challenge from Carlsberg. thedieline.com/swedish-stud...

Beer O'Clock. Good morning in Bury St Edmunds with visits to @adnamssouthwold.bsky.social shop and @beautifulbeers.bsky.social which resulted in a fine haul of #beers to get me through to Easter at least 😊 Back on the Adnams M&S Suffolk Bitter 5.2%ABV. Cheers 🍻

Finalists in the SIBA Business Awards have been revealed. The winners will be announced at BeerX, in Liverpool, in just under two weeks’ time beertoday.co.uk/2026/03/06/s... #beer #beernews #awards

A recent article in @NatGeo highlights how scientists in Belgium are using machine learning to rethink how great-tasting beer is created—especially without alcohol. https://bit.ly/4syOU5X Learn how this technology works in our April 13 webinar: https://bit.ly/4b1VLP6

Pubs for the People by me & Vallu is out with @manchesterup.bsky.social in October. On how the pub can be salvaged as a space for the Good Life that goes beyond boring ideas of White England. A bargain at £18.99 in hardback (cant even get 3 pints for that!) www.waterstones.com/book/pubs-fo...

Beer O'Clock in sunny Suffolk. Good to see the garden starting to bloom again. Cheers 🍻

Cardeña Quadrupel, a 10% ABV Spanish Trappist beer, brewed by the monks of Monasterio San Pedro de Cardeña, has arrived in the UK, at Beers of Europe beertoday.co.uk/2026/03/05/c... #beer #beernews #trappistbeer

And in Today's Beer News: Busy day on Cask Marque with 10 pub visits. Pleased to say 8 passed but 2 pubs were unaware that they had no Cask Ale for sale when they opened and went to serve me. This is a bugbear of mine: Check beer availability and quality BEFORE opening! 😠 Carry on 🍻

Back in the kitchen. Following a tip on looking for Sea Bass fillets in the reduced section of Tescos, I picked up 3 packs on Monday at £3.75 each. So here we are, first pack & they've been marinated in dark soy and 5 spice, served with stir fry and noodles 😊😋

Roughly 200 breweries are expected to open across the US this year. Who opens a brewery in 2026? I talked to a few of the entrepreneurs behind them: wapo.st/4l336RS

PMUs are a unique French institution. Somewhere between betting shops, cafés, bars and social clubs, they exist in every town. People use them, or staunchly avoid them. Hipsters are creeping in. @anahlcq.bsky.social tells the full story. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/2/...

Rare historical book on the art of brewing beer restored ...

Got a break in the clouds here and lovely 'Worm' Moon now in view. Won't start turning red until the early hours for a Blood Moon. Good luck to all those hoping to image it tonight 🤞 🌕 🔭

Italy moves toward official “beer tourism” 🍺 The "Coltiva Italia" bill introduces beer routes, tax simplifications for microbreweries and new funds for the craft beer supply chain. If it passes it will be a major step for Italian craft beer and local economies 🇮🇹 www.pintamedicea.com/birra/2026/c...

It’s spring in the northern hemisphere and the crocuses are blooming. Find out more about their colours and poisonous lookalikes in this graphic: www.compoundchem.com/2022/03/15/c... #ChemSky 🧪

WB pioneer much missed by @rogerprotz.bsky.social wb.camra.org.uk/2026/03/02/w...

20 months ago Bob was a half starved feral moggy that I took pity on. Today he's spitting out roast chicken because I gave him thigh instead of breast. Cheeky sod! 🙄🐈‍⬛

A week today it’s International Women’s Day. In @thetimes.com today, we spotlight six brilliant female brewers. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

Beer O'Clock. Chicken just gone in the oven. Still raining here but I'm happy, I've got a Broadside and nibbles. Cheers 🍻 #Sundaying

Well one of us is going to have to disturb Sid's Sunday lie in as we need to change the bedding 🙄🐈‍⬛ #cats

Morning all. St. David's Day and the start of Spring. Unfortunately, it would appear that we're due more rain later 🙁 Traditional Sunday ahead for me; roast and beers 🍺. Enjoy yours 🙂

I've been informed that the Baltic Trader Export Stout 10.5%ABV and Ripper Barley Wine 8.5%ABV are getting low, they're only in pins. So obviously I'll have a swift half of each now. 🍻

Saturday Session. And we're off at The Orange Tree, Chelmsford. Starting with Green Jacks Gone Fishing, their excellent traditional ESB style #beer at 5.5%ABV. Will work my way up the ladder.... Slowly. Cheers 🍻

I've just updated my rough guide to the pubs & brewpubs of, Heidelberg See what's changed: www.ottosrambles.co.uk/heidelberg.php #CAMRGB FEEL FREE TO RE-POST 😊 #CheersToBeers 🍻 #BeerResearch 📝 #CraftBeer #BeerTourist #travel #CiyGuide #GotothePub #Heidelberg #Germany #Holidays #Beer 🍺 #BskyBeer

Haruhito Kato, Ph.D., and the team at Kirin Holdings have been researching the causes behind winter-type gushing, and they are ready to share some insights published in JASBC! Read more: https://bit.ly/4cjvBJ0

Time to get lunch prepped. Couple of nice duck legs seasoned with my Dad's Pepper Blend and some Thyme. Going Spanish on the #wine front today with this Marqués De Carano Gran Reservado 2021 from the Carinena region. 🍷🍷🍷

Morning. Friday once again. Looks like a wet one here sadly. No CM pub visits today and I'm saving my #beer vouchers for tomorrow's Green Jack Brewery TTO so I'll be in the kitchen later, my other 'happy place' 🙂 Meanwhile this is worth a read from 1953; TV responsible for fewer pub visits 🤔🍻

I'll just leave this hear for your enjoyment...

'The microbiological quality of draught no- and low-alcohol beers' by Giulia Roselli et al has been published. Its an important paper detailing the poor quality of NoLo beers on draught dispense. Its free/open access and very much worth a read at jib.cibd.org.uk/index.php/ji...

Nice surprise this afternoon coming back from town; Salem turned up aka Black Cat with Fluffy Tail. He appeared, as a kitten, 4 years ago & lives up the road. Not seen him for a year. He's had some Dreamies. And we now have a Black Cat line up: Bob, Sid & Salem 😊🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛ #cats

Wrote a brief obit on Ted Bruning for @britbeerwriters.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/ted-bru...