A while back Historic England asked for my opinion on which was the oldest pub in London. The result is a new online article that outlines the variables, busts some myths, and points to a couple of genuinely ancient pubs in and around the city... heritagecalling.com/2025/09/25/w...

It's beer, Jim but not as we know it 🍻

German Kraft is staging its final Oktoberfest at Elephant and Castle, closing out eight years of bringing an authentic Bavarian beer festival to the heart of London beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/25/g... #beer #beernews #beerfestival #oktoberfest

Nice to see the new Hopsters bar in Bury St.Edmunds will be opening shortly. Ed and the team have worked hard on this one. It'll run alongside those already established in Ipswich, Woodbridge and Chelmsford. 🍻

Morning, up early. Today's FB memory from the #cats. How it started, one year ago when they were both strays vs how it's going from the other night. It's taken time. They've now become good pals 😊 🐈‍⬛🐈‍⬛

Keystone to take over brewing Laine beers so the latter can focus on its pubs. Not sure what will happen to the North Laine brewpub in Brighton | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Morning. Some mainstream US beer news to start the day 🍻 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Yorkshire brewer T&R Theakston has worked with Brennan’s Brewery Ireland to refresh the branding of its Irish stout beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/23/b... #beer #beernews #stout #irishstout

We're looking for 2 Panel members to join the Independent Complaints Panel. We're looking for the following: 👉 Alcohol industry experience OR 👉 Adjudicatory or relevant regulatory experience Sounds like you? Find out more & see the job specs: www.portmangroup.org.uk/join-us/

Jodie Kidd closes her pub for three days after staff suffer "verbal and physical abuse" from customers | Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Today's FB memory from 2021. Perhaps with a touch of sadness now but was good to visit Poppyland Brewery and meet owner/brewer, Dave Cornell, then catch up with brother Martyn in the Red Lion, Cromer for beers and chat.

I've been asked a number of questions in recent months, on here and the 'other place', about my Seestar S50. I've been able to reply to most but I'm no expert. Smart scopes of all models are growing in popularity. Passing on this site for those that don't know of it 🙂🔭 www.smarttelescopesinfo.com

BTW had a nice walk round the Clare Castle park and cup of coffee in the old station building before heading to the Cotswold Archaeology exhibition. Very interesting displays and lots of information on offer. Also got my first conkers of this year! 😊

Excellent lunchtime session chatting with an 85 year old brewer who started back with Charringtons in Mile End in the 1960s then went on to Greene King and others. Lots of old skool stuff that he's told me. Even got some mid 1960s Watneys info from him which is very interesting. 😊 Cheers🍻

If you are a pub/bar/restaurant/hotel/council that would like to use our nolo point of sale materials/publicans guide you can find them here www.york.ac.uk/business-soc... They are FREE to use!!! Grateful for any shares to get them out there!

Going to be a dull grey day here in Glemsford but I'm looking forward to visiting this archaeological exhibition just down the road in Clare before a trip to the pub for a Sunday pint or two 😊🍻 cotswoldarchaeology.co.uk/events/event...

‘New documentary explores the rise of Desi pubs’ | BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Good to get out to the pub today and kick off my Cask Ale Week celebrations in Sudbury, Suffolk. All beers in good form. Added bonus of already seeing Sam Smith's Winter Welcome Ale 6%ABV on sale in the supermarket. Grabbed a couple of bottles to enjoy this week 🍻

Just though I'd show people who don't know my basic 4 stages of image production using the Seestar S50 resulting in my artistic interpretation of the raw data. Here's last night's Elephant' Trunk Nebula: 1. Raw data 2. AI denoising (cleaning up basically) 3. Initial editing 4. Enhancement 😊🔭

Another successful evening. Clear sky and very mild here. Three more nebulae in the bag: The Elephant's Trunk, The Wizard and finally, The Ghost of Cassiopeia, rather faint. I did go back and have another crack at last night's Crescent Nebula but ended up with almost identical result. Good fun 😊🔭

5 out of 30 beers in the JDW autumn festival are using new British hops — Harlequin, Ernest, Olicana, Jester. Progress?

'Chimps consume equivalent of a beer a day in alcohol from fermented fruit' | @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/science/2025...

Well I struck lucky and the cloud cover broke up long enough to get these 2 images. My third, and best so far, effort on the Pacman Nebula NGC281. I turned then to NGC6888, the Crescent Nebula. Would like to revisit this again over the weekend, weather permitting. 🙂🔭

Beamish, the iconic stout from Cork, in Ireland, which has been quietly building a loyal fanbase since 1792, is now being imported into the UK and distributed by Cave Direct beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/18/b... #beer #beernews #stout

All set up and ready to go but looks like cloud may well be coming in here. Target is NGC281 in Cassiopeia. Fingers crossed 🤞🔭

This National Cask Ale Week, we’re taking a trip back to 1958, when Timothy Taylor’s marked its Centenary year with a beautifully illustrated brochure of our brewery and pub estate. Read more & view the brochure: www.timothytaylor.co.uk/news/celebrating-cask-ale-week-look-back-our-centenary-year

Ever dreamed of crafting your own beer? Now’s your chance! Join us for a hands-on brewing experience where you’ll create your own unique recipe and brew it with expert guidance. 📆 Saturday 20th September 📍 Brewlab, Sunderland Book your spot now! brewlab.co.uk/product/brew... #Brewery #CraftBeer

Here we go — Cask Ale Week is here, giving us a chance to celebrate our national drink and also, of course, try a few pints of the glorious nectar! beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/18/c... #beer #beernews #ale #caskale #caskbeer

A new limited run of Young’s Waggle Dance is being made available from today, marking the brewer’s 194th anniversary beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/18/y... #beer #beernews #honey

The power of astro image processing. Was chatting to a friend about this subject. So thought I'd push it a bit on my image of IC1895. I prefer my original but many are going for the bold look. Striking admittedly but very artificial to me. What do others think? Left or Right 😊🔭

A new episode of The British Food History Podcast is out now: Ireland, Ale & the Colonising British with @braciatrix.bsky.social. She has written an excellent book, Filthy Queens: A History of Beer in Ireland. It’s available on all podcast apps, my blog & YouTube. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

#yeast #fungalevolution

This youtube channel gives me a lot of nostalgia. From 2011 when @petebrownbeer.bsky.social played the young buck to Peter Amor's bow tied old world charm. Terry Jones was still alive and sipping pints. There was a lot more hope in beer and in the world in general. www.youtube.com/@BritishBeer...

Repeated losses of self-fertility shaped heterozygosity and polyploidy in #yeast evolution! #Saccharomyces

Very short 1 hour session tonight with the Seestar here in Essex, UK. Lot of high patchy cloud around which made it tricky. Had to stop imaging M57, Ring Nebula, after just 4 minutes. Managed a bit longer on the Fireworks Galaxy, NGC6946 🔭

Congratulations to Steve at The Naval & Military Club, Southend on Sea (Open to non-members). Full marks on both #beer and cellar Beer Marque audits today. Recently awarded Club of the Year by local CAMRA branch. 🍻

Support Cask Ale. Support pubs. 🍻😊

Some movement in the right direction......Treasury confirms ‘lower tax rate’ for pubs in Budget www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

Great to get out nolo work featured on the @britbeerwriters.bsky.social news feed with the official launch of the materials and guide this Wednesday at the York @camraofficial.bsky.social beer festival! @uoysbs.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/york-re...

Sad news. His work, giving a modern interpretation of many ancient brews, was most interesting. RIP

Fingers crossed that the dreaded Essex cloud isn't around again tonight for these ISS passes. First one is good for me going North of London 🤞🔭

Cooking done. Just time to grab my first daylight Moon shot in many months, almost directly overhead and didn't think the Seestar would make the angle but it did. 😊🔭

Morning all, early start here to get a pork casserole into the slow cooker for tomorrow's dinner. Roast lamb on the menu for today. Also hoping the weather will be half decent today for a pub visit. Enjoy your day 😊

#beerpush update as we dedicate this '25 challenge to the memory of Fred, and his family in the hope we can save young men needlessly dying of #TesticularCancer Read more and also donation link share.google/omIvhBkh76SF... 7 days 1- 7 October, the countdown is on for Mr #moongazer

Saturday Session: Kicking off Beer O'Clock with a rather fine pint of Grainstore Rutland Beast. A good strong dark ale at 5.3%ABV. Rich and moreish. Bit like me 😜 Cheers 🍻

Two Fb memories. OTD in 2014: Me and my little beer buddy Sophie, of Burnt Mill Brewery these days, scrubbed up for the IBD Southern Section Annual Dinner in Cambridge. OTD 2016: The classic 'by the front door shot' for my 1st day teaching brewing apprenticeships at the college. Good times🙂

I've enjoyed this book. Not read cover to cover, concentrated on the chapters covering: Beers and Brewing Ingredients, Brewing Technologies and Techniques and Brewers and Brewing Spaces. Lots of information there without jumping to conclusions. Uncertainties remain uncertainties. Recommend 🍻

#Caturday morning. Once again the bed seems rather crowded! 🐈‍⬛😺🐈‍⬛

"There's a growing demand for traditional beer. It's getting harder to find." Hook Norton Brewery, 1974. Another treasure from the BBC Archive. youtu.be/HHDESSHVpcc?...

The latest episode of Beer Prime is out now, featuring Bohem Brewery. We talk about their Czech lagers being produced in London, the four ways to pour using the Lukr side pour taps, and much more. 🎧 tinyurl.com/4tm7dma3