Sainsbury's making a serious German effort. Mix and match4 for 3.

Celebrating Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 win with decent beer on our deck. Hot and sunny.

Lovely here in Trogir. Very Venetian. This beauty keeping me company.

Brewer here has nailed the style.

Be rude not to.

@totalcurtis.bsky.social Taken your advice. Beer superb. Freeze a yak in here though. 😉

There is quite a story behind this fantastic beer. Your hero, Tandleman is pictured on the can. Zoom in. If you want the story I can send a link, but you need to ask as I'd have to get off my arse otherwise.

Yours truly with Michael Lees-Jones of JW Lees and our esteemed Deputy Chairman Mike Robinson at a GBG presentation at the Cross Keys Uppermill yesterday.

Fab night at our CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury branch meeting last night. Our guest speaker @totalcurtis.bsky.social went down a storm and flogged all his stock of books. Come again anytime Matt.

The mile uphill is rewarded with pint of Lees Brewers Dark. Previously GB Mild this is a former Champion Mild of Britain

I haven't looked at my blog stats for yonks. Great to see I have more Brazilian readers (over three times as much) than the UK. A big shout-out to my Iraqui and Vietnamese pals who also pip the UK. India, Germany and Bangladesh also equalling the UK. Come on UK. Get a grip.

The only Mudge left. And me.

Lunchtime pint. You could never mistake this for a Northern beer, but really quite good. Tring Sunshine.

This was very good yesterday.

Drinking tea and getting ready to head for St Albans and the CAMRA Members Weekend. Should be fun.

Cask mild in the Tavern again. Lees Brewer's Dark. In GBG condition.

@totalcurtis.bsky.social in full flow at his new book launch last night. It is highly recommended. A great piece of work.

Anyone know where in theUK this Guinness FES is brewed?

There's a great piece of analytic beer writing by @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in the Morning Advertiser about the demise of BrewDog. Recommended. Sums the whole thing up so well.

Want some London pub wanderings? I've got you covered. tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uk

Lovely day to be leaving London and back to Mankley.

Just read @petebrownbeer.bsky.social column in the Sunday Times. I've been saying this - not as articulately or persuasively admittedly - for years. Hazy is lazy is my summation. Nice one Pete.

Cavernof the Curious Gnome Chester. What a fab place. Plus White Rat.

Want to see AI in beery action? Watch this shite about Youngers Tartan Special. Photo is a fine example. Guess where it wasn't brewed? And it wasn't a lager ffs.

A rare visitor to our North West shores. Well - I've not seen it before. Good it was too. Well done JDW Middleton

I see Molson Coors is offering us Caffreys Black Stout. 3. 4% of course. We shall see, but I have my doubts about it's quality.

Thoroughly enjoyingAdam Bolton tearing Heidi Alexander to bits on Times radio.

Watching BBC Scotland Hogmanay party and awaiting the New Year. All the best everyone.

Mixed bag in Manchester yesterday. Beer of the day was Fullers/Thorn bridge ESB Beermoth. Brewed in the Burton Union set, this was lush in every way. Close second in terms of presentation and taste was Adams Ghost Ship, but the overall complexity of the ESB swung it for them.

The Winter edition of CAMRA Rochdale Oldham and Bury's More Beer Magazine is available to read here: indd.adobe.com/view/d710304...

Nice beer.

Does anyone know how the Women in Beer Awards are judged?

The Shipwright's Arms. Inside this abomination of a glass is Southwark LPA which is thin and weedy. GBG? Well it is a fab boozer, but no way in my book. Two Sharps beers and this very poor beer.

Two top beer people coz we say so.

Middleton Cricket Club.Spaten Helles tasting better than it did in the Spatenhaus 4 weeks ago. And just £4 a pint.

Not sure where I saw it, but love the story of the cat, missing for 14 days, that just strolled back home and basically said " I'm back. Where's my dinner?"

Off to judge beer at SIBA North West in Bolton. A bus and two trains. Dedicated me.

Latest edition of CAMRA Rochdale Oldham.and Bury's More Beer Magazine is here: indd.adobe.com/view/de1b848...

Draught Bass in a JW Lees grip glass. Why not?

Has this ever happened before? Draught Bass in a Lees Grip Glass. Well enjoy at Middleton Cricket Club. I wasn't there but as a member, I will see for myself tomorrow.

The Fox and Pine Oldham is Greater Manchester Pub of the Year. Publican Chris Riley receives the award from CAMRA Regional Director Ralph Warrington.

E won the keyring at our CAMRA 50th Anniversary Quiz in Rochdale, while I had to "suffer" the official launch of Cask Boddingtons in Founders Hall in Manchester. Both had a great time though.

Support Cask Ale. Support pubs. 🍻😊

Up early. More Beer issue 72 final proof reading and corrections done by half seven. Now drinking tea. Will check my email to publisher once more, then shower before collecting and delivering Sunday newspapers to elderly neighbours. Then make brekkie. I'll need the Tavern later.

I'm about to nip down to JW Lees Brewery for a CAMRA North West tasting of JW Lees brewed Boddingtons Bitter! Should be interesting.

Looking a bit wet and gloomy from the train window.

I'm let loose in London for an evening tonight on my own if any beery person fancies a teatime pint. E1 area or surrounding. I'll be heading for the Aldgate Tap about six.

Celebrating Dumbarton's fighting draw with Elgin City with a beer in the garden. I think we were bloody lucky!