The Beer Nut
@thebeernut.bsky.social
Drinks beer, travels. Drinks beer. Writings: https://thebeernut.blogspot.com/
My beer of the weekend, not that you asked, was Heaney Brewery Lamp Light.
I wang on a lot about how different these two beers are. Time to put some blind-tasted evidence behind that.
*listening to Paul Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice* Tell you what this needs: a mouse in a hat.
Build by The Housemartins is the song that made me grow up to believe that a lot more popular music would be about planning permission.
TIL I trust Graham Norton more than Kylie Minogue on matters vinological, for no good reason.
An American visitor at Open Gate is experiencing the language barrier, asking for a pint of "Guinness Drought". If it were pronounced "Draft" they'd have spelled it with an F, obviously.
If one of your tests as to whether a pint of stout is good or not is tilting it then you need give your head a wobble instead and get the hell off of social media. There's a few people on video platforms that really need to stop all this rubbish and get into blind tasting. One lad in particular ...
Cask ale, scotch eggs and Fouracres. It's a niche combination, granted, but it's also my niche. Fair play, @pelliclemag.com.
A close inspection of some brand extensions, on the blog today: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/08/the-...
The fuck are they expecting to get back? "All the markers indicate that this beer would have been malty with a hoppy finish."
As the old saying goes, Manhattan after Rioja, you'll be okay-ah. Rioja after Manhattan, your underwear will be shat in.
Wetherspoon Cider Festival: Day 3. This lad is changing my opinion on candy-sweet ciders. It's disturbingly tasty.
Best pubs in the world, Dublin. Quinn's, for example, "almost certainly doesn't have sewage in the keg room [any more]." everypubindublin.blogspot.com/2026/08/revi...
Revisit 20 years on: N0080 Quinns
Visiting every pub in Dublin City & County, and documenting new pubs and those that have gone before.
everypubindublin.blogspot.com
This person does not deserve her ready access to little tubs of Albert Heijn filet américain 🐮 🥖 😋
I see the guy who found a load of 19th century Champagne at the bottom of the sea has now found a load of 19th century Guinness at the bottom of the sea. It's good to have a diverse portfolio in your press releases.
![Half pint of Farmer Jims [sic] Prickly Pear perry at The Silver Penny, a JD Wetherspoon in Dublin.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4yle5zup2hkfrevtj5csgavq/bafkreifm5svvztvrjb6m6pejpmdeewjcm3k2ihvvh35sgc4zugwcox5coi)
Is it a good idea for a "wild & mixed fermentation" brewery to try making hazy IPA? I run the numbers in today's blog post: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/08/keep...
"Today is August 4, 2026" There Will Come Soft Rains By: Ray Bradbury
Wetherspoon Cider Festival is it? Cheeky lunchtimer will we? Appley goodness do they?
My beer of the weekend, not that you asked, was Basqueland Boyicao.
Fair play to Fidelity: deciding that pilsner should be served at 54°C, and seeing that through.
Early Halloween in Big Kev's, with this pair of absolute bangers 💥
In honour of the UK's new prime minister, today I'm reviewing four own-brand beers from one of the country's supermarket chains. And I burn 'em: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/08/soli...
