Here’s a round up of what our members were up to last week featuring: @davidjesudason.bsky.social Klaire Alexander, @totalcurtis.bsky.social @jonnygarrett.bsky.social @janepeyton.bsky.social

This week’s round up features: Em Sauter, Ruvani De Silva, Elizabeth Townsend, Ben Gibbs, Pete Brown and Paul Newton 🍺🍺🍺

The British Guild of Beer Writers Awards are open for 2026! Submit your best work within 14 separate categories for a chance to gain national recognition and share in a whopping £19,500 prize fund. Visit our website for more information on the awards and the categories www.beerguild.co.uk/awards

Last night I attended the (virtual) AGM of @britbeerwriters.bsky.social, so it felt obligatory to have a beer, or two. Or three. Three from the Wokingham area - two of which were @elusivebrewing.com beers with a guest appearance from @indierabble.bsky.social; the other from Bearwood. Top beers!

Please give Petur a warm welcome to the Guild! 🍺🍺🍺

This issue has articles by @nagbw.bsky.social / @britbeerwriters.bsky.social members @melindag.bsky.social, @amethystheels.bsky.social, @brettthepoett.bsky.social, Frances Tietje-Wang, Jorge Torres, and myself, as well as Miranda Moure & @sip-and-savor.bsky.social.

Our guild members were very busy last week. 🍺🍺🍺🍺 This week’s roundup features: Pete Brown, @tassinam.bsky.social @jaegawise.bsky.social Neil Walker, @morrighani.bsky.social Joey Laskin 🙌

Happy birthday 🫶🫶🫶

Pellicle@pelliclemag.com · 3mo ago

Happy 7th Birthday to us! 🎂🎈🎁🎉🕯️ Seven years of making independent food and drinks journalism, paying our contributors fairly and winning awards while we do it. Become a Patreon subscriber and make sure this year is the year we start the printing presses 📰 www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

An update on the upcoming hop growing season in the UK for CAMRA's What's Brewing from me this month.

Hop into spring

I came across an interesting website quite by chance the other day. Run by homebrewer and software engineer, Christian Scheb, Beer Analytics provides...

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Heading to Leuven next week for Tour de Geuze and I'm so looking forward to being in a Flemish supermarket again to hear the Dutch jingles

RIP Peter Coulson. Oh dear. Another one... | @britbeerwriters.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/peter-c...

Peter Coulson

Peter Coulson 6 August 1943 to 27 March 2026Peter, a founder member of the British Guild of Beer Writers, died peacefully at home in Gloucestershire after a short illness. A specialist licensing lawye...

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So proud of this piece about my late father & how our Lion Lager-filled adventures around Sri Lanka changed our relationship Chuffed to bits it was recognised by both @britbeerwriters.bsky.social & @nagbw.bsky.social & so grateful to David & Melinda for publishing it ❤️🍻 🦁 🇱🇰

David Nilsen@davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@amethystheels.bsky.social wrote an amazing article for our 2nd issue back in 2023 about traveling to Sri Lanka and reconnecting with her father over bottles of the national Lion Lager, and today you can read the article for free on the Final Gravity site: www.finalgravityzine.com/articles/fg0...

Thank you to @thornbridge.bsky.social who have just become our latest pro-Patreon supporters and thus began their weekend championing independent food and drink writing! Join them here: www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

JUST OVER 2 WEEKS til our next food and beer pairing event, all about the many different types of LAGER! 👉🏻 www.eventbrite.com/e/bank-holid... ☀️ Far from a dirty word, the world's most popular beer style has a lot to offer! 6pm at AHP Maido on Bank Holiday Sunday 3rd May, book NOW to secure a spot!

Uley Brewery has released a short film, directed by George Souster, that captures how it continues to brew — by hand, on a small scale, and without rushing the process beertoday.co.uk/2026/04/17/u... #beer #beernews #caskale #ale #brewing

Uley Brewery: cask ale shaped by tradition - Beer Today

Uley Brewery has released a short film, directed by George Souster, that captures how it continues to brew, by hand, small scale, without rushing the process

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There’s still 5 places left on our training session with Charles Faram. Please RSVP if you’d like to attend. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

‘Everyone has their opinion’ says Robert Pattinson while promoting 1664 @teamdb.bsky.social

‘Everyone has their opinion’ says Robert Pattinson while promoting 1664

Hollywood actor Robert Pattinson, who was named as the face of 1664 beer last year, has spoken openly about how discussions over “taste” are subjective. db reports.

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'Analysis: The lager renaissance' | @katiematherkm.bsky.social for Drinks Retailing: drinksretailingnews.co.uk/analysis-the...

Analysis: The lager renaissance - Drinks Retailing

From hazy IPAs to pastry stouts, craft beer spent a decade chasing bigger flavours and louder styles. Now, brewers and drinkers are rediscovering the quiet brilliance of lager, writes Katie Mather In ...

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📢 Guild Members - don’t miss your chance to register for our exclusive event with Charles Faram 🙌 Quick, RSVP - there’s only 20 places. Go, go, go! 🏃

Share the beers you’ll be drinking this Easter holiday. Go ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Please join us in welcoming Lydia to the Guild! 🍺🍺🍺 Give Lydia a follow via @lydiawooddrawings on Instagram: www.instagram.com/lydiawooddra...

Francesca will be for one more year in Athens, supporting the Greek Beer Awards. She is an active voice of the Mediterranean brewing scene. 🍻 Member of the @britbeerwriters.bsky.social ✌🏼

Greek Beer Awards@greekbeerawards.eu · 5mo ago

🇮🇹 Francesca Morbidelli @pintamedicea.com will be part of the Greek Beer Awards 2026 jury. 🍺 Italian beer writer and founder of Pinta Medicea, promoting beer culture and craft brewing in Italy. She connects beer communities across Southern Europe. #GreekBeerAwards #UnitingBeerCommunities #BeerJudge

G’wan, give it a pre order: shop1.camra.org.uk/product/manc...

Manchester’s Best Beers, Pubs and Bars 2nd edition (2026) - CAMRA shop

Guidebook to more than 220 pubs, bars, tap rooms and bottleshops in Manchester and its boroughs such as Bolton, Trafford and Rochdale. Available April 2, 2026

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Matthew Curtis@totalcurtis.bsky.social · 5mo ago

There is something about holding several months of hard work in your hands, as a physical thing, that is quite powerful. So excited to have done book four, I hope you all really enjoy it and use the hell out of it. Long live print media.

What’s happening to Chicago’s beer scene @teamdb.bsky.social

What’s happening to Chicago’s beer scene?

Chicago breweries have been facing closures and mergers this year in a situation that is signalling the disappearance of its pulse in the craft beer scene.

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Klaire and Kimberley completed the Drinks Trust Wellbeing Champion course this month as part of our partnership with the Drinks Trust to offer 10 of our members free places. We still have two places left if you’d like to sign-up. This training is worth £250 - apply via secretary@beerguild.co.uk

'Farewell to the Wanstead Tap' thelostbyway.com/2026/03/fare... Attn @newhamvoices.bsky.social and thanks @boakandbailey.bsky.social for the link.

Farewell to the Wanstead Tap - the lost byway

The incredible Wanstead Tap in East London has closed its doors for the final time. I look back at some of the events of the last 12 years.

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How the Estrella Damm fridge packs are riding the no and low trend @teamdb.bsky.social

How the Estrella Damm fridge packs are riding the no and low trend

Damm is launching fridge pack formats of Estrella Damm 0.0% and Damm Lemon in response to growing consumer demand in the no and low beer categories.

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Please welcome Lisa to the Guild 🍺🍺🍺

Sakura Beer, 1924.