Melissa Cole
@melissacolebeer.bsky.social
Beer hack/International beer judge of mystery/Bad cricketer/Worse fisher Order my books here http://tinyurl.com/z9jd2ru or http://tinyurl.com/da95798b/ Loathe Scampi Fries but any other hate has no home on this timeline. https://linktr.ee/MelissaColeBeer
Swedes are boycotting American beers. The state monopoly off licence Systembolaget reports a drop in sales of American beer of 13% and they've cut 100+ beers from their offering. Lowest sales since the George W Bush / Iraq war era. www.beernews.se/articles/ame...
Amerikansk bojkott – lägsta ölförsäljningen på 20 år - Beernews
Under 2025 backade den amerikanska ölförsäljningen på Systembolaget med ytterligare 13 procent, samtidigt som sortimentet minskade med över 100 öl. Särskilt tydlig är trenden sista halvåret – som norm...
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Oh early reports were wrong, on the sites, they’ve acquired quite a few of them, apologies. Stunned they were included at that price TBH, big ouch!
Well, Italy absolutely smashing it at the #T20WorldCup wasn’t on my bingo card!
a cricket player wearing a helmet and gloves with the letters sb on the bat
Alt: a cricket player in whites & wearing a helmet and gloves hits what looks like a straight six back over the bowler’s head
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Dear Whoever at Apple Who Was Responsible For Moving the Control Key on the New Keyboards, I hope every one of your shoes is filled with Lego forever, you absolute bellend. Yours in deep frustration, The Generation That Grew Up Using Keyboard Shortcuts
a close up of a person 's face with red eyes and black hair
Alt: a close up of a cartoon person 's face with red eyes, thick eyeliner and black hair, the eyes are flickering in rage
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Dear American pals, I’ve just seen your new food pyramid, I reckon you should start stockpiling laxatives now because there’s going to be enough demand to create a black market soon! A backside hustle, if you will…
One thing I learned from my worst job: Pearl-clutching over someone using "bad language" can be a tactic, a form of linguistic DARVO. It's used purposely to deflect from whatever point the speaker was making. Good on anyone who refuses to take the bait.
Hey Hive Mind! Has anyone used a site to sell their old iMac? Apple won’t give me diddly but there’s a fairly consistent £300 or so but no real way of verifying them as kosher.
Absolutely lovely to have just been chatting Christmas dinner ‘hacks’ with Lorraine Kelly standing in for Jeremy Vine on BBC radio 2 today, you can listen again at 12.45! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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Today’s prize is a biggie thanks to my friends @lostcausebrewingco.bsky.social 💛 Get your raffle tickets by 7pm to be in with a chance of winning this and every other prize until Christmas Day. www.justgiving.com/page/kimberl...
The concept of Test cricket is anathema to this 99% of this England team, I despair.
Reform UK is proposing a "Britannia card" that would let wealthy foreigners pay a £250k fee to move to the UK, and live here exempt from all tax on their foreign assets What they don't say: it would cost the UK £34bn Report here, and thread below: buff.ly/gpe2Dpf
2 out of 3 of the top beers listed in this article are from North East breweries. Capital of Craft? You bet we are! 💪 www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/dc07c06... #ShareTheBeerLove: @melissacolebeer.bsky.social for @telegraphnews.bsky.social
The best and worst mid-strength beers
We rate mid-strength lagers, pale ales, stouts and milds for flavour
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It’s not that I don’t want to come home, I do, I miss my husband, but I really don’t want to leave this fruit (and no, I will not be putting any in my bag, it’s so ripe it would turn my whole luggage into some horrifying ferment before I even hit the Elizabeth Line!)
Join Julie and @melissacolebeer.bsky.social at Salt and Tar in Bootle for a Beer School Tasting Experience, where we’ll talk you through the journey from grain to glass! 🔱 Sunday 25th May 2025 🔱 Price includes 6 x ½ pints of beer Tickets are available now via our website: bit.ly/NeptuneBeerSchool
@waterstonesargyle.bsky.social a friend sent me this yesterday, thank you very much for your kind words!
People of Manchester. I'm visiting soon for a work trip and I have an accessibility mission for you! Are there any wheelchair accessible restaurants in the Curry Mile that would welcome a guide dog? (Yes I know it's the law, but unfortunately I very often get refused by restaurants).
Now Keystone has acquired North’s brands, the sector is saddened. Could it be that brand identity is meaningless without beer integrity? Here, I look to the duo who began the North brand in earnest to show why the industry cares so much. www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/02/wher...
Where's your true North?
Now that private equity firm Keystone has acquired North Brewing Co’s brands, the sector is reeling. Could it be that brand identity is meaningless without beer integrity? Jessica Mason looks to the d...
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“At a minimum, 300 babies that wouldn’t have had HIV, now do.” Send him to the fucking Hague
Some good news. Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
‘Groundbreaking’ potential cure for sickle cell in England approved for NHS use
Clinical trials find one-time gene therapy exa-cel offers ‘functional cure’ in 96.6% of patients
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Just listening to the latest excellent Marina Hyde and @richardosman1.bsky.social The Rest Is Entertainment for some reason… open.spotify.com/episode/2Ls2...
The BrewDog Famechaser
The Rest Is Entertainment · Episode
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Exclusive by me in The Drinks Business, several sources inform me that Magic Rock & Fourpure have been bought out of administration by Keystone... more to come.
Keystone strikes again www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/01/keys... HT @melissacolebeer.bsky.social