Final Destination: Bloodlines is my comedy of the year. We were roaring in the aisles at my showing just now.
At this exact moment in time is anyone NOT on a roll on LinkedIn? I haven't posted in a year but I be rollin rollin rollin
Another glorious WTTO my beer of the fest? Sambrooks Imperial Stout 10.4% no alcohol heat, smooth, coffee chocolate notes alongside some of the mandatory leather great job
Welcoming @vincerai.bsky.social to the Pellicle crew—his honest and humourous take on beer consumption and pub communities as a 60+ year old is beautifully refreshing in this week's story. It's also the story of @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social! Dig in 🌿🍃 www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Halcyon and On and On — Drinking, Ageing, and The Green Goddess in Blackheath, London — Pellicle
I have a simple, beautiful dream for my dotage. It entails being able to walk from my home to a brown pub that sells brown beer. I sit on a stool at the bar. Behind it, a much younger person smiles, s...
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No one knows the pain of having to do shelflife tastings with a vicious hangover.
My new book - Beer Festivals: a great British tradition - is published on 8th May. You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...
Wonderful stuff from @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in @pelliclemag.com The flame of brewing still burning in Burton thanks to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
A Torch In The Infinite — Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire — Pellicle
“Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.” It’s unclear who said this first, but Gustav Mahler, the Austro-Bohemian composer, said it best. He was supposedly parap...
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Busy day today. First up, breaking news: Lake District brewer Jennings saved from corporate destruction: www.petebrown.net/2025/02/05/j...
Jennings Brewery Saved - Pete Brown
Finally, some good news from the Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Co Tour of Destruction.
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Kind of linked ton the Jennings announcement, more green shoots in the post-corporate cask ale landscape. Lovely things are finally happening in Burton on Trent again! @pelliclemag.com sent me to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social to take a look and report back the good news.
Pellicle@pelliclemag.com · 2y agoCask lovers, you're going to want to read this. This week, @petebrownbeer.bsky.social is on top form, telling the story of @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social. “Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.” www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...
Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025 has a date! 19 to 22 June in Utrecht, the Netherlands. It's my favourite festival of the year. In their own words: "Carnivale Brettanomyces is a yearly wild beer festival dedicated to deviant fermentation of all kind." wildegist.nl See some of you there?
French cask beer. Have you seen it? Travel with @anahlcq.bsky.social to Brittany, where Coreff amber ale is the drink of choice, thanks to some VIP brewers from back in the day. Beer lovers, drinkers, and historians, you're gonna love this one. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/1/...
Lève ton Verre — What’s Left of Coreff, France’s First Real Ale — Pellicle
That’s the best seat in the pub, next to the fireplace, where you can listen to the gentle sound of crackling logs, benefiting from the warmth it gives off. Raspoutine, the pub’s gorgeous ginger cat, ...
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FICTION: ‘The Short Stay’ – a weird story for Christmas. precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/12/18/f...
FICTION: The Short Stay
All they want to do is get out of their wet clothes but the key doesn’t work. As Hannah struggles, Joe stands behind her sniffing the warm, musty air of the corridor. ‘Stinks of mice.’ Hannah tries…
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www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de... It shows the impact that @raynewman.bsky.social writing on me that the start of this article about the fascinating yet unsettling Humphrey driving down to meet prospective new tenants instantly had me thinking that it would be a great basis for one of his stories.
Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
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That peculiar whirring noise beer lovers might be hearing is the sound of Carlsberg founder J.C. Jacobsen spinning in his grave in horror at the acts of cultural vandalism the philistines at Carlsberg Marston's are perpetrating in his name.
Pete Brown@petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 2y agoNow the blood lust is in them, the psychotic vandals at Carlsberg Marston’s simply can't stop killing beer brands. thebeertonian.com/2024/12/08/o...
Here in England it's "stir-up Sunday", the day when Christmas puddings are made so they can be matured in time for the big day. What better way to ~celebrate~ than revisiting this festive piece on Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale by @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social? 🎄🎀 www.pelliclemag.com/home/2021/11...
A Time and A Place — Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale — Pellicle
Ken Grossman remembers the exact field at Roy Farms where he got the Cascade hops for his first batch of Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale. In 1981, Sierra Nevada Brewing Company had just opened, and he w...
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A cool feature on the desi pub on BBC The Kitchen Cabinet about the film 'Desi: A Pub Story'. Briefly bemoaning how Glassy Junction is now a vegetarian restaurant @jameskneale.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Kitchen Cabinet - Series 46 - Wolverhampton - BBC Sounds
Jay Rayner and a panel of food experts answer questions from Wolverhampton.
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In this week's substack: We look at my 18th c. beer recreation, a collab w/ Torrside & Hop Hideout, & investigate how eggs helped fermentation in 1700s; learn about historical egg & beer cocktails; & investigate how to brew w/ eggshells to repel fairies in Irish folklore. Link: tinyurl.com/m2t3jecf
ISBF it's about people. People coming to meet up each year. The ISBF Family that comes together each year. The Brewers that comes to talk. And - ultimately - helping people is why we do this. Here's how you did good. www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/thank-y...
#ISBF9 - It’s A People Thing — ISBF9
“We all wanna know what nobody knows, What the nights of wine and roses hold, For the wine and roses of our souls So we down our drinks in a funnel of friends And we burn our blends right down to the ...
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Something very special lands on the shelf today from Thomas Hardy Ales 🍺 Thomas Hardy's Ale Vintage 2024 - 11.3% 🍻 Thomas Hardy's Ale: The Historical - 11.3% With each of these are limited and in a numbered edition. #VivaStirchley #ShopIndependent #EldridgePope #ThomasHardy
“Yet the Rodenbach Brewery was, despite the name, a Regina Wauters joint. Her husband was more interested in fighting wars than brewing beer, so it was Wauters who built out Rodenbach after she and Pedro took full control of it in 1835.”
Book of Lists: 4) Most Interesting Historic Figures With Whom to Enjoy a Beer — Beervana
The beer world is full of characters, including many who lived long ago. Imagine being able to sit down with ten of them for a few hours over a beer. Whom from among these vivid characters would you s...
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The legendary Thomas Hardy's Ale is back in the UK! Ready to order online now and arriving on bars and shop shelves from this week. www.jamesclay.co.uk/news/thomas-...
Thomas Hardy Ale - The Legend Returns
Thomas Hardy's Ale is coming home: the quintessential Barley Wine will be finally available on the British market again thanks to the agreement between…
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www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/isbf9-b... #ISBF9 #Brewday8 @FBrewery A special Brewday. With friends. And hops. Lots of hops. Read on. Please share widely. And if you haven't already, grab your tickets while there's some left. #ISBF9 #DontMissOut #AllForCharity
#ISBF9 Brewday 8 : Return To The Shed of Dreams — ISBF9
Back in early 2014 I sent a tweet that would - I think I can safely say - change my life… In it, I stated that I had stupidly agreed to organising a beer festival, even though I hadn’t the faintest i...
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Anyone who watched longlegs find that it was quite interesting until Nic Cage started to feature more prominently? The ad campaign before release was so much more weird and thrilling then the movie itself