Fergus Fitzgerald
@solebear-adnams.bsky.social
A brewing career spanning two centuries
You found it. River In The Pines IPA is our latest seasonal release, brewed in collaboration with our friends at Adnams. A modern take on a classic IPA, brewed to accentuate everything we love about Centennial hops and pushed further with a solid charge of HBC 522. Available now while it lasts.
The beer is here. Now hear the story behind it. Bill caught up with Fergus from Adnams to talk River In The Pines, brewing collaborations, Centennial hops and why HBC 522 was the perfect partner.
The British Guild of Beer Writers have announced the judges for their 2026 awards. The panel brings together expertise from across the food and drink industry beertoday.co.uk/2026/07/02/b... #beer #beernews #beerwriting
Judging panel revealed for Beer Writers awards - Beer Today
The British Guild of Beer Writers have announced the judges for their 2026 awards. The panel brings together expertise from across the food and drink industry
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Wait… Brogue Red on cask? Yeah. We did that. Rye River x Adnam's Now pouring in JD Wetherspoon
Yesterday we revealed the logo for this year's Peterborough Beer Festival, and I gotta admit, it's gorgeous!
This is quite astonishing. Can’t pretend I understand it all, and am not sure I 100% agree with conclusions, but a social studies academic analyses pub closures in a totally different way from anyone else ever has and comes up with some extraordinary insights. laurenleek.substack.com/p/britain-lo...
Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next?
How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.
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Charlotte's voice is the one I was waiting for on this. open.substack.com/pub/charlott...
On the Demise of BrewDog
From someone who worked for them, and then spoke out against them
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A week today it’s International Women’s Day. In @thetimes.com today, we spotlight six brilliant female brewers. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
The women breaking into the boys’ brewing club
Some of Britain’s best brewers are now women. Pete Brown salutes them — and picks their best beers
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It’s a lovely morning… to watch a three part mini-documentary on the @thornbridge.bsky.social Burton Union, which I’ve compiled into a handy playlist on YouTube here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...
The Burton Union - YouTube
A three-part mini-documentary on the Burton Union set at Thornbridge Brewery in Bakewell, Derbyshire. Shot, edited and produced by Matthew Curtis.
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Here is the second part of my mini documentary on the @thornbridge.bsky.social Burton Union, which takes a closer look at its recent collaboration with Theakston’s, and features a few familiar faces.
Des de Moor | @britbeerwriters.bsky.social www.beerguild.co.uk/news/much-lo...
Much-loved Guild member and writer Des De Moor passes away
The Guild board is desperately sad to hear that long-time Guild member and wonderful writer Des De Moor has passed away.The outpouring of stories since the news tells its own story, but Des was one of...
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Part two of my interview with Mitch Steele. Where he discusses his time at Stone and New Realm. youtu.be/WXBdkblqAjw
Mitch Steele interview part two
YouTube video by Shut up About Barclay Perkins
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Adnams achieves top 10 ranking in UK drinks magazine
Adnams achieves top 10 ranking in UK drinks magazine
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Trump sincerely believes Norway stole “his” Nobel Peace Prize. That isn’t a joke. It’s the key to understanding his second presidency. We have to drop the self-delusion, over-intellectualisation and listen to him. America is no longer Europe’s ally. My latest 👇 open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The Valueless Presidency
America is no longer Europe's ally. Stop bleating about NATO. It's already gone.
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This week in @thetimes.com it’s a tricky one. “Write about your eight favourite breweries” they said. EIGHT?! Not a hundred? Apologies to the other 92 breweries I adore. You know who you are. But these 8 are truly special. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/magazines/th...
The 8 best breweries in the UK — and the beers to try
Out of the country’s 1,600 breweries, these are the ones Pete Brown comes back to again and again
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Great powers have always, to some extent, written the rules for themselves. But this should be a reminder that for all we might lament the “rules based order”, it’s largely gone, if it ever existed. Hard power is the only thing which matters now. Europe needs to wake up to the new realities.
Pubs are not just for Xmas so here’s my guide to a pub for every month of the year in today’s @dailystar.co.uk and a recommended beer for each - includes @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social City Arms, Manchester, Lord Nelson, Southwold, Whitlock’s, Leeds and the Brunswick, Derby - pubs for all seasons!
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave this selection of potent potations including those from @neptunebrewery.bsky.social @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social @teamutopian.bsky.social and @hooknortonbrewery.bsky.social - in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
#Adnams will be opening to customers tomorrow at The Old Post Office in St Andrews St South, #BuryStEdmunds The new shop is part of the council's redevelopment of the site after the Post Office moved location. Council leader Cllr Cliff Waterman visited the store on Friday to see it being readied.
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
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For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us. "WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?" Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Under the Bridge — A Definitive History of Wychwood Hobgoblin — Pellicle
My love affair with pubs started in Staines. It’s where I found my tribe—the pub as an expression of individuality, an alternative to bland Britain. But I was afraid at first. In 1996, my British-Asi...
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