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.

Wetherspoon Cider Festival II: The Perry At The Penny.

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...

Nothing else to do this evening, so It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World for the first time. I have no idea what this film is about.

Treated myself to a new iron and the box is illustrated with these children's socks. I don't have much experience thereof, but I'm guessing not many children's socks get ironed in general.

In Holland park once I heard "oh DO come along, Horatio. Araminta will be late for her pilates" Araminta appeared to be about five.

Roses are red Sinner plays tennis

I rarely pass steak tartare on a menu, and I definitely don't when it shows up in Dublin.

I've lived in the area for 26 years and it's my first visit to The Harold House.

Bandits!

#Caturday: strike a pose.

The year is 2059, the third execution since the reinstatement of capital punishment has just taken place, a phone beeps in the pocket of the now dead prisoner. The executioner stoops down, retrieves the phone and reads ...

Outside Neary's? At the FRONT? That's a novelty.

Tied pubs? No, we don't have those in Ireland.

*BONG* Three day weekend.

Though little remains of their culture now, the concerns and fears of these people can be surmised from the artwork they left.

In contrast to Monday's blog post, today's is full of the joys of hazy IPA: thebeernut.blogspot.com/2026/07/cult...

"The home brewing community is not a tax problem to be solved. It is a seedbed for innovation, employment, and economic activity". EBCU is concerned about how some European governments are starting to look at home brewing: www.ebcu.org/blog/2026/07...

Love to see @pelliclemag.com saying what we're all thinking.

Have you tried the GAA, Gianni? They might be up for it.

tfw ur tired of being asked about teethmarks on the phone charging cable.

incredibly missed opportunity to make the icon a "stop" hand with six fingers

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i thought people were joking about this new menu item on linkedin but, no, it's really there

Not surprised AI got this wrong. I saw Stephen Dorff in Rí-Rá once, but never any robots.

Pending reopening it's The Dead² Zoo.