Andreas Krennmair
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Andreas Krennmair
@akrennmair.bsky.social
🇦🇹 living in 🇩🇪. Software developer. I like, brew and write about beer.

https://dafteejit.com/
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Hello, new followers! I'm Andreas, and I mostly post about beer-related topics. I brew beer at home, occasionally research various niche topics of beer history, and blog about it on dafteejit.com.
I also wrote and self-published a few beer history and home-brewing books (available on Amazon): 🧵
Daft Eejit Brewing
Hi, I'm Andreas Krennmair. I blog about home-brewing, beer history and my occasional beer-related travels. - Daft Eejit Brewing
dafteejit.com
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First snow of the season in Berlin.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
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RIP Udo Kier, a true original
📽️

his one and only social media post:
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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It's Stir-Up Sunday, so time for our annual boost for this post, designed to help out anxious home cooks trying to track down barley wine.

boakandbailey.com/2015/11/publ...
Public Service Announcement: Barley Wine for Stir-Up Sunday
Every year we start getting visits to the website from people searching for barley wine to put in their Christmas pudding.
boakandbailey.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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The paper Margo Samorokov and I wrote for Brewery History Journal on Estonian farmhouse brewing is now available online, in case anyone is interested. www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...
www.breweryhistory.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
One of the hardly ever discussed elements of German pub culture is the "Hausmarke" (lit. "house brand"): pubs get surplus kegs of lager for a lower price, but in turn, they can't say which beer it is. It's always a surprise to order it, sometimes it's just okay, sometimes it's excellent like today.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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A Mac by the open fire - a grand day for it ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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A Victorian Mild recipe from Kent - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer.
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Let's Brew - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer
Now this is an interesting Mild. Not only because of the name. Which is usually Mild Ale. Also, on account of the colour. Which is semi-dark...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
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Pitching a horror story in which an England cricket fan goes to sleep while England are winning and wakes up to find out they... didn't stack it and won the test. Said fan immediately knows something is very, very wrong with reality...

I know nothing about cricket btw
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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GOOD MORNING! Here's this morning's round up of good writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with a common thread about *doing it right*. 🍺🍻

boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 22 November 2025: Modern Times
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got production value, community, and inclusive beer festivals.
boakandbailey.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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This video does a good job of explaining why some films feel *solid* and others only like vague, unstable impressions of reality. (Although I'm baffled by his use of an Avatar film as an example of getting it right.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=tvwP...
Why Movies Just Don't Feel "Real" Anymore
YouTube video by Like Stories of Old
www.youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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My life is one big decoction mash - online now (behind a paywall though) www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...
10 of the best British lagers to try (now that we’re finally brewing it better)
The era of bland, gassy pints is long gone. Across Britain, meticulous brewers are reviving lager with care, craft and real character
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Just discovered it ought to be pretty simple to do a walk out of Bamberg that takes in three breweries all named Wagner in one day.
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Hey authors! Check to see if Anthropic stole your book to train their slop generator on. You’re entitled to $1500 per stolen Work.

Look up your work, and if you’re in the database, file a claim
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Submit a Claim
secure.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
November 18, 2025 at 7:39 AM
It's not an addiction, I swear.

I bought a bag of freshly baked tandoori bread from a local Arab bakery this time.
November 17, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Sad to see Epochal go. It was doing some exciting stuff. Hopefully, its Burton Union set won't be collateral damage, and I'm sure Gareth will do his best to find it a new home. Thanks to @morrighani.bsky.social for keeping tabs for @teamdb.bsky.social www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/11/wher...
Where will the historic union set move next?
Keeping a close eye on the exact whereabouts of one in four pieces of heritage brewing kit has become a priority for Laura Hadland. Here she explains why we should all stay watchful while pieces of hi...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Yesterday's dinner: nohut dürüm. Chickpeas pan-fried with spices (cumin and chili powder) and wrapped in a thin flatbread with a simple salad of parsley, red onions, lemon juice and sumac. Absolutely delicious, and so incredibly easy to make.
November 16, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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At this point we'd walked for hours and seen no sign of life, except rats gnawing on what might have been a human hand, and a makeshift gyrocopter circling high above. The Roamers rarely come out during the day, after all – or, at least, know how to ensure they're not seen.
November 16, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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November 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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A New Thing for fans of the union fermentation system.

Link to this FB post - www.facebook.com/laurahadland...
November 14, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Resolved a 'glitch in the matrix thing, only a year late!

Last year, I was running on the canal footpath and a very tall, distinctive young woman was running the other way. She had a running top that I'd especially liked, & my brain fried when I saw her coming toward me again, 2 min later...
November 14, 2025 at 10:16 AM
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No no no begs every archivist. You are never going to be able to find anything. Please don’t start using emojis in file names. Who asked for this? What fresh hell is next?
November 12, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Industriebier, Blindproben. Die Eine (frisch), Diacetyl, die Andere (Alt) Oxidation. Da weiss man dann auch warum einige Brauereien pleite gehen. Kann man sich nämlich die ganze Filtration, Stabilisierung und Personal sparen. Vermute mal Management Qualität komplett egal. Daily WTF-Momente!
November 12, 2025 at 10:48 AM
I hadn't baked a sourdough loaf in a while. This one that I baked today came out quite alright.
November 11, 2025 at 6:37 PM
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At Augustiner am Gendarmenmarkt in Berlin with @akrennmair.bsky.social, @louisekrennmair.bsky.social and @johnzee7.bsky.social. Very strange to be with beer people again 😜
November 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM