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Beer Breaks in Britain by @philmellows.bsky.social and Kate Simon and published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social is now in the bookshops. Follow our regular postings on Substack @ https://britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/
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Beer Breaks in Britain
Combine your thirst for great British travel and good quality beer with this refreshing guide to 30 of Britain's best beer scenes. With a foreword by Marverine…
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Collabageddon is GO!
We think this year’s beer list is our most eclectic and diverse to date, courtesy of the eleven wonderful breweries we invited to join us as part of this year’s line up.
Don’t forget to share your photos and let us know where you’re enjoying the beers this weekend! 📷
We think this year’s beer list is our most eclectic and diverse to date, courtesy of the eleven wonderful breweries we invited to join us as part of this year’s line up.
Don’t forget to share your photos and let us know where you’re enjoying the beers this weekend! 📷
November 21, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Collabageddon is GO!
We think this year’s beer list is our most eclectic and diverse to date, courtesy of the eleven wonderful breweries we invited to join us as part of this year’s line up.
Don’t forget to share your photos and let us know where you’re enjoying the beers this weekend! 📷
We think this year’s beer list is our most eclectic and diverse to date, courtesy of the eleven wonderful breweries we invited to join us as part of this year’s line up.
Don’t forget to share your photos and let us know where you’re enjoying the beers this weekend! 📷
Beer Passport 2026 edition is out now, with discounts available at more than 80 brewery taprooms across London: beerpassport.co.uk
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The Ultimate Beer Adventure Starts Here! Unlock access to 80+ taprooms and exclusive discounts with Beer Passport. Shop Now Learn More Explore the world of craft beer and get a stamp at each taproom y...
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November 18, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Beer Passport 2026 edition is out now, with discounts available at more than 80 brewery taprooms across London: beerpassport.co.uk
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𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 on EBG? 🗺️
• 2 new Days Out features (Bremen 🇩🇪 / Bilbao 🇪🇦)
• 60 new bar profiles 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇪🇦🇵🇱🇮🇹
• Top 50 Best Bars in Germany 2025 🇩🇪
• Top 50 Best Bars in Czechia 2025 🇨🇿
• Updated Glossary 📖
• 2 new blog articles ✍️
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• 2 new Days Out features (Bremen 🇩🇪 / Bilbao 🇪🇦)
• 60 new bar profiles 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇪🇦🇵🇱🇮🇹
• Top 50 Best Bars in Germany 2025 🇩🇪
• Top 50 Best Bars in Czechia 2025 🇨🇿
• Updated Glossary 📖
• 2 new blog articles ✍️
theeuropeanbarguide.com
Explore the Best Pubs & Bars in Europe!
4000+ venues to explore across the continent. Browse maps 🗺️, galleries and in-depth reviews 🔎 Find great bars for your next trip!
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November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 on EBG? 🗺️
• 2 new Days Out features (Bremen 🇩🇪 / Bilbao 🇪🇦)
• 60 new bar profiles 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇪🇦🇵🇱🇮🇹
• Top 50 Best Bars in Germany 2025 🇩🇪
• Top 50 Best Bars in Czechia 2025 🇨🇿
• Updated Glossary 📖
• 2 new blog articles ✍️
theeuropeanbarguide.com
• 2 new Days Out features (Bremen 🇩🇪 / Bilbao 🇪🇦)
• 60 new bar profiles 🇨🇿🇩🇪🇪🇦🇵🇱🇮🇹
• Top 50 Best Bars in Germany 2025 🇩🇪
• Top 50 Best Bars in Czechia 2025 🇨🇿
• Updated Glossary 📖
• 2 new blog articles ✍️
theeuropeanbarguide.com
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𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗼 🇪🇦 is the 23rd and latest city featured in our Days Out section where we don't just show you the good bars but design a route around the best in town, joining up the sights as you go! 🗺️ 👍
theeuropeanbarguide.com/pub-crawls/
theeuropeanbarguide.com/pub-crawls/
November 14, 2025 at 11:33 AM
𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗼 🇪🇦 is the 23rd and latest city featured in our Days Out section where we don't just show you the good bars but design a route around the best in town, joining up the sights as you go! 🗺️ 👍
theeuropeanbarguide.com/pub-crawls/
theeuropeanbarguide.com/pub-crawls/
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🎄 Looking for a unique gift or a fun day out?
Join our Beer Tasting & Cheese Pairing with Brewlab’s Master Brewer! 🍺🧀
5 beers, cheese pairings & expert insights.
📅 Nov 21 | Dec 12 | Feb 13 | Mar 13
🎟 Book now: https://brewlab.co.uk/product/beer-tasting-and-cheese-pairing-experience/
Join our Beer Tasting & Cheese Pairing with Brewlab’s Master Brewer! 🍺🧀
5 beers, cheese pairings & expert insights.
📅 Nov 21 | Dec 12 | Feb 13 | Mar 13
🎟 Book now: https://brewlab.co.uk/product/beer-tasting-and-cheese-pairing-experience/
November 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
🎄 Looking for a unique gift or a fun day out?
Join our Beer Tasting & Cheese Pairing with Brewlab’s Master Brewer! 🍺🧀
5 beers, cheese pairings & expert insights.
📅 Nov 21 | Dec 12 | Feb 13 | Mar 13
🎟 Book now: https://brewlab.co.uk/product/beer-tasting-and-cheese-pairing-experience/
Join our Beer Tasting & Cheese Pairing with Brewlab’s Master Brewer! 🍺🧀
5 beers, cheese pairings & expert insights.
📅 Nov 21 | Dec 12 | Feb 13 | Mar 13
🎟 Book now: https://brewlab.co.uk/product/beer-tasting-and-cheese-pairing-experience/
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Guinness has officially released the first batch of highly anticipated tickets for its Open Gate Brewery London today beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/12/g... #brewery #brewerynews #brewerytour
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Guinness has officially released the first batch of highly anticipated tickets for its Open Gate Brewery London today
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November 12, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Guinness has officially released the first batch of highly anticipated tickets for its Open Gate Brewery London today beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/12/g... #brewery #brewerynews #brewerytour
We’re in among some bangers here! Thanks Paul.
On the latest episode, I give you some suggestions for your Xmas wish list - several great recent beer books by @petebrownbeer.bsky.social @morrighani.bsky.social @atjbeer.bsky.social @jonnygarrett.bsky.social @philmellows.bsky.social & @samcullen.bsky.social.
Find it here:
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November 11, 2025 at 4:54 PM
We’re in among some bangers here! Thanks Paul.
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📢 NEW BLOG POST 🐦⬛
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
As The Crow Flies - Ed.10 - A Guide to Derby City Centre's Best Watering Holes
Now the nights are drawing in, we are firmly into cosy pubs season, which makes Derby the perfect place for a beery day out.
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November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
📢 NEW BLOG POST 🐦⬛
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
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🍺TAP TAKEOVER 🍺
Join us in Lincoln this Thursday for a Tap Takeover where there will be EIGHT different Thornbridge beers to try! Here's everything you need to know ⬇️
📍Cardinal's Hat, Lincoln
📆 Evening of Thursday 6th November
🍺 8 Different Thornbridge Beers
See you there 🍻
Join us in Lincoln this Thursday for a Tap Takeover where there will be EIGHT different Thornbridge beers to try! Here's everything you need to know ⬇️
📍Cardinal's Hat, Lincoln
📆 Evening of Thursday 6th November
🍺 8 Different Thornbridge Beers
See you there 🍻
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 PM
🍺TAP TAKEOVER 🍺
Join us in Lincoln this Thursday for a Tap Takeover where there will be EIGHT different Thornbridge beers to try! Here's everything you need to know ⬇️
📍Cardinal's Hat, Lincoln
📆 Evening of Thursday 6th November
🍺 8 Different Thornbridge Beers
See you there 🍻
Join us in Lincoln this Thursday for a Tap Takeover where there will be EIGHT different Thornbridge beers to try! Here's everything you need to know ⬇️
📍Cardinal's Hat, Lincoln
📆 Evening of Thursday 6th November
🍺 8 Different Thornbridge Beers
See you there 🍻
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Now November is here, it’s chillier and the nights are drawing in what is needed is cosy pubs - some suggestions from @philmellows.bsky.social
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I went in search of Britain's cosiest pubs - here are my 20 favourites
From 200-year-old inns to charming, snug-filled bolt-holes, a renowned expert selects some of the most welcoming watering holes to visit as the nights draw in
inews.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Now November is here, it’s chillier and the nights are drawing in what is needed is cosy pubs - some suggestions from @philmellows.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
inews.co.uk/inews-lifest...
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In today’s iWeekend, my pick of brewpubs and taprooms.
November 1, 2025 at 10:20 AM
In today’s iWeekend, my pick of brewpubs and taprooms.
Ipswich Craft Beer Week, November 17-23
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Ipswich Craft Beer Week
Join us for a week of craft beer events and tastings!
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November 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Ipswich Craft Beer Week, November 17-23
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NEW VID!
This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...
This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...
No one makes beer like St Mars of the Desert.
YouTube video by The Craft Beer Channel
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October 22, 2025 at 2:48 PM
NEW VID!
This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...
This week we visit St Mars of the Desert – a brewery that rejects style definitions, brews hazy lager, adds mad acids to its mash, hand paints anything that stands still long enough – and happens to make some of the best beer in the world.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xmJo...
In our latest Substack newsletter, Kate seeks out surviving examples of that Victorian tourist attraction, the Camera Obscura, while @philmellows.bsky.social finds the nearest pub: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-differen...
October 31, 2025 at 3:44 PM
In our latest Substack newsletter, Kate seeks out surviving examples of that Victorian tourist attraction, the Camera Obscura, while @philmellows.bsky.social finds the nearest pub: britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-differen...
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I’m back in the i-paper Weekend edition this Saturday with a selection of brewpubs and brewery taprooms around the country. Make sure you grab your copy!
October 30, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I’m back in the i-paper Weekend edition this Saturday with a selection of brewpubs and brewery taprooms around the country. Make sure you grab your copy!
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One for the #Beer Diary all @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social #Newcastle A Full Tap Takeover with the Brilliant #OtherWorldBrewing #BskyBeer 🍻
October 23, 2025 at 8:26 PM
One for the #Beer Diary all @thefreetradeinn.bsky.social #Newcastle A Full Tap Takeover with the Brilliant #OtherWorldBrewing #BskyBeer 🍻
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COMING SOON...
Cheese Night (online only) 8-10pm
Tickets must be bought before 6pm Sunday 9th November.
Tickets and details:
www.tomstap.co.uk/product/beer...
Cheese Night (online only) 8-10pm
Tickets must be bought before 6pm Sunday 9th November.
Tickets and details:
www.tomstap.co.uk/product/beer...
October 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
COMING SOON...
Cheese Night (online only) 8-10pm
Tickets must be bought before 6pm Sunday 9th November.
Tickets and details:
www.tomstap.co.uk/product/beer...
Cheese Night (online only) 8-10pm
Tickets must be bought before 6pm Sunday 9th November.
Tickets and details:
www.tomstap.co.uk/product/beer...
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Notts breweries Bang the Elephant and Emperors to open new bar in Nottingham's Lace Market: www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/foo...
New 'premier' basement bar to open in Nottingham city centre
Previous attempts to open the spot fell through
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October 27, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Notts breweries Bang the Elephant and Emperors to open new bar in Nottingham's Lace Market: www.nottinghampost.com/whats-on/foo...
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Struggling to think of a Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for, beer and travel loving friend or relative? Our friend @philmellows.bsky.social still has a few copies of runaway best seller Beer Breaks in Britain stashed away. Act now to avoid disappointment www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beer-brea...
Beer Breaks in Britain
Combine your thirst for great British travel and good quality beer with this refreshing guide to 30 of Britain's best beer scenes. With a foreword by Marverine…
www.bloomsbury.com
October 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Struggling to think of a Christmas gift for that hard-to-buy-for, beer and travel loving friend or relative? Our friend @philmellows.bsky.social still has a few copies of runaway best seller Beer Breaks in Britain stashed away. Act now to avoid disappointment www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beer-brea...
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Opening date announced for new @thornbridge.bsky.social Sheffield pub, The Fargate. It's October 22.
October 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Opening date announced for new @thornbridge.bsky.social Sheffield pub, The Fargate. It's October 22.
Edinburgh’s Cold Town House crowned Scotland’s ‘Best Beer Destination’ | @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Edinburgh’s Cold Town House crowned Scotland’s ‘Best Beer Destination’ | @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
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We're down to the last four in @camraofficial.bsky.social Pub of the Year: wb.camra.org.uk/2025/10/10/f...
Fab Four revealed
The fight to win CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year 2025 competition is hotting up with just four pubs remaining after months of rigorous judging.
The...
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October 13, 2025 at 8:32 AM
We're down to the last four in @camraofficial.bsky.social Pub of the Year: wb.camra.org.uk/2025/10/10/f...
There's more to Hastings than 1066 and all that, as @philmellows.bsky.social discovered at last week's Hastings Tap Takeover - there's good beer, characterful pubs and a warm welcome. And it's got art, too, Kate Simon reminds us. britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-seaside-...
October 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
There's more to Hastings than 1066 and all that, as @philmellows.bsky.social discovered at last week's Hastings Tap Takeover - there's good beer, characterful pubs and a warm welcome. And it's got art, too, Kate Simon reminds us. britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-seaside-...
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The full programme is now available for the forthcoming Norwich Beer Festival and its accompanying fringe event, running from 17th October to 2nd November beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/07/n... #beer #beernews #beerfestival #norwich @norwichcamra.bsky.social
Norwich Beer Festival programme available online - Beer Today
The full programme is now available for the forthcoming Norwich Beer Festival and its accompanying fringe event, running from 17th October to 2nd November
beertoday.co.uk
October 7, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The full programme is now available for the forthcoming Norwich Beer Festival and its accompanying fringe event, running from 17th October to 2nd November beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/07/n... #beer #beernews #beerfestival #norwich @norwichcamra.bsky.social