Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social
Author, speaker, and researcher of farmhouse ale.
Norwegian posts: @larsga-no.bsky.social
https://www.garshol.priv.no
Norwegian posts: @larsga-no.bsky.social
https://www.garshol.priv.no
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Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social
· Feb 11
I recently gained a lot of new followers, so I thought I'd introduce my work. I work on farmhouse ale, which farmers used to brew from their own grain, because, basically, they already had the grain, so it didn't cost them anything. As long as there was enough to eat they could brew from the rest. 🧵
Judith Bennett's book about women brewing in England says the transition to male-dominated brewing happened when the brewery became a business with employees. It was difficult for women to exert authority over male employees, so the husband tended to take over.
She cites other reasons, too, but ...
She cites other reasons, too, but ...
November 23, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Judith Bennett's book about women brewing in England says the transition to male-dominated brewing happened when the brewery became a business with employees. It was difficult for women to exert authority over male employees, so the husband tended to take over.
She cites other reasons, too, but ...
She cites other reasons, too, but ...
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
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...
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For anyone who knows the first thing about the web this has been the obvious solution all along. In fact, it's the solution we used to have before the EU messed it up.
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For anyone who knows the first thing about the web this has been the obvious solution all along. In fact, it's the solution we used to have before the EU messed it up.
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The EU wants to kill cookie banners by moving consent to your browser
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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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For anyone who knows the first thing about the web this has been the obvious solution all along. In fact, it's the solution we used to have before the EU messed it up.
www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/the-eu-...
For anyone who knows the first thing about the web this has been the obvious solution all along. In fact, it's the solution we used to have before the EU messed it up.
www.simpleanalytics.com/blog/the-eu-...
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
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.
Love watching the river freezing at this stage: little crystal tendrils and islands creeping across the surface. Fascinating how slow water is to freeze and to thaw. We often go forest hiking in t-shirts and shorts in May, with thick ice still on the forest lakes.
November 18, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Love watching the river freezing at this stage: little crystal tendrils and islands creeping across the surface. Fascinating how slow water is to freeze and to thaw. We often go forest hiking in t-shirts and shorts in May, with thick ice still on the forest lakes.
1. Spammy research journal writes to me, asking that I submit a paper to them.
2. Spammy research journal writes again, asking for a reply. Email begins "It's great to reach out to you again."
Seems a shame to reply and deprive them of the joy of reaching out to me.
2. Spammy research journal writes again, asking for a reply. Email begins "It's great to reach out to you again."
Seems a shame to reply and deprive them of the joy of reaching out to me.
November 18, 2025 at 9:09 AM
1. Spammy research journal writes to me, asking that I submit a paper to them.
2. Spammy research journal writes again, asking for a reply. Email begins "It's great to reach out to you again."
Seems a shame to reply and deprive them of the joy of reaching out to me.
2. Spammy research journal writes again, asking for a reply. Email begins "It's great to reach out to you again."
Seems a shame to reply and deprive them of the joy of reaching out to me.
Going through the Finnish archive documents describing farmhouse brewing. Always an uneasy feeling when you come across one from an area that was occupied by Russia in 1940.
In this case Salmi, which in 1939 had 90% Karelian-speaking population.
In this case Salmi, which in 1939 had 90% Karelian-speaking population.
November 17, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Going through the Finnish archive documents describing farmhouse brewing. Always an uneasy feeling when you come across one from an area that was occupied by Russia in 1940.
In this case Salmi, which in 1939 had 90% Karelian-speaking population.
In this case Salmi, which in 1939 had 90% Karelian-speaking population.
Currently in Geneva. Second stop is a place called Tom Beers. Wasn’t sure if a shop or a bar. Turns out it’s both. Selection in the fridges is just nuts. This is maybe 60%.
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Currently in Geneva. Second stop is a place called Tom Beers. Wasn’t sure if a shop or a bar. Turns out it’s both. Selection in the fridges is just nuts. This is maybe 60%.
I think my wife set some kind of record on this. She booked our hotel room in Shanghai. This was in 2004, so it was by phone. The hotel clerk had real difficulties with her name, so she had to spell it out. Even this was hard, and after her first name, Stine, the clerk just said “kthx bye” and …
Did a talk today. Got introduced as Ryan. We had a little laugh about it, lots of apologies, etc. Then at the end of the talk, it was "Thanks for that, Roy." I actually find this very funny as it's been happening my entire life. 1/2
November 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM
I think my wife set some kind of record on this. She booked our hotel room in Shanghai. This was in 2004, so it was by phone. The hotel clerk had real difficulties with her name, so she had to spell it out. Even this was hard, and after her first name, Stine, the clerk just said “kthx bye” and …
I toured farmhouse brewers in Latgale in eastern Latvia back in May, but the region is also home to traditional moonshine.
"The powers that have controlled Latgale have stretched their authority out from different capitals, but they’ve been united by their desire to stamp out the covert alcohol production that has so long characterised the region"
deepbaltic.com/2022/12/13/i...
deepbaltic.com/2022/12/13/i...
In Search of Šmakovka: a Latvian Region's Four Moonshine Museums
Latgalian homebrew is known by many names, and its history reveals many of the things that set this region apart
deepbaltic.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I toured farmhouse brewers in Latgale in eastern Latvia back in May, but the region is also home to traditional moonshine.
Amazed by the amount of fine architecture in Prague. We’ve spent entire days trudging through different neighborhoods, and it seems to just never end.
October 30, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Amazed by the amount of fine architecture in Prague. We’ve spent entire days trudging through different neighborhoods, and it seems to just never end.
Susan Verberg found a German castle whose cabinet of curiosities had a yeast ring. Turns out the cabinet of curiosities at Strahov Monastery also has one. Was not able to get any information about it.
October 29, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Susan Verberg found a German castle whose cabinet of curiosities had a yeast ring. Turns out the cabinet of curiosities at Strahov Monastery also has one. Was not able to get any information about it.
Like I said, every single place here has wooden paneling to breast height then white/yellow paint above. So what do the Czech do when they want to be radical and different? Make the top into a wavy pattern and put some mirrors in.
October 28, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Like I said, every single place here has wooden paneling to breast height then white/yellow paint above. So what do the Czech do when they want to be radical and different? Make the top into a wavy pattern and put some mirrors in.
Currently in Prague, because reasons. I’m struck by how similar the old pubs here are to those in Franconia.
You enter U Fleku into a kind of hallway between the two main serving rooms. Just like Schlenkerla, Spezial, Fässla, etc
You enter U Fleku into a kind of hallway between the two main serving rooms. Just like Schlenkerla, Spezial, Fässla, etc
October 28, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Currently in Prague, because reasons. I’m struck by how similar the old pubs here are to those in Franconia.
You enter U Fleku into a kind of hallway between the two main serving rooms. Just like Schlenkerla, Spezial, Fässla, etc
You enter U Fleku into a kind of hallway between the two main serving rooms. Just like Schlenkerla, Spezial, Fässla, etc
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October 27, 2025 at 10:44 AM
Good morning from my inbox where I have 14 (fourteen) pitches I would like to commission, but I don't have the budget to fund any of them. I keep banging on about this, but @pelliclemag.com needs more subscribers if it is to continue. Please spread the word.
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Fascinated by this shop next to the hotel: a specialist brush shop. They sell brushes of all kinds. Period.
October 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Fascinated by this shop next to the hotel: a specialist brush shop. They sell brushes of all kinds. Period.
In 1933 count von Stauffenberg married his Nina and moved into this house. 11 years later he set off a bomb in Hitler’s meeting room and came within an inch of killing him.
October 19, 2025 at 3:36 PM
In 1933 count von Stauffenberg married his Nina and moved into this house. 11 years later he set off a bomb in Hitler’s meeting room and came within an inch of killing him.
On a wall in Merkendorf:
When someone eats
eat with (him)
When someone drinks
drink with
When someone is fixing
let him fix
When someone eats
eat with (him)
When someone drinks
drink with
When someone is fixing
let him fix
October 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
On a wall in Merkendorf:
When someone eats
eat with (him)
When someone drinks
drink with
When someone is fixing
let him fix
When someone eats
eat with (him)
When someone drinks
drink with
When someone is fixing
let him fix
The owner of Drei Kronen gave us a brewery tour. 1000 liters batch size, so it’s in one way nuts that they are able to survive at all. It’s a multi-sided business, though. Hotel, restaurant, and brewery
October 18, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The owner of Drei Kronen gave us a brewery tour. 1000 liters batch size, so it’s in one way nuts that they are able to survive at all. It’s a multi-sided business, though. Hotel, restaurant, and brewery
Starting the day by walking the 8km to Memmelsdorf, where there are two excellent breweries. One of which makes an unfiltered rauchbier.
October 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Starting the day by walking the 8km to Memmelsdorf, where there are two excellent breweries. One of which makes an unfiltered rauchbier.
In 15 minutes I’ll be interviewing the brewmaster at Schlenkerla. Can barely believe it. One of my absolute favorite breweries
October 17, 2025 at 8:47 AM
In 15 minutes I’ll be interviewing the brewmaster at Schlenkerla. Can barely believe it. One of my absolute favorite breweries
From last night’s revels with the archaeologists: a cellar bar that used to be a wine cellar. During WWII the Gestapo used it as their own private drinking den, and got an artist to paint it in mock-medieval German style. Some of them can still be made out.
ØX Taproom, if you’re ever in Trondheim.
ØX Taproom, if you’re ever in Trondheim.
October 14, 2025 at 3:50 PM
From last night’s revels with the archaeologists: a cellar bar that used to be a wine cellar. During WWII the Gestapo used it as their own private drinking den, and got an artist to paint it in mock-medieval German style. Some of them can still be made out.
ØX Taproom, if you’re ever in Trondheim.
ØX Taproom, if you’re ever in Trondheim.
Tonight’s event is a talk here, at an industrial lager brewery long since acquired by Carlsberg. Now a brewpub and the craft brewing arm of Carlsberg in Norway
October 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Tonight’s event is a talk here, at an industrial lager brewery long since acquired by Carlsberg. Now a brewpub and the craft brewing arm of Carlsberg in Norway
This will be interesting: all-day archaeological seminar on the development of the farm in the Viking and Middle Ages. I will be speaking as well.
October 13, 2025 at 8:04 AM
This will be interesting: all-day archaeological seminar on the development of the farm in the Viking and Middle Ages. I will be speaking as well.