Roger Protz
@rogerprotz.bsky.social
Ex editor Good Beer Guide x24 Founder Guild of Beer Writers 2x winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the year 20+ books inc. https://shorturl.at/pvxJM West Ham fan
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All eyes on #Budget2026. MPs always cheers at mention of pubs & pints. ACTION needed for pubs & their vital recognised community role. Measures inc: VAT CUT for hospitality, BIZ RATES review, ENERGY costs, WORKPLACE support/NI. Invest in pubs, not offshore pubcos, our breweries, not global brewers.
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 AM
All eyes on #Budget2026. MPs always cheers at mention of pubs & pints. ACTION needed for pubs & their vital recognised community role. Measures inc: VAT CUT for hospitality, BIZ RATES review, ENERGY costs, WORKPLACE support/NI. Invest in pubs, not offshore pubcos, our breweries, not global brewers.
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Join Natalia from Pura Panela this Friday, 28th November, from 5pm at Hop Hideout for a FREE tasting of Panela, our new 7% Colombian Coffee Porter!
November 26, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Join Natalia from Pura Panela this Friday, 28th November, from 5pm at Hop Hideout for a FREE tasting of Panela, our new 7% Colombian Coffee Porter!
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CAMRA has released the second film in its community-owned pub documentary series, this time focusing on the Travellers Rest in Skeeby, North Yorkshire beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/25/c... #pub #pubnews #communitypub @camraofficial.bsky.social @plunkettuk.bsky.social @womenontap.bsky.social
How to save and re-open a community pub - Beer Today
CAMRA has released the second film in its community-owned pub documentary series, this time focusing on the Travellers Rest in Skeeby, North Yorkshire
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November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
CAMRA has released the second film in its community-owned pub documentary series, this time focusing on the Travellers Rest in Skeeby, North Yorkshire beertoday.co.uk/2025/11/25/c... #pub #pubnews #communitypub @camraofficial.bsky.social @plunkettuk.bsky.social @womenontap.bsky.social
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This Friday, we launch our BA Manchester Christmas Ale.
A beer brewed with all four of Manchester's Family Breweries, with a collective 700+ years of brewing history between them.
A true honour. Going live online and in the Taproom this Friday
www.trackbrewing.co/collections/...
A beer brewed with all four of Manchester's Family Breweries, with a collective 700+ years of brewing history between them.
A true honour. Going live online and in the Taproom this Friday
www.trackbrewing.co/collections/...
November 25, 2025 at 1:38 PM
This Friday, we launch our BA Manchester Christmas Ale.
A beer brewed with all four of Manchester's Family Breweries, with a collective 700+ years of brewing history between them.
A true honour. Going live online and in the Taproom this Friday
www.trackbrewing.co/collections/...
A beer brewed with all four of Manchester's Family Breweries, with a collective 700+ years of brewing history between them.
A true honour. Going live online and in the Taproom this Friday
www.trackbrewing.co/collections/...
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Look at her. Like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. She’s trying to be nice to me after taking a piss in my office earlier today. Admittedly, most unusual for her!
November 25, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Look at her. Like butter wouldn’t melt in her mouth. She’s trying to be nice to me after taking a piss in my office earlier today. Admittedly, most unusual for her!
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From the Duck & Willow, Downend, across from the Grace Memorial Ground.
November 25, 2025 at 11:09 AM
From the Duck & Willow, Downend, across from the Grace Memorial Ground.
Agreed, Will. #CricketersPubs are numerous national treasures. A favourite, the Cricketers at Weston, with cricket bat collection. Others village pubs on the green where you can while away an afternoon with a pint & watch the local team.
It's Ashesmas eve - but all through bluesky not a creature is stirring, not even a fucking mouse. So please enjoy these pictures of cricket-related pubs, and a bonus shot of Graham Gooch 👌
November 25, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Agreed, Will. #CricketersPubs are numerous national treasures. A favourite, the Cricketers at Weston, with cricket bat collection. Others village pubs on the green where you can while away an afternoon with a pint & watch the local team.
Anyone watching #BBCOne docudrama Prisoner 951? Story of Nazanin Zachary-Ratcliffe's 6 yr imprisonment in Iran. Harrowing & revelatory, Govt incompetence & injustice, UK arms deal. Foreign Office telling Richard to keep quiet & seek therapy. 2 more episodes to go.
November 24, 2025 at 10:22 PM
Anyone watching #BBCOne docudrama Prisoner 951? Story of Nazanin Zachary-Ratcliffe's 6 yr imprisonment in Iran. Harrowing & revelatory, Govt incompetence & injustice, UK arms deal. Foreign Office telling Richard to keep quiet & seek therapy. 2 more episodes to go.
How about an adventurous highly rated beer festival for your New Year calendar? 2026 dates not yet announced, usually early October. Meet the brewers in remote Hornindal, Norway. #BucketList #BskyBeer
The @kornolfest.bsky.social at the weekend was fascinating. I learned so much. It's a whole new world. Something genuinely different to every other beer festival.
And held in amazingly beautiful place.
And held in amazingly beautiful place.
November 24, 2025 at 12:44 PM
How about an adventurous highly rated beer festival for your New Year calendar? 2026 dates not yet announced, usually early October. Meet the brewers in remote Hornindal, Norway. #BucketList #BskyBeer
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Really enjoyed reading @rogerprotz.bsky.social article on Round Corner Brewing in the current edition of CAMRA Beer magazine. They visited The Ale Pole in Daventry this year and the beers were fantastic, particularly Society for the Encouragement of Virtue. So good that I purchased a case 😅
November 24, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Really enjoyed reading @rogerprotz.bsky.social article on Round Corner Brewing in the current edition of CAMRA Beer magazine. They visited The Ale Pole in Daventry this year and the beers were fantastic, particularly Society for the Encouragement of Virtue. So good that I purchased a case 😅
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Dessert at one of my favourite Brussels pubs
November 23, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Dessert at one of my favourite Brussels pubs
Good to see the wonderfully preserved King's Head still serving top cask ale - inc. Beechwood Bitter & Chiltern Pale Ale - & food under the management of Chiltern Brewery.
#BskyBeer
#BskyBeer
The King's Head at Aylesbury is a stunning survival from the mid-15th century. The date can probably be refined to 1445-55 as the building contains stained glass with the badges of Henry VI and Margaret of Anjou, married in 1445 & embroiled in the Wars of the Roses from 1455🧵
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Good to see the wonderfully preserved King's Head still serving top cask ale - inc. Beechwood Bitter & Chiltern Pale Ale - & food under the management of Chiltern Brewery.
#BskyBeer
#BskyBeer
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A great reminder of the dangers of teaching a sanitized history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Spain has too rosy a view of Franco’s regime. Let’s remind ourselves of its horrors | Giles Tremlett
Little is taught about the murderous, incompetent dictatorship – and now almost one in five young people say Franco was good for the country, says historian Giles Tremlett
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 AM
A great reminder of the dangers of teaching a sanitized history www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Just started on the notes for my Christmas/Winter Beer talks at @petersgatetap.bsky.social . Of the six beers, only one has an ABV below 10%. Yikes! It's all sold out for 14th December but tickets may be available for 21st. You don't want to miss this.
November 14, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Just started on the notes for my Christmas/Winter Beer talks at @petersgatetap.bsky.social . Of the six beers, only one has an ABV below 10%. Yikes! It's all sold out for 14th December but tickets may be available for 21st. You don't want to miss this.
Would create a right-wing media giant under one owner. The Group could pivot to Reform UK following the odd glowing headline. Both titles have been viciously anti-BBC while it faces Trump's bn dollar lawsuit. Hope Competition & Markets, Ofcom & Lisa Nandy review carefully.
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph on.ft.com/3JSdIFj
Daily Mail owner strikes £500mn deal for Telegraph
Tie-up would create one of the most powerful right-leaning media groups in Britain
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November 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Would create a right-wing media giant under one owner. The Group could pivot to Reform UK following the odd glowing headline. Both titles have been viciously anti-BBC while it faces Trump's bn dollar lawsuit. Hope Competition & Markets, Ofcom & Lisa Nandy review carefully.
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Christmas in Brugge officially started yesterday with the opening of the Xmas market & switching on of all the lights, including the spectacular tree on the Burg.
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Christmas in Brugge officially started yesterday with the opening of the Xmas market & switching on of all the lights, including the spectacular tree on the Burg.
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Did you ever have this beauty (from 2017)?
November 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Did you ever have this beauty (from 2017)?
Annoyed to find I've cancelled my TNT subscription & missed historic Day 1 of #EnglandCricket #TheAshes in Perth. Hope England beer fans are toasting with Little Creatures IPA. I'm toasting with a wonderful Guinness West Indies Porter. #BskyBeer
November 21, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Annoyed to find I've cancelled my TNT subscription & missed historic Day 1 of #EnglandCricket #TheAshes in Perth. Hope England beer fans are toasting with Little Creatures IPA. I'm toasting with a wonderful Guinness West Indies Porter. #BskyBeer
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Sad to see Epochal Brewery in Scotland has ceased trading. What happens to the union kit they had from Marstons? 🤔
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/11/wher...
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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...
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November 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Sad to see Epochal Brewery in Scotland has ceased trading. What happens to the union kit they had from Marstons? 🤔
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/11/wher...
www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/11/wher...
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This years De Ranke Hop Harvest 2025 with freshly picked hop cones is tasting superb.
November 21, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This years De Ranke Hop Harvest 2025 with freshly picked hop cones is tasting superb.
Dudley just dug his Christmas 🎄 out of his toy box! #Haircut100
November 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Dudley just dug his Christmas 🎄 out of his toy box! #Haircut100
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Those UK journalists backing Trump - a man who endorses the murder of a journalist because he’s ‘controversial’ - against the BBC need to see if they can find their moral compass
You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Those UK journalists backing Trump - a man who endorses the murder of a journalist because he’s ‘controversial’ - against the BBC need to see if they can find their moral compass
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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
Email from friend in N Carolina. ICE/border control in the neighbourhood. Markets closed, school attendance down by a quarter. Not because 25% of people lack documents but "because it is dangerous to work/walk/drive/shop while brown. Horrible times. Do not let these people get a grip over there."
November 20, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Email from friend in N Carolina. ICE/border control in the neighbourhood. Markets closed, school attendance down by a quarter. Not because 25% of people lack documents but "because it is dangerous to work/walk/drive/shop while brown. Horrible times. Do not let these people get a grip over there."
Sorry historic Black Horse Barnet is "closed, future uncertain". Owner Star pubs say they're recruiting. Concerned residents have signed petition & trying for ACV. Community hub for generations, founded 1720, big garden. A favourite of mine, one time micro brewery, always great Cask till recently.
November 19, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Sorry historic Black Horse Barnet is "closed, future uncertain". Owner Star pubs say they're recruiting. Concerned residents have signed petition & trying for ACV. Community hub for generations, founded 1720, big garden. A favourite of mine, one time micro brewery, always great Cask till recently.