Ed Wray
thebeerfather.bsky.social
Ed Wray
@thebeerfather.bsky.social
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And reviews have been written by @thebeerfather.bsky.social @stanhieronymus.bsky.social and the sadly missed @thezythophile.bsky.social View the journal's archive here: bit.ly/3MCF2Z9
Journal of the Brewery History Society
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December 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Got my mum's printer working on only the third attempt. Having a celebratory beer now.
December 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Not impressed by the ancient Sumerian brewing water profile. Though it it was a few thousand years before Burtonisation.
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Access for free articles on St Austell brewery; Armenian brewing in 18th century Poland; the Albion Brewery, San Francisco; Märzen and Oktoberfest beers; & the lagering cellars of the Kauffman Brewery, Cincinnati. bit.ly/48No9SU
Brewery History: Issue 191
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December 14, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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The Anti Genocide Protestors on Hunger Strike in British prisons. Held without trial for months.
#freethepalestine8
#hungerstrike
December 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Do I fork out for sucker juice? I have been interested in Arctic Ale for a long time. But it's twenty five bleedin' quid for a half litre.
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Electric 6
December 6, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Loved "fellow condescension peddler"!
After a year of increasingly dire developments at the pioneering PNW craft brewer, last month it abruptly shuttered all its locations, declaring bankruptcy the day before Thanksgiving. At @vinepair.com, I charted Rogue's rise & fall against the fate of the craft-brewing industry it helped to create.
Rogue Is a Case Study in Craft Brewery Collapse
On rare occasions, the beer industry produces a perfect metaphor. In 2022, for example, a high-profile California craft brewery called Modern Times Beer soared up the volume charts, overextended itsel...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Hunger strike in British jails and no one bats an eyelid.

Please let’s get the word out.

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Britain’s biggest hunger strike in decades – and the media won’t touch it
THE Palestine Action hunger strike is on track to become the largest since the 1981 Irish republican protest led by Bobby Sands, yet campaigners say it has faced a “mainstream media blackout.”So far, ...
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December 5, 2025 at 4:16 PM
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We know, it's Sunday night. But spare a moment for the Learnship teachers who haven't been paid their wages for this month or last month. And send an email the bosses letting them know it's time to pay up! #solidarity

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November 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
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GOOD MORNING! Here's our weekly round up of good writing about beer, with pubs in Norwich and Bradford, thoughts on the budget, and notes on a kitsch advertisement for Hamm's beer. 🍻🍺

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News, nuggets and longreads 29 November 2025: Suburbia
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got dodgy dates, kidney beans and The Fat Cat.
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November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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It’s that time of the year when Canadian and US holidays get most muddled up. Late Thanksgiving? No Boxing Day?? Me, I blame having an elected Senate system personally. Welcome to…
The “Happy False Thanksgiving Week !” Edition Of The Thursday Beery News Notes – A Good Beer Blog
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November 20, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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Ancient history now, but workers at Rogue tried to organize in 2011, but the company busted the drive: www.splinter.com/craft-beer-s...
November 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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Here it is. The news on the union set in Glasgow that it has taken me six months to be able to publish.
November 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Malvern House teachers announce week of #strike action!

“This fight is not ours alone. It’s for all the teachers who go above and beyond their paid hours to deliver lessons that do right by their students. It’s time schools did right by us”

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Malvern House teachers announce week of strikes
Teachers at Malvern House London have announced a week of strike action from Monday 24 November to Friday 28 November. Pickets will take place at 8:45am each day outside the language school on Penton
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November 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Bob Vylan
November 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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The same issues keep cropping up for our members: unsafe conditions, long hours for low pay, and illegal workplace practices. Read our step-by-step guide to dealing with problems at work here: londoniww.org.uk/wp-content/u...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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400,000 dead children. They were starved to death by the world’s wealthiest man. They weren’t white, so it didn’t matter to him.

And Tesla rewards him with a $1,000,000,000,000 payday.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Last exit for the lost.
November 1, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It's getting close now
November 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes on the Polish beer scene, pub names, Norwegian funeral beer, discounted BrewDog, the US beer market, and witches. 🍺🍻

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News, nuggets and longreads 1 November 2025: Ghostwatch
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got Warsaw, BrewDog and Norwegian funeral beer.
boakandbailey.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:17 AM
The Stranglers
October 31, 2025 at 9:09 PM
The Buzzcocks
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 PM