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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 2h

Anyway, as we were saying...

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 4h

What Matt says. If we unfollowed you, this is probably why. Not saying you shouldn't post about politics – it's your account, do what you like – but it was becoming a fire hose of misery.

Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 4h

I actually want to use Bluesky to talk about beer and pubs mostly but even with being selective of who I follow 90% of my feed is current affairs and world events. The timeline is stressful. Considering withdrawing my social media presence entirely to instagram (until that becomes too shit to use)

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Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 4h

Or Boddies tbh. From first hand observations I think an entirely new generation of drinkers is being normalised to ordering it.

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Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social · 4h

Bass is up 19 percent Y-on-Y. Cask needs recognisable brands & you don't get many better than Bass.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 5h

Well, things came to be which were not certain. The unknown became the known - or will be when the covers are lifted later. Time is a’ticking. That’s never as clear as the dawn when that zap of frost hits. And the Yankees lost. So it’s still a happy day. I can buy frikkin canned tomatoes all winter.

The Beery News Notes For The Threat Of Frost And The Yanks And Jays In What Might Just Be A Post-Passion World – A Good Beer Blog

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 1d

When someone calls a pub an institution, there are always detractors. But we can't think of a single person who wouldn't agree that The Dog & Bell is exactly that.

Will Hawkes joins us again for an insight into Deptford's most beloved pub.

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There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle

On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler.  A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 1d

A spate of “craft beer is crashing” pieces has me thinking about a post I wrote twelve years ago. Is the difference between a bubble and a mature market more about vibes than dollars?

A Bubble Versus a Mature Market — Beervana

A spate of “craft beer is crashing” pieces has me thinking about a post I wrote twelve years ago. Is the difference between a bubble and a mature market more about vibes than dollars?

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 2d

Think While You Drink on Thurs features Local Archaeologist & Brewer Nick Fitzgerald and Heritage Brewer @beernouveau.co.uk. Together, they'll explore what early (pre-historic) beers might have tasted like, and what flavours are still used today.

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Think While You Drink

Join Good Chemistry and Drinking Studies Network for a series of free talks designed to make you THINK WHILE YOU DRINK! Bringing interesting talks on beers, brewing, pubs, the industry and wider drink...

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james @jamesmoosh.bsky.social · 2d

I was at the Brussels Beer Project bar in Ixelles a week or two ago looking at the board with 20 different IPAs and had similar feelings: that's not what I go to Belgium for. But I guess someone must like it.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 2d

This is great.

Eoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 2d

They asked for a response, so I couldn't exactly let them down, could I?

On Belgian beer, Hegelian dialectics, and why Belgium's craft beer turn makes perfect sense.

In response to @boakandbailey.bsky.social: boakandbailey.com/2025/10/we-d...

They don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s their problem* — Brussels Beer City

*Or, a (semi-serious) rebuttal of Boak and Bailey’s “We don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s our problem” Picture this: it’s 1925, and you’re a young English man of means stepping of...

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Sean The Brewer @seanayling.bsky.social · 2d

Delivered a van load of beer to a beer festival yesterday.

A reminder to me that our threats are Netflix, Deliveroo, and supermarkets not other small breweries and independent pubs.

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Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social · 3d

You'll be delighted to hear that I've finally got around to putting some back copies of @londonbeercity.bsky.social on my website. Here's March: www.willhawkes.net/blog/2025/ma...

An interior shot of the Blythe Hill Tavern in SE23, featuring happy customers, various mirrors and horse-racing memorabilia

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Southstar Brewing Co @southstarbrewco.bsky.social · 2d

It's like visiting Britain and being dragged by locals to shiny tap rooms or bars that look like student flats to drink the same uninspiring hop juice that prevails everywhere else.

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Eoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 2d

Flash reaction - the provincials have a right to feel cosmopolitan every now and then!

More considered reaction maybe later 😂

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 2d

If we'd written this for a magazine, we'd have interviewed or corresponded with people like @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social and @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social and quoted them in the piece. As it is, we thought we'd let them tell us if/how we might be wrong in public. More fun that way, innit?

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 2d

BLOG POST: "...we recognise the problem in tourists demanding that the places they visit stay exactly the same, while expecting bars at home to do the opposite... But Belgium really does feel different, for a few reasons..." 🍺🍻

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We don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s our problem

On a recent trip to Liège we ended up visiting a couple of more modern bars which, although very pleasant, didn’t give us what we want from Belgian beer.

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Andreas Krennmair @akrennmair.bsky.social · 5d

Oktoberfestbier at Oktoberfest: does the difference between the different brands even matter?

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Oktoberfest Beer at Oktoberfest: Does the Difference Even Matter? - Daft Eejit Brewing

In which I ponder whether the difference in Oktoberfestbier brands at the actual Oktoberfest actually matters.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 5d

Specifically, it's about people who blog for the sake of blogging, not because they say it as a stepping stone to a career. Maybe we're wrong, but we don't get the impression. Martin Taylor longs to write a book.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 5d

And here are the footnotes for Patreon supporters, with extra links and a bit of background gossip:

www.patreon.com/posts/140301...

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 5d

MORNING! Here's this week's round up of interesting writing about beer and pubs, this time with a few new-to-us voices. 🍻🍺

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A Victorian corner pub, The Golden Lion, in Fishponds, Bristol.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 5d

A very posh man appreciating a pint in a 1970s pub.

Nigel Fitzhugh doing something with wort in a small brewing kettle.

Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 5d

From 20 minutes in, an account of the microbrewery movement and a profile of Blackawton Brewery.

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1978: How to BE YOUR OWN BOSS | The BBC Documentary | World of Work | BBC Archive

YouTube video by BBC Archive

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 5d

All looking for very wobbly.

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Brewdog announces job cuts after posting £37m loss

It is the fifth year running that the firm, headquartered in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, has posted pre-tax losses.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 8d

Proper Job is an institution. There, we've said it. Who better to talk about the legacy and impact of this IPA than @atjbeer.bsky.social?

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A Scanner Dreckly — The Life and Legacy of St. Austell Proper Job IPA — Pellicle

It is a sedate summer’s afternoon in the bar of The Globe in Topsham, five miles outside Exeter. Wimbledon is on the big screen, with the sound turned down, and there are five other customers inside. ...

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The European Bar Guide @europeanbarguide.bsky.social · 7d

We're pleased to publish and show you a brand new article! ✍️

Our recent visit to Germany got us thinking about the soft skills and unsung human qualities that make great pubs and bars what they are.

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The soft skills of running a good pub

Why do bars that appear to be very similar just work, while others don't? We explore the importance of soft skills to enhance your experience.

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