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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · 2d

Festival season continues with a mini-run of three consecutive weekends later this month, starting with North Hop in Inverness on the 17th/18th, then it’s over to Edinburgh for the Big Swally on the 25th and back to Glasgow on the 1st Nov for Glasladies’ Beer Is For Everyone.

Join us if you can!

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Wee Beer Shop @weebeershop.bsky.social · 8d

🆕🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 A brown beer in the Belgian style with the trademark fruity Abbey Ale flavour profile and fortified with organic Deglet Noor dates.

Rich and complex aromas of dried fruit and banana mingle with delicate nutty and spice notes in a beer that’s soft, smooth and deliciously easy drinking.

#bskybeer

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 9d

The Glasladies Beer Society has released the full brewery line-up for the 2025 Beer is for Everyone festival, to be held on 1st November beertoday.co.uk/2025/09/29/b... #beer #beernews #beerfestival #glasgow @glasladiesbeer.bsky.social

Line-up revealed for Beer Is For Everyone fest - Beer Today

The Glasladies Beer Society has released the full brewery line-up for the 2025 Beer is for Everyone festival, to be held on 1st November

beertoday.co.uk

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · 9d

A nice write up of an enjoyable brew with Jim last week. Really looking forward to this beer being ready! 🍻

Independent Salford Beer Festival @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social · 9d

Keeping Things Simple, Sahti-style with @stfermentations.bsky.social for #ISBFX Brewday 4

Read all about it in our new blog post: www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/isbfx-b...

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Stirchley Wines & Spirits @stirchleywines.bsky.social · 12d

It's always a pleasure to be able to publicly say new @stfermentations.bsky.social beers in stock. We're fans and we think you should be too...

🍻 Table Beer - 2.9%
🍺 Dunkelweizen - 5.5%
🍻 Vienna Lager - 5.5%
🍺 DDH IPA - 6.5%

#ShopIndependent #VivaStirchley

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · 15d

It’s been a huge pleasure to have Jim ISBF here for a brew today. A few handfuls of spruce tips, juniper, some choc rye, a load of floor malted Pilsner and nae hops. Should be just the job on a rainy November night in Salford @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social

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Jessica Mason @drinksmaven.bsky.social · 29d

Women’s beer group to host Glasgow tap takeover www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2025/09/wome... @teamdb.bsky.social

Women’s beer group to host Glasgow tap takeover

The Glasladies Beer Society, a group for women and non-binary beer enthusiasts, is marking Glasgow’s 850th anniversary with a tap takeover this week.

www.thedrinksbusiness.com

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Sep 4

A timely read as we’re about to release our 2.9% Table Beer, which we brew with Euro/noble hops as well as US varieties. We do this for flavour and because the resulting complexity helps a lower ABV beer punch above its weight.

VinePair @vinepair.com · Sep 3

Czech brewers are making low-alcohol beers that are complex, rich, and fun to drink, offering a blueprint for other brewers to do the same.

How Czech Brewers Make Low-Alcohol Lagers With Big Flavor

Beer fans who make it to Prague before the weather turns will find exactly what they’ve been told to expect: a beautiful Old World city where classic Pilsner-style beers are everywhere, with hundreds ...

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Aug 28

Not sure yet… 6ish?

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Aug 28

Next Thursday - 4th September - you’ll find us and a whole load of our tasty beers at the wonderful Crown Posada in Newcastle.

If you’ve been before, you’ll know what an awesome pub this is. If you haven’t, come and find out!

Loads of cask, loads of keg. Side helpings of chat.

Cheers!

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Aug 11

Look at that list!

So proud to be on it… and so looking forward to being back in Hemsley House 🍻

Independent Salford Beer Festival @salfordbeerfest.bsky.social · Aug 10

#ISBFX tickets are on general sale…now!

Read all about it and get yours here: www.salfordbeerfest.com/news/isbfx-y...

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Jun 13

Saddened by the news of Sir Geoff Palmer's passing. The one guest lecture he gave during my time at Heriot Watt was outstanding; packed with anecdotes, energy and charisma off the scale. And brewing/distilling was just one element of his life! A truly unique man and a great loss, RIP.

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · May 2

Those talented Gan Yam folks are as good with words as they are with beer, so check out this write up on the delicious nettle sour we brewed recently, then buy some and try it!

Just don’t expect to find out what nettles taste like 😅

ganyambrewco.substack.com/p/whats-brew...

What's Brewing: Heavy Nettle

We take our brewers Jonny and Greg aside to look under the bonnet of one of our many beers. We’ll kick it off with a bit of technical detail, and then move into the emotional realm...

ganyambrewco.substack.com

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Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · Apr 13

Less than 300 responses for this petition to get an official response from the government. Take two minutes to do something good today.

Craft Beer Channel @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social · Apr 3

At some point around 8am we hit 2,000 signatures on our petition to get cask ale recognised as living heritage by the UK government. 8,000 to go to get an official response, 98,000 to get a debate in Parliament!

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...

Petition: Recognise the production and serving of cask ale as Intangible Cultural Heritage

Following the UK’s ratification of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, we call on the Government to recognise production and serving of traditional British cask a...

petition.parliament.uk

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Apr 9

Yay, festival season!

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Apr 9

As someone with tinnitus myself and dad to a son with hearing loss, it’s great to see a bit of chat around this. Dave from Ride Brewing was an advocate for better provision in Glasgow, but he’s now living on Gigha where it’s no doubt less of an issue 🏝️

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Apr 2

Remind me about this when I see you tomorrow

Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Apr 1

Cheers Jeff!

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Jeff Evans @jeffevanswriter.bsky.social · Apr 1

My latest round of beer reviews for Drinks Retailing.

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Apr 1

Let’s hope so! It’ll be interesting to see how this goes over the next few weeks, especially for the smallest breweries without existing pubco relationships.

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Mar 31

I have, I meant more general chat. I guess I just see less chat about things like this since Twitter died!

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’m sure the underhand methods department is working overtime right now…

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Mar 31

I’ve not seen much chat about this but it seems like it should be good news for small breweries and pub goers in Scotland…?

news.stv.tv/scotland/sco...

Scots could see better beer selection in pubs after new rules, minister says

The Scottish Pubs Code comes into force on Monday and will enable tied pub tenants to offer a wider range of alcohol.

news.stv.tv

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · Mar 23

Today’s @thetimes.com column is one I’ve been itching to write: the rise of British-brewed proper lagers that rival the gods of Germany and the Czech Republic! ) Please click and dwell! www.thetimes.com/article/68e0...

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Simple Things Fermentations @stfermentations.bsky.social · Feb 26

Quick reminder that we’re doing a live drink along podcast thing at 8pm this Sat.

Grab 4 of our recent beers & enjoy a side helping of brew chat. Order via the website and we’ll post tomorrow 🍻

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