Henry

I am getting closer

Shame

Good luck!

Who's at GBBF today???

Final Destination: Bloodlines is my comedy of the year. We were roaring in the aisles at my showing just now.

At this exact moment in time is anyone NOT on a roll on LinkedIn? I haven't posted in a year but I be rollin rollin rollin

What do you think of it?

Another glorious WTTO my beer of the fest? Sambrooks Imperial Stout 10.4% no alcohol heat, smooth, coffee chocolate notes alongside some of the mandatory leather great job

Maybe see you around Phil

On my way to Worthing tap takeover who's there?

Sadly yes, the beers survive only as long as someone's paying.

My current fave is Wham Rap- George Michael also had a very difficult to emulate vocal range.

I often think what a weird/fascinating brewery Marstons must be to work in now- like a animal rescue centre for homeless abandoned classic British beers- Bass, Young's, Directors, Mann's, Banks etc etc

Good point but I suppose they still have Marstons brewery so you may as well put volume through it.

@robsterowski.bsky.social believes it can be done in a day or two, I took three

Great brewery!

Will be still brewed at Marstons I assume?

Halcyon and On and On — Drinking, Ageing, and The Green Goddess in Blackheath, London — Pellicle I have a simple, beautiful dream for my dotage. It entails being able to walk from my home to a brown pub that sells brown beer. I sit on a stool at the bar. Behind it, a much younger person smiles, s...

Welcoming @vincerai.bsky.social to the Pellicle crew—his honest and humourous take on beer consumption and pub communities as a 60+ year old is beautifully refreshing in this week's story.

It's also the story of @thegreengoddesspub.bsky.social! Dig in 🌿🍃

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

No one knows the pain of having to do shelflife tastings with a vicious hangover.

The cover of my book, Beer Festivals, illustrated by Simon Gane. A cartoon style, many people stand holding diverse beers. There is bunting at the top.

My new book - Beer Festivals: a great British tradition - is published on 8th May.

You can pre-order it now from CAMRA Books. shop1.camra.org.uk/product/beer...

Interesting to hear Breal described as a disruptor of the UK beer market- surely vulture would be more accurate given all the once great but now distressed brewery brands they have bought?

A Torch In The Infinite — Burton Bridge Brewery in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire — Pellicle “Tradition is the handing down of the flame and not the worshipping of ashes.” It’s unclear who said this first, but Gustav Mahler, the Austro-Bohemian composer, said it best. He was supposedly parap...

Wonderful stuff from @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in @pelliclemag.com The flame of brewing still burning in Burton thanks to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/1/...

Amazing glorious news I am welling up

Jennings Brewery Saved - Pete Brown Finally, some good news from the Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Co Tour of Destruction.

Busy day today. First up, breaking news: Lake District brewer Jennings saved from corporate destruction: www.petebrown.net/2025/02/05/j...

Kind of linked ton the Jennings announcement, more green shoots in the post-corporate cask ale landscape. Lovely things are finally happening in Burton on Trent again! @pelliclemag.com sent me to @burtonbridgebrew.bsky.social to take a look and report back the good news.

Poster for Carnivales Bretanomyces. It has a goat as a logo because Brett will eat everything!

Carnivale Brettanomyces 2025 has a date! 19 to 22 June in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

It's my favourite festival of the year. In their own words: "Carnivale Brettanomyces is a yearly wild beer festival dedicated to deviant fermentation of all kind."

wildegist.nl

See some of you there?

Lève ton Verre — What’s Left of Coreff, France’s First Real Ale — Pellicle That’s the best seat in the pub, next to the fireplace, where you can listen to the gentle sound of crackling logs, benefiting from the warmth it gives off. Raspoutine, the pub’s gorgeous ginger cat, ...

French cask beer. Have you seen it? Travel with @anahlcq.bsky.social to Brittany, where Coreff amber ale is the drink of choice, thanks to some VIP brewers from back in the day.

Beer lovers, drinkers, and historians, you're gonna love this one.

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/1/...

Off flavours or just generally inept?

FICTION: The Short Stay All they want to do is get out of their wet clothes but the key doesn’t work. As Hannah struggles, Joe stands behind her sniffing the warm, musty air of the corridor. ‘Stinks of mice.’ Hannah tries…

FICTION: ‘The Short Stay’ – a weird story for Christmas.

precastreinforced.co.uk/2024/12/18/f...

Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?

www.theguardian.com/news/2024/de... It shows the impact that @raynewman.bsky.social writing on me that the start of this article about the fascinating yet unsettling Humphrey driving down to meet prospective new tenants instantly had me thinking that it would be a great basis for one of his stories.