Mark Johnson

Birthday outing

Oh I'm not suggesting that it is a mystery. But then banked pints weren't in my eyes either, and look what happened there

Speaking of beer nostalgia, currently drinking T/Bridge's version of Masham Ale; a beer that I think I only had previously on the Theakston Brewery Tour circa 2006.

Anyway, this version is smashing.

Crikey - Rogue and Underdog. And this is how I find out. Shows how far away from beer discourse I am at present.

It's like going back to your student town/city and seeing that all the locations that formed your memories have gone. I'm as nostalgic for the 2010s beer scene as I am for 90s football

The greatest pub in the land. Please don't use your influence to make it a tourist hotspot 😂.

But seriously enjoy it and have a responsible tour operator with you, as the roads are treacherous today.

That reminds me.... i still need to sort out the spare room ceiling

Consider me narked

Good God I don't know which form of me is worse

Ooooh do I have thoughts. I might just come out of retirement for this.
My 1st point will be that a favourite local of one of these contributors once tried taking me to task on Twitter because I called out queues in pubs. I'd love to know if they got the same treatment, because my beef is never done

Half a Thornbridge Jaipur in the Sheffield tap

I wrote something on my phone while sitting on my train to Lincoln, and liked it, so I decided to publish it. A little something about grief, and travel, and Jaipur in the Sheffield Tap.

www.totalales.co.uk/blog/2025/10...

I did drink the Jarl dry before getting my train ... true story. There may have only been a couple of pints left, but still

Ahhhh thanks for letting me know!

It took 40 minutes for this to load up, so morning felt more apt at the time

Good Morning!

Rare night in to myself, so I'm taking it back to my favourite times in beer

It would appear that I'd just left

Cheers! The fancy light strike was completely unintentional

First try of the Lees' version of Boddingtons.

Tasted like a Lees' beer at first... and I really wasn't sure. But then the first disappeared quickly and I was on a second. It's alright.

I last had the original whenever anybody else did, so I've no comparison to make

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...

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...

Wilbur's round

Unforeseen circumstances have led to Unforeseen Monday pints.

Starting off with cask Kernel Pale, and then I've these two to move onto next. What a time to be in Stalybridge

There he is!

Been a long time, but thrilled to see @wishbonebrewery.bsky.social back in Staly. One of my faves.

I'd find it very easy to resist this beer

I don't think that the Aldi Oktoberfest beer box is bringing in the same level of engagement

Pubs are about more. Like customer's that bring in rosemary from their garden for people, to help use it up.

I've been using a very discarded and shabby looking beer shed much more this week to cope with some sad news, and all my familiar favourites are back too.

Sonoma.

Rauch Corner

Rauch Corner

Pints of Schlenkerla's latest release - the Helles Marzen - in Huddersfield today. Unreal stuff