Alex Metcalfe

Right?! First off is a 5 gallon batch of Braggott for the Solstice break. I’ve never brewed full grain. I have a brewer friend who has kindly calculated what he thinks I’ll need to replicate to the recipe. So after the first batch I’ll do another 1st ever brew without malt extract 🤞

Absolutely massive hedge #hops this year. Wowzer!

Looking forward to seeing them! Best of luck.

Looking a lovely colour Chris! How are they looking inside? Are they sticky when scrunched in your hand? What does the lupulin (sticky/stinky colourful stuff inside) look like? Vivid or pale?

I would welcome a pitch on it! I think there are myths to be busted on a few fronts.

😜 Pro-content generator mate. I’ve had another fondle and there is a paperyness of a sort!

It’s an incredible year for just about every feral/wild #harvest in #Kent including #hops! @beernouveau.co.uk thinks we are close to ‘ripe’. What does #bsky #Beer think? @solebear-adnams.bsky.social

Just about managed to surprise the Discovery Bar crew for todays Peterborough Beer Fest session. Looking forward to running the @adnamssouthwold.bsky.social bottle and can tasting with @solebear-adnams.bsky.social and the team today!

South-West!

Out and about today on a secret mission… #beer

Right?

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What on earth is that!?! Panasonic GameCube?!?!

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Come to GBBF and get seriously nerdy with me on the Disco bar!

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I thought you said ‘I’m a blazer’ and were ‘talking about pot’ again. Massively projecting here obviously 😳

Lucky enough to have a prescription over here. Atomic Sour Grapefruit and Purple Milk are a godsend at the moment. Still find it hilarious that those names are written on my prescription made by an actual GP Dr

The #SupremeCourt ruling on the definition of a woman is a massive step backward for a British society blinkered to imminent threats and yet obsessed with denying dignity, agency and respect to a small percentage of the population. #transrightsarehumanrights #FuckTerfs

A tally of attendee preferences on their favourite pours from a beer served via gravity, handpull and handpulls with three different sparklers.

Day 1 of the sparkler themed #tasting. Gravity is clearly ahead yet everyone is different. That’s always a prominent aspect of Discovery Bar tastings. There are no wrong answers, only personal preferences. The Discovery Bar exists to help people hone or figure out what their preferences are.

@camraofficial.bsky.social Member’s Weekend preparing for a Discovery Bar sparkler taste off with Summerskills Devon Dew Pale. We have: gravity, hand pull (no sparkler), 1mm, flat and creamer sparklers. 5 pours from the same firkin and scores on the board of what folk prefer. #beer #ale

Crikey that sounds nice.

7am. 10hrs sleep in the last 48hrs. 1 day off in the last fortnight. 😴Finally finished my Diploma in Digital Learning Design assessments. I’m now off to @camraofficial.bsky.social members weekend to demo the Discovery Bar via a tasting of Summerskills Devon Dew pulled through 4 different sparklers!

Holy Helles! What an awesome collab @lostandgrounded.bsky.social

#Barbecue charcoal made out of #pomace from #cider and #perry making 😮 in #argentina www.facebook.com/share/v/18xJ...

Nice!

On my way to @3ccpa.bsky.social’s #CraftCon the UK’s greatest gathering of cider and Perry producers, educators and devout fans. Looking forward to 3 days of the most enjoyable CPD I can imagine.

On my way to see @alisontaffs.bsky.social and finally visit the much esteemed Hop Inn Hornchurch. We will be catching up, talking cider and perry and award winning content. Can’t wait!

🍺 More beery drawings for @camraofficial.bsky.social Learn and Discover platform, to accompany a rather fab article by the Award-winning Charlotte Cook, brewer and all round clever person! See bio for a link to the article.

BIG thanks to @feralfruits.bsky.social for the lovely commission!😇

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#SOS / #Help Is there a #Union for someone in my field: commissioning #editor of online #content, executive producer of #documentaries, YouTube channel manager. I have a long running issue that is grinding me down to the point where I could really do with some guidance and support on how to cope.

Bacon’s always a good idea 😂👌