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Toby McKenzie

@redwillowtoby.bsky.social

Brews beer, starts way too many random IT projects, cooks food.

206 Followers  |  118 Following  |  63 Posts  |  Joined: 20.10.2023  |  1.5928

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Mussels cooked over fire on a bed of pine needles, so good and a lovely end to a week on the Ile de Re

25.07.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Loving these from the campsite shop

23.07.2025 09:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Half bottle of white and I write no / know

22.07.2025 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The French do no how to lunch

22.07.2025 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Arrived in France, pulled into a petrol station and it has a brewery attached

19.07.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Definitely one of my favourite cook books

08.07.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Was a really fun day

06.07.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Messing around with tap list layouts at home and now want to go for a pint

03.07.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Cross between a Lentil and velociraptor phrase made me laugh and shudder in equal amounts

29.06.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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First brew going in, time for a coffee

23.05.2025 04:40 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Of course the chiller decides to be a dick Friday afternoon

25.04.2025 13:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Quick QA on this before heading to bar for a pint of K.R.A.F.T Less which takes way too much typing

17.04.2025 16:50 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Every time I use a pressure cooker, there is part of me that is genuinely terrified

12.04.2025 17:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Technically found 2, from bar kitchen residencies who disappeared with bills.

19.03.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Found a panini press, my life is now toasty oriented

19.03.2025 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Cost about the same to make, hazy sells faster, but you can’t beat a bit of bitterness. Just remembered I had one in the fridge

14.03.2025 17:57 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Slightly longer than expected train to Brussels due to strikes, but made it

23.02.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Last day, then train to Brussels

21.02.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hopefully there on Saturday or Sunday

20.02.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Best beer is always about context and right now this is my favourite beer ever

19.02.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Impressively punctual train journey, 3 changes, 5 mins wait between each and we arrived in Grindelwald exactly on time

16.02.2025 15:31 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely, but brief evening in Cologne now heading for some snow in Switzerland, definitely becoming a train convert

16.02.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Time for a beer

15.02.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Getting the train from Macclesfield to Cologne, should be drinking Kolsh in about 11hrs.

15.02.2025 08:05 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Marmalading

09.02.2025 19:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Father cremated, eulogy haltingly delivered, time to raid his single malt collection

31.01.2025 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 0
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Found a photo from yesteryear during the fit out of the Macclesfield bar, can’t believe daughter will be 20 next week

30.01.2025 13:05 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

On train to mcr, a chap has just gone into the toilet with a bottle of red wine

25.01.2025 15:52 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Glad to be of service

03.01.2025 21:13 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Tell me about it, my eldest is almost 20 and youngest now towers above me, definitely feeling my age

03.01.2025 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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