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Caroline Debenham 🏳️‍⚧️ @carolinedebenh1.eurosky.social · 6h

Lidl Oktoberfest box out on 8/10.

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BLOG POST: We rather took to Le Garde Fou in Strasbourg with it's greebling, dark corners, wonky, worn-in furniture and, crucially, 14 beers on tap. boakandbailey.com/2026/10/in-s...

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In Strasbourg skip the microbreweries and go to the pub

On our recent trip to Strasbourg we found a pub we liked so much we visited twice.

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Molson Coors has confirmed that Sharp’s Brewery, near Wadebridge, in Cornwall, will close by the end of the year with the loss of up to 40 jobs beertoday.co.uk/2026/09/30/s... #beer #beernews #cornwall

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Molson Coors confirms Sharp’s closure - Beer Today

Molson Coors has confirmed that Sharp's Brewery, near Wadebridge, in Cornwall, will close by the end of the year with the loss of up to 40 jobs

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Ed Wray @thebeerfather.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I was talking to a friend about the urinals at the Philharmonic in Liverpool and she's now asked if there are any recommendations for Manchester. Is there anything that compares there?

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The Beer Nut @thebeernut.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Stunning Yorkshire scenery.

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Ewan @ewanm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I feel like the folk moaning about TT going "woke" with their pump clips would appreciate this old school-ass styling.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Drinking a very bitter golden bitter from a modern craft brewery at The Kings Head for the second time in a few weeks and wondering if something in particular has prompted people to have a go at cloning Boddingtons.

The interior of a pub with William Morris wallpaper.

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Jason @thehollows.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

I hate seeing my buddy spending years working on his AI beer app that got less relevant as time went on (and I think completely irrelevant at this point) but he keeps pushing through hoping for a big payday, working long hours with Claude to build it and talking like he has conversations with Claude

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Jason @thehollows.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

My guide to Amsterdam beer. I've been here 11 months so it's still a work in progress. Beer is the primary focus so nice brown bars with generic lists aren't included. Random places with Augustiner or Keesman probably are. Hit me up if you come here! maps.app.goo.gl/amDrY7AV5HhD...

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Google Maps

Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

BLOG POST: Does your AI-generated beer app actually contribute something? Is it meeting a real need, or providing new information? Or did you just get excited about being able to make something with zero effort? boakandbailey.com/2026/09/ai-h...

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AI has made it easier than ever to make apps nobody asked for

We’ve been inundated lately with AI-written press releases about AI-built tools and websites focused on beer and pubs. Who is asking for this?

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At Lost & Grounded for more Festbier. It's dead good.

The view from under the temporary beer Festzelt (gazebo).

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Lars Marius Garshol @larsga.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

My new book is finally out! A short, readable overall history of beer tracing the long lines in the development of beer. Seeing history like that inevitably brings out an overlooked side of the history of beer: beer as a source of massive power. Please repost! www.garshol.priv.no/download/pow...

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The Power of Beer

Personal site of Lars Marius Garshol.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

We've just belatedly got round to signing up for this. £10.50 for a year's access to some of the best, most thoughtful and most amusing beer writing around.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Instead of a newsletter for September 2026... have this newsletter-style blog post instead, with notes on moving on from the ticking mentality; some obscure beer and pub writing from the 1940s; and what we've posted over the past month or so. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/inst...

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Instead of a newsletter for September 2026... You can’t catch ’em all

One thing our recent holiday brought home is that we’re definitely over the urge to visit every brewery or important pub in any given city.

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Dave Infante @dinfontay.com · 19/09/2026

at some point trying to make fun of people being into craft beer is more embarrassing than simply being into craft beer and i believe we are rapidly approaching that inflection point

Spirit halloween costumes for “IPA Can” and it’s just a guy wearing a costume that says “hipster ipa”

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Andreas Krennmair @akrennmair.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Oktoberfest started today in Munich, so here are my #beerhistory blog posts about its history: 1. the scandal of the first giant Oktoberfest tent: how a restaurateur from outside Munich ignored the authorities and established what is Oktoberfest nowadays. dafteejit.com/2026/03/the-...

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The Scandal of Oktoberfest's First Giant Tent - Daft Eejit Brewing

In which I wrote about how the first large tent at Oktoberfest came to be, and why it was a scandal for the Oktoberfest restaurateurs at the time.

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Ben Palmer @johnzee7.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy Oktoberfest from the Zollpackhof Biergarten in Berlin 🥨

Some glasses of Augustiner Oktoberfestbier and some wild hops on the table in the Zollpackhof Biergarten

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Draft Schlenkerla Märzen at 't Brugs Beertje. I thought hell would freeze over before this happened, but here we are. As always, it's magnificent 🍻

A glass of Schlenkerla Märzen on a wooden table in 't Brugs Beertje.

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Historic Beer Ads @beerpuffery.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Sorry, I forgot. Here it is with alt text added.

2026 official poster design for Munich's Oktoberfest. The image is a highly colorful mosaic of polygons in different colors, almost like a stained glass window. The shapes form into several objects, most prominently a Mass glass of beer, a Ferris wheel, and the two towers of Munich's Frauenkirche. In the lower right and left corners are a baritone horn and pretzel, and above the pretzel is a heart. In the lower center is "Oktoberfest München 19.9 - 4.10.2026"

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Happy to see it doesn't look that different.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular weekly round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, with notes on pubs with too many rules, Norwegian pilsner and car park hops, among other things. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/news...

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News, nuggets and longreads 19 September 2026: Some People

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got cheaper pints, Czech pubs and Belgian folk traditions.

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Ben Palmer @johnzee7.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Am I in the Hallertau for hop harvest? No! I discovered these in the car park of a Getränke Hoffmann drinks store in Berlin.

Hops on the bine in a Getränke Hoffmann car park.

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Lars Marius Garshol @larsga.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

About to participate in a panel debate about Norwegian beer ingredients at a big food festival in Oslo. Here’s the entrance to the “drinks tent”, where a Norwegian farm food organization wants to show off Norwegian drinks. And their symbol? A yeast ring.

Photo of a huge poster on a party tent wall, showing two hands holding a yeast ring. (Yeah, probably AI.)

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Dermot Kennedy @dermotkennedy1.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Steep uphill walk to the Blake Tavern but worth it. Troubling news is that owner has sold to pub company and sign has now appeared on wall looking for tenants. Barman worries that new tenant may not have same commitment to good ale. Fine pint of Neepsend Blonde. Victorian features are unchanged.

Red brick corner pub with green painted fascia, inn sign on wall and new sign saying "Could you run this pub".

Side room with wood and stained glass screen and pub furniture with view through archway to main bar and bar counter.

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Alan McLeod / A Good Beer Blog @agoodbeerblog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Today's beery news notes were brought by many inc: @knutalbert.bsky.social @morrighani.bsky.social @katiematherkm.bsky.social @pelliclemag.com @davidjesudason.bsky.social @boakandbailey.bsky.social and a tie in the battle for newbie level expertise supremacy - plus some odd gak called protein beer.

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Lisa Grimm @lisagrimm.com · 17/09/2026

This week in Dublin pub-bothering, we keep it close to home and finally take Cian's advice: www.weirdodublinpubs.com/weirdo-guide... #SpeirGorm

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

BLOG POST: With less than 24 hours in town we visited three beer gardens in Munich. One was too local. One was too touristy. But the third was just right. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/a-tr...

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A trio of Munich beer gardens in one afternoon

We only had a short stopover in Munich but really wanted a proper session in a proper Münchner Biergarten. Goldilocks style, we ended up visiting three.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Just seen the rudest way to ask for a pint to be topped up: “Are you gonna finish pouring that or...?”

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Singing River Brewery @singingriverbrew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My home brew club is having an "Iron Brewery" competition of 'nice' & 'nasty' ingredients for a fun competition in October. I got coffee & mushroom, so am doing a coffee stout with porcini extract. The brew is done, slightly down at OG1058, & cooling to 18°C before adding Nottingham yeast.

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Roger @rogger.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I have a pet theory that the whole tribe of That Guy who flocked to CAMRA in the 80s/90s and were largely in it for the nostalgia and complaining just switched their performative contempt from lager to pale ale once ambient beer quality started getting good and Craft kicked off.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

(yesterday) Man (I'm sure you can picture him): Ugh, what is it with all these bloody pales. Where's all the brown and dark beers? I'm sick of it!! 🤬 Me looking at our cask line-up, which consisted of 4 pale ales, a bitter, an ESB, and a porter: sir, do you need help reading the pumpclips?

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Gaby @drgabywolferink.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Any Belgian beer geeks who can recommend a nice brasserie for a big lunch and tasting menu between Bouillon and Charleroi on a Monday? I know Maredsous and Leffe of the big ones are technically on our potential route but welcome any others. We enjoyed Rochehaut already. #BeerSky #BlueSkyBeer

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The Beer Nut @thebeernut.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Trying to spot the hidden hand of AI is much like, back when beer writing was more of a thing, trying to spot the corporate shills.

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Tasting Craft Beer @tastingcraftbeer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Project Maisel, in which final-year apprentice brewers at Maisel make their own creation, resulted in a "European Style IPA" this year: Europia. Only European hop varieties (6 of them). It's lovely. A unique IPA, "greener", more herbal, with mint and still some citrus, and nicely full bodied!

A glorious image, stolen from Maisel's website.

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The Greenwich Wire @greenwichwire.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"We’re in the middle of nowhere – so we’re trying to make this a community space where people feel proud to invite their friends." The founder of the Bouldr Bar in Thamesmead speaks to @davidjesudason.bsky.social about creating that community. greenwichwire.co.uk/2026/09/11/b...

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Bouldr Bar's battle to put Thamesmead on the food and drink map - The Greenwich Wire

The founder of Thamesmead's Bouldr Bar talks about his battle to open the bar - and how much more needs to be done to create places for people to meet in the town.

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IrishBeerHistory @beerfoodtravel.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

One I almost missed today amongst a pile of glassware. A stemmed glass bearing the name 'Patrick Doyle 12 Inchicore Road Kilmainham.' The business is long gone, it was there in the early part of the 20th c., but nice to have yet another tangible relic of Dublin's drinking past for the collection ...

A stemmed glass with a moulded flared bowl and that name etched in a garter design.

A close-up of the name showing light scratches where someone tried to remove it.

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Evan Rail @evanrail.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

“Some drinkers also supplement their beers with shots and yet, somehow, hardly anybody ever looks or acts as if they’re even slightly drunk.” The best take on “how Czechs drink” I’ve seen in a long time. Practically anthropological. Read the whole thing.

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Andreas Krennmair @akrennmair.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

"There’s a Legal Fight Brewing at Oktoberfest The season of beer and lederhosen has been clouded by allegations Munich is running a cartel that even a prince can’t crack" www.wsj.com/world/europe...

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There’s a Legal Fight Brewing at Oktoberfest

The season of beer and lederhosen has been clouded by allegations Munich is running a cartel that even a prince can’t crack.

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

BLOG POST: “If the ideal German beer hall is fixed in about 1900, and the ideal English pub in about 1880, in the ideal Czech pub it’s always about 1923, when Czechoslovakia was still young...” boakandbailey.com/2026/09/futu...

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Futuristic functional folk: impressions of Brno, Czechia

Brno, the capital of Moravia, is Czechia’s second city and was the primary goal of our recent round trip by train. As lovers of beer, architecture, history and folk tradition, we found plenty to enjoy...

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Lady Sinks the Booze @doubleshiny.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Just photo spam from the Brussels beer weekend from me for the next few days

Members of the Pink Elephant brewers of Delirium in blue robes with pink trim a the brewers parade in Brussels

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Trying to recreate a Desítka by mixing a 3.8% pale n hoppy cask ale with a splash of Budvar. Almost convincing.

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