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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 14h

The hard work paid off btw 😏

Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Thinking about this and how, over the last few years, a sizeable gap has opened between the perception of the fat cat inside and outside of the Sheffield beer scene. I have to walk past it to get home, and I've been in maybe once in the last year. It's fallen behind other great local boozers.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Lasagne successfully assembled and placed in the fridge overnight to set before cooking tomorrow.

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Dermot Kennedy @dermotkennedy1.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don’t usually do pub crawl blog posts but here is one about my trip to Sheffield a few weeks ago to go to some favourites I’ve waited too long to revisit. It incudes an ultimate revisit - from more than 40 years ago! pubgallery.co.uk/2026/10/01/r...

pubgallery.co.uk

Revisiting some Sheffield favourites - Pub Gallery

Kelham Island is an old industrial area bordered by the River Don to to the north and the A61 dual carriageway to the south. It’s famous among beer fans as the location of two influential pubs which t...

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Nothing makes me want to turn off a movie like the appearance of Jared Leto.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

cool kids drink cremant from a babycham glass x

A babycham glass containing sparkling white wine

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Plans for today: 1. Make Lasagne 2. Drink Cremant

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This was a really interesting read, mostly because whilst in Manchester last Thursday, I decided that I actually don't really like going to Cafe Beermoth and that i should stop including it on my usual Manchester pub route. It's good to hear a well-made counterpoint.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Right. According to the diary, we've got a group of 20 or so 'beer writers' booked in at the pub for the evening in 2 weeks. Which of you lot is it? 😂

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sitting in Cafe Beermoth around after work drinks time. Current Gilet count: 6.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Day 3 of 8 days leave - i made coffee and walnut cake, then went for delicious Indian food at the excellent 5Tara.

A big mess of a cake, covered in cream coloured icing and walnuts, on a pink tray.

2 bowls of curry, 2 bowls of rice and some chapati

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I was having a conversation with someone today who wanted to know where they could find my writing. I told them my blog name, but they wanted me to type it into Google for them. Thus did I see that there was an AI summary of my blog readily available. The fact of which made me want to scream.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Pint and Book! It's probably my book of the year, unless something truly remarkable pops up.

A pint of pale ale next to a book titled "What Am I, A Deer?" by Polly Barton

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I've found out I have a very strong aversion to the phrase "anybody who knows me know that...". It's completely irrational, founded in absolutely nothing, but anytime I hear/read that phrase, I find myself rolling my eyes and thinking 'oh do shut up'.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 1 of 8 days leave - I have not stepped outside the door of my flat. I've made a chilli, played video games, and read smut. Now I'm getting into a freshly made bed for an early night. God, I needed a day like this.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Right. 6-close tonight, and then I am off for 8 days. Crawling towards that finish line.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Right folks, you've got 2 hours before I need to be at work. What albums should I be listening to whilst I do the line clean and sort the cellar out?

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

I would contend that this data is a better indicator of the number of pubs that are gullible enough to pay for cask marque accreditation than of beer quality. Lots of great cask around here, yet I dont know many publicans that think CM accreditation is worth more than the paper it is written on.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Hey, we're doing a really dumb event to ?celebrate? the anniversary of the fire that almost finished us off last year...

A poster promoting an event called from the Ashes at the Harlequin

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

I really want to just get rid of my entire wardrobe and start new, but also, I am cheap and broke.

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

yet more fuel to the fire for my theory of some people leaving the house actively wanting to have as awful a time as they can possibly have.

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

this time next week I will be on annual leave, this time next week I will be on annual leave, this time next week I will be on annual leave, this time next week I will be on annual leave, this time next week I will be on annual leave, this time next week I will be on annual leave,this time next week

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Boak & Bailey (Jess & Ray) @boakandbailey.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

GOOD MORNING! Here's our regular round-up of good writing about beer and pubs, this time with a couple of themes around (a) Oktoberfest and (b) making space for beer and pubs in communities. boakandbailey.com/2026/09/news...

boakandbailey.com

News, nuggets and longreads 12 September 2026: Penda’s Fen

Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got hop farming, Nottingham, and Cluedo. First, some news from the climate change frontline: the last commer...

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Most recent pint and book! Really enjoyed this one. Big recommend for queer folks and anyone interested in the topic of gender exploration.

Stag Dance by Torrey Peters next to a pint of pale

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

Nothing like a face full of smoked wheat beer from a dodgy keg to wake you up in the morning.

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

Superb timing. I look forward to reading this on the train to Nottingham tomorrow!

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Oh God, this podium is gonna make me cry so bad.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Absolutely textbook deployment of the sausage barrier this morning.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A customer just called me fat and then proceeded to eat 6 packs of scampi fries with his son.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I regret to inform everyone that my Mom has started watching Heated Rivalry.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Also I am absolutely desperate for a break from it. I need some time away before it makes me want to brain myself on the cellar walls. Both of these things can coexist and are completely normal actually.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

I'm not comfortable with being sentimental. I find it difficult. But the pub I'm at now feels different to any I've been at before. I find myself peridoically looking around and smiling because it all just feels right? It feels like we've created something together. It's wonderful.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

yer da boycotts Timmy Ts cus the man on the pumpclip grew a beard.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Quite irked by CAMRA posting about "the best 16 pubs in the UK". The vast majority of which are predictably both southern and rural. Nothing against those pubs, but when did tweeness become a deciding factor in what makes a good pub? What's wrong with the north? What's wrong with city pubs?

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Delighted to find out I have Sunday off this week and the following Monday/Tuesday next. It's the first time I've had 2 days off in a row for 2 months and the first time I've had 3 since I went to Bologna in the first week of May.

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

I've been reading Pleasure Beach over the last few weeks. It was very frustrating. Parts I loved, parts I loathed. It actually made me feel dumb which was a horrible feeling. I don't think books should make people feel like that.

A copy of pleasure beach by Helen Palmer next to a pint of real ale

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Yep. Similar weather today = busiest lunch time trade we've ever had 😅

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We always joke about being a shit weather pub. We've not had a great summer. thunderstorms accompanied by absolutely torrential rain today though and we've got a full rail of checks and the busiest lunchtime I've seen in months 😅

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I found out that Dolly Parton had passed because I turned on my mobile data in a pub that didn't have WiFi, and I had 9 new messages from 6 different people. I am devastated. I love her. She was an amazing woman, and one of the finest songwriters of all time. Thank you Dolly 💖

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The mild sold out at the weekend, the stout hasn't got much left either. We're so back!!

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

The band is called Slugfut and they are great!! (I work with the guitarist)

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Michael Deakin @caskapital.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Something that never ceases to amaze me is how many calls I get from breweries wanting to sell me beer, but who have at no point thought about how that beer is going to physically get to me.

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