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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Seems my favourite festival - Carnivale Brettanomyces - has a sister festival in Brussels this year. 4, 5, 6 December at Be-here Brussels

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Made my way to Queer Brewing Taproom on their closing weekend. Happy world pride!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Unsurprisingly, Amsterdam Craft Beer fest has been cancelled. The end of Borefts festival meant that a big gap in the beer calendar was ready to be filled. Unfortunately poor communication, high prices, and inclarity on the lineup led to poor ticket sales for this event.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Burnt Mill Best Bitter at Hand & Marigold

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

On the train to Oxford! Could not let the opportunity slip to join my old homebrew group's monthly meeting. Even brought some sake with.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

I think interesting tourism age gap example is the recent phenomenon of tiktok / Instagram queues. It's mostly young people queuing up in long queues for a viral bag of fries or cookies. And the first thing that they do when they get their hands on it is take a selfie.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Met up yesterday with some of the local sake homebrewers at Nai Pure Sake Bar (Amsterdam). We had 6 sakes to sample; and exchanged rice, yeast, and nerdy process knowledge. I forgot to take pictures, but I did make a picture of the very seasonal Tamagawa Icebreaker.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

With a good cool crash it compacts really nicely at the bottom of the fermenter here. Using hop bags limits the yield in my experience.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Last time I was in London I had a hard time finding their Burton Union ales. This is great news! Thank you.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Going to be in London this Tuesday and will be around for almost 2 weeks! Any events, relatively new bars/breweries, or food/drink/other suggestions are welcome!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Sampling some of the local brews at Izmir-based brew pub Madam Prokopp.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I think it's the oldest steam locomotive in the Netherlands (1901) that they are using for a festival (Bello Festival 2026).

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Grolsch is 100 procent in handen van Asahi. Dus Asahi neemt Gulpener over is meer accuraat.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Asahi, who also owns Grolsch, has just bought Gulpener brouwerij. Another Dutch independent brewery gobbled up by big beer. They have been branding themselves as local, family owned, sustainable. I guess not much of that identity will be left after this takeover. Sad times.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Rice washing I zoomed into the clock for a good reason. The whole timing of the washing, and soaking is completely done based on this little digital clock!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

Did I post an update about my one week internship at sake brewery Daimon Shuzo in Osaka, Japan? Oops! I spent one week living in the brewery to learn more about the process of making sake.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Some more process pictures of the steaming, making koji, and fermenting.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

After pressing I kept the sake in a fermenter at very low temperatures to make it clear and mature.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I used 50 percent and 70 percent polished rice for the batches, two different koji-kin, and yeast #901. Pressed on day 25 and day 26 after the third addition of rice and koji-rice.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I pressed my 3rd and 4th batch of sake early last week. Today it was time to measure and sample them.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Best news you will hear today: Schneeeule is making a restart!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

I made the move to Tidal which has mostly been smooth. Higher quality streams, better curated playlists, more or less the same selection of music, and there are some third party apps that allow you to migrate your playlist. I want to love Qobuz; but they have gaps in the catalogue.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

This feels a bit like how I always seem to stand in the longest supermarket queue; I ordered the grey founders edition. But good to hear progress is being made; and happy for those that will be receiving their SS soon. No update about the docking station on the website. Any news there?

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My Schott Zwiesel glasses are good enough and near indestructable but my Riedel Vinum glasses are a lot thinner and lighter. They do feel and drink nicer but require more care. Not sure if that's helpful at all. If you really want to splurge you could take a look at Zalto.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 25/01/2026

It's already pretty impressive they remember CDs.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Met of zonder hondenslee?

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

Switching to a 4 mini regulator setup for the new kegerator. If it ever arrives that is.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

I have been a bit on a brewing hiatus. Our kitchen renovations meant that my RAPT fermentation fridge became our main fridge for the past 2 months. Today they are bringing our new fridge. I am really excited to have this sorted for our kitchen and being able to start brewing again!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Looks amazing. Can't wait for mine. Thanks for sharing. Question: the time paths for the grey founders edition and the dock seem to be getting close-ish. Any chance they will ship together?

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

If I would attempt this the only thing vertical about this tasting would be me, as I het carried out of the pub while passed out 😵.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

It's one of the skills I sort of acquired during COVID and then let go off. Making bread and maintaining a sourdough culture is super fun though. I hope to pick it up again once my kitchen is fully up and running :) In short: making bread is always a good idea.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Oysters, cheese, sake. Pure bliss.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Happy almost new year everyone! What is everyone drinking this evening? I just picked up some sake and beer at Sterk / Pasteuning. Got some nice funky cheese at Kef and my parents brought me a box of oysters. Will pair those with the bottle on the left; Terada Honke Daigo no Shizuku.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

It has almost become a yearly tradition. For New Year's eve I get a big haul of cheese from Kef. And oysters. Now to decide which bottle of sake to pair this with.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

I've been on an involuntary media diet for since early November Someone bumped into my speaker, which fell into my TV. RIP LG G5 OLED :( Insurance has been a nightmare to deal with but now they are replacing the panel on January 7th. Part of me likes not watching TV actually.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Nice to see them in people's hands. I love the blue colour, but I'm still really happy to have ordered a classic grey. It will fit in better with the rest of my retro consoles. I bought my DIN10 cable like 8 months ago; I sure hope it's compatible because I'm not very likely to return it haha :)

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Oh, did I share yet that I enrolled into a 1 week internship at sake brewery Daimon in Japan? Because I did :-) Will take place in Februari. Look really forward to it!

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

I kind of took a month long break from Bluesky. Busy time at work and builders redoing our kitchen. What did I miss?

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Rob @feebrob.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

Homebrewers of Bluesky! Where should I be looking/joining on here for engagement and chats about homebrewing? I am finding Bluesky to be a bit of a desert, but hopefully I'm just not looking in the right places yet. Advice appreciated - thanks! #homebrew #homebrewing #beer #uk

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Good to see you on the sake train! I got the book but have not had time to read it yet.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Amazing! This is the dream (although I would have happily taken only a Saturn style DIN connector)

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I see that people are review bombing Untappd after the last update. Are there any viable alternatives?

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

Yeah the app is already a bit hard to navigate with only beer. On the other hand I would love Untappd for sake check-ins. But my bet is on them backpedalling this update because of the outrage.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I like that this was served from a Czech style Lukr tap (zwenktap). Its details like this that elevate an angry posts to pure art.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I think the tickers guild is not very happy with this update though..

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

You can now tick and rate your delicious Coca Cola Zero Sugar as if it were a drink worth analysing.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I've not seen much coverage of the latest Untappd update on Bluesky. They have allowed check-in for a lot of new beverages. Not just spirits, wine, and sake. Also sodas, teas, and coffee.

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Erwin @erwinh.bsky.social · 25/10/2025

Breaking the seal on a Schlenkerla Marzen from wooden barrel. A rare sight outside of Bamberg.

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