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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Really? Is this true? It’s the first I’ve heard of it.

Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Mosaic Tap in Newcastle is good, but it needs soft furnishings. It is too bloody loud. A common complaint with craft beer establishments. #middleagecomplaints

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

A handsome pint. Birdman Best by Lunebrew. Rather excellent. Somewhat Bass-esque.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

This why I don’t like Streeting. (And his whiny, nagging speaking style).

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

This Thai restaurant has an interesting ornament.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

The stuff on display at the Royal Armouries in Leeds is riveting.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Ok, beer folk, which international beer brand is being described so delightfully?

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

This is crap vision for bar. There is so much wrong with it: terrible lighting and no furniture for a start. Leeds Town Hall should do better.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

I’m not usually a great fan of tap rooms. Fortunately, I’m only 5 mins from the Donzoko one. The giant red curtain does a good job of deadening the sound. Horrible sound is what puts me off most taprooms.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

This Proper Job is so hellishly bitter I can’t finish it. Surely something has gone wrong.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

“Friendly reminder” contributes nothing to this message other than suggesting the author is very angry.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

China and Russia will be thinking “if he can do it, we can do it”. Farage is an idiot.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 20/12/2025

Lively in the Cumberland Arms tonight. In a good way.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

My first taste of revived Boddies was very good. It doesn’t taste like it did in the 80s, better, I would say. Not so austere. I am immensely pleased that such beers are making a comeback. Long overdue.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I despise condiment jars of this shape. They seem cunningly designed to prevent you conveniently extracting the last 10% of the condiment. I’m sure this isn’t an accident

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Juno Black by Twice Brewed is magnificent. Deserving of wider recognition.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

I made chutney. It tasted beautiful at racking.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Do the Germans have a word for the urge to hang on to an empty container as it may become useful? If they don’t, they need to work on it.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

A confused Daily Mail reader writes…

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

It is a source of great satisfaction that this sort of shite has largely died out.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

I got a text from an unknown number. I couldn’t resist.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

A good turnout for the anti-far right rally in Newcastle today. About 3x the numbers the far right knuckle-draggers got last weekend.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Harvey’s Sussex Best in the Toon. It’s a dream come true.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

What exactly is “the perennial joke about lager drinkers”? What have I missed?

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Tea that tastes of almond 🤮 ! This is evil.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

I must say, Efes is remarkably good. No cheapo nasties like high fructose corn syrup. Genuinely good Pilsner.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Schneider Helles hitting the spot on this hot clammy evening. Elder Beer’s cellar cooling must be working flat out.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 11/08/2025

Budvar’s Nealko is an excellent AF beer. And its name sounds Geordie.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Juno Pilsner by Twice Brewed is an utter joy.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

My blue/black passport has arrived. It’s a dream come true.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

I used to enjoy Singha. It used to be a very good Pilsner. Now it is brewed by Sheps with fructose syrup it’s awful.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

The Blue Stoops is an agreeable place. The banquette seating is a leathery joy. The Allsopp’s Best Bitter is a triumph.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

My second pint of Harvey’s is exemplary. The first one, although blissful, was a bit last-in-the-cask

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

First pint of Harvey’s in two years. Bliss.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

This London Pride is excellent. It seems to have lost the slightly US character it has had for a few years and gained ( regained?) a distinctly British character redolent of Harveys.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I would include the BBC in this.

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Jeff Pickthall @jeffpickthall.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

I have long been ambivalent about this beer. When young the background sweetness is far too glucose syrup and the hop character incongruous. I have learnt that it is a beer that benefits from age. This 2022 is excellent.

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