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Stephen

@o-kane.org

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Home brewer on hiatus, but enjoying plenty of cask beer when I can.

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 04/09/2026

I'm not sure there's actually any difference between the regular and this one. Not that I've tried the regular one since I first saw it many years ago. I'll not be trying the AF one

Image of a door to an off licence section in a Northern Ireland supermarket with rock shore alcohol free being advertised

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 04/09/2026

I actually just took this picture about 15 minutes before seeing this post. Probably about a quarter of a century old. Might dust it down and stick it in the fridge. Almost certainly undrinkable. But I'll do the sniff test anyway and see

Very dusty bottle of Franziskaner Weißbier sitting on a wooden bench in my dad's shed

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 01/09/2026

Well Fired from Loch Leven - Rauch Pale Ale. Very pleasant and in good condition at One Canon in Edinburgh. Lovely little pub with a top beer selection

A pint glass two thirds full of Well Fired from Loch Leven - Rauch Pale Ale. Very pleasant and in good condition at One Canon in Edinburgh

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 02/08/2026

Another regular v alcohol free blind tasting today with Tegernsee Hell. Unlike the Augustiner one I did a few weeks ago, this was quite easy, and I was very confident in choosing between them.

One bottle of Tegernsee Hell and another of Tegernsee Hell Alcohol free, with two glasses half full of one of each of the beers.

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 14/07/2026

Note to self - must buy more Big Job. This bottle was tasting amazing. Much more enjoyable than the game of football I was watching

Empty bottle of St Austell Big Job, and a pint glass mostly full of said beer

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 16/06/2026

Back in Munich for the first time in 2.5 years. And Augustiner have released an alcohol free beer in the meantime. So today I did some science.

Two bottles of beer, Augustiner helles and its alcohol free variant sitting on a kitchen counter top. Both poured into small glasses for a blind tasting.

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 29/03/2026

If you see this, post a concert photo you took

Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball from Gomez playing in the Caves in Edinburgh

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 19/02/2026

I seen many bottles in the Red Lion in Culross last week.

Three shelves with various vintage bottles of beer from the Red Lion in Culross

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 12/12/2025

Here's my Wikipedia Year in Review. Created with the Wikipedia Android app play.google.com/store/apps/d... #WikipediaYearInReview

Description of how much time I've spent on Wikipedia this year.

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 01/08/2025

End of pint, not bad at all

Empty pint glass with some pretty good lacing, used to have Newbarns Mosaic in it

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 01/08/2025

Newbarns Mosaic on cask, tastes great, and looks like the lacing is going to be epic.

A pint of Newbarns Mosaic after a few sips showing off great lacing

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 11/06/2025

I don't read PE enough to properly know their stance, but the most recent letters page I read (1649) seems to show a number of trans readers. Whether this reflects a change in stance I do not know.

Letters page of Private Eye 1649 with letters about trans issues

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 03/01/2025

Oh yes, what an excellent beer. So good I'd finished it before I'd a chance to get my phone out.

Empty glass and a can of Kinnegar Black Rabbit, a black lager sitting on a desk

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 03/01/2025

When I try to explain to beer drinkers, but not those who get too deep into it, what #Guinness is trying to emulate with nitro, I show 'em this video. This is cask beer looking at its best, all natural, not manufactured to look like something else. At the Market Cat in York. @thornbridge.bsky.social

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Stephen @o-kane.org · 02/01/2025

Based on @raynewman.bsky.social advice testing out adding alt text. Surprisingly easy on here when you give it a go - also switched on setting in app to make me do it. A few sharing beers for a brew session today from random breweries

A selection of rather strong beers including two from Westmalle and some that are well out of date, but will hopefully have aged well!

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