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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 41m

#GoodBeerGuide2027 54th edition, amazing achievement on the part of @camraofficial.bsky.social volunteers. Comprehensive choice of #pubs serving tip-top #CaskAle & 1,500 breweries. Fine cover, foreword by Ian Rankin & editing by Emma Haines.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 2h

Are our values in tune with this swaggering speech? The announced further purging of Army Generals, Elon Musk appointed to role in "shaping the future of warfare", to allow the use of our Gloucestershire airbase to facilitate this regime's military aims?

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Paul Spencer @paulspencer1973.bsky.social · 3h

Huddersfield Narrow Canal, Ashton-under-Lyne.

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Hull and E Yorks CAMRA @hullandeyorkscamra.bsky.social · 4h

Branch Meeting tonight! At the Station Inn, 202 Beverley Rd #Hull starts 7.30pm great opportunity to socialise too. Everyone most welcome. Why not consider joining @CAMRA_Official we will be happy to welcome you and explain all the benefits including a free pint on us. Cheers! 🍻

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 22h

A shout out for @alcs.co.uk (Authors' Licensing & Collecting Society), an entirely beneficial non-profit that collects secondary royalties for writers in the UK. Do sign up if you have books likely sold second-hand. I receive a twice yearly tidy sum.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Barrels ordered for lucky selected Fuller's pubs. First cask sightings welcomed!

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South Oxfordshire CAMRA @soxoncamra.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Presenting the Sun, Whitchurch Hill, with their Good Beer Guide 2027. A "new entry" this year after a one year absence following a change of tenants.

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Cat waits patiently in line at the Lyme Regis Brewery and after waiting their turn gets a nice container of milk! 🥛

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Fuller's launch new edition of annual vintage ale protzonbeer.co.uk/features/202...

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

To Sheffield to revisit some old favourites. First stop Kelham Island Tavern, people queuing at the door before opening. Good mix of locals, local beer nerds & travelling beer nerds. Inn sign looking faded but not much else has changed, including the classy beer range. Bee Brewery Motueka for me.

Face-on view of pub exterior, green painted ground floor with gold and red pub name sign, white painted upper floor.

Red-brown carved bar counter, yellow walls with view beyond to front alcove with two customers.

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A Hoppy Place. Craft beer for all, even you... @ahoppyplace.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Here it is!! Sister company @indierabble.bsky.social's delightful collab with @pelliclemag.com following @totalcurtis.bsky.social's visit to sunny SL6 in July. So tasty, so crisp and bitter, so pintable, and Lewis & Charlotte might drink the lot if you aren't careful. Come on down and have a rest! 🍺

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Hunkering down for the last day of #Cricket season: #England v Sri Lanka. Wonderful array @sirencraftbrew.bsky.social to choose from inc. CBOB Breakfast Stout & Caribbean Chocolate Cupcake.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The demise of #CASKALE has been much exaggerated! Highly successful @stalbansbf.bsky.social & Cask Ale Week draw to a close. Keep on supporting pubs & Cask.

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Vulpecula 🦊 @vulpeculafox.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Looking good at Shrewsbury CAMRA Beer Festival too.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The demise of #CASKALE has been much exaggerated! Highly successful @stalbansbf.bsky.social & Cask Ale Week draw to a close. Keep on supporting pubs & Cask.

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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

It's Cask Ale Week so a pint of Thornbridge bitter in the Coach & Horses, Stoke Newington

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

After waiting patiently for an hour for the cloud to move I managed to grab 2 quick shots of the Moon. Been a few months since I've gone for a full, almost, Moon pic. The close up of Tycho crater is pleasing, my best so far 😊🔭

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billingtonian.bsky.social @billingtonian.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@camraofficial.bsky.social @camraeastlancs.bsky.social @rogerprotz.bsky.social @realalefinder.com presentation of Good beer guide licensee pack to Christine Dilworth at the Swan with two necks, Pendleton, Lancashire, this afternoon. The Swan has been in the guide for 25 years!

Four people behind the bar of a pub, one holding a certificate

The landlady, Christine, with the GOOD BEER GUIDE certificate

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Colin Williams @colinwilliams14.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

@rogerprotz.bsky.social Enjoy! A celebration of Wakefield's finest. youtube.com/watch?v=1-Ml...

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Wakefield Camra GBG 2027

YouTube video by rusty321ish

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Zak Avery @zakavery.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Interesting to see Ossett Brewery with an advertising campaign for White Rat.

A large poster drum in Leeds covered in posters for Osset Brewery White Rat.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Launched today in the fine setting of Lord's Cricket Ground: Fuller's Vintage Ale 2026, one of the great events in the brewing calendar!

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

"Brew ha ha!" My piece in latest Private Eye on Heineken & Carlsberg axing Cask breweries while Cask bouncies back. (Sadly no space for the triumphant return of Jennings.)

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Fresh roasted small batch coffee from Georgia, "Aged in Oak Bourbon Whiskey Barrels". Roll on breakfast time!

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Another shout out to generous American friend Rob for these barrel-aged specials. Also brought Bourbon aged Stouts for my Beers from the Wood tasting @stalbansbf.bsky.social tomorrow night. Cheers Rob 🍻

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

@stalbansbf.bsky.social Herts Beer of the Year Judging results: CASK 1st @tringbrewery.bsky.social Liberator; 2nd Mad Squirrel Diablo; 3rd Buntingford Oatmeal Stout; CRAFT KEG 1st Crossover Little Moor; 2nd Baron Fuzz; 3rd Beyond Belief Kofi. Congrats to all!

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Jeff Alworth @beervana.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I don’t think I’ve ever been more horrified by a brewery announcement. “From a single tap, drinkers can now choose from 135 different Heineken expressions, each shaped by a combination of traditional brewing characteristics, such as strength, intensity, with options ranging from 0.0% to 5% ABV.”

thedrinksbusiness.com

Heineken’s AI-powered Personalised Draught tap can create more than 100 beers

Heineken has introduced its latest innovation, named Personalised Draught, a tap which combines AI with brewing expertise, offering people a new way to discover beer. db reports.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Never seen @stalbansbf.bsky.social this busy on Day One. Enjoying Bathams Mild from Black Country before focusing on beers of Hertfordshire, judging, Herts Beer of the Year announced after 9pm. Controversially a new craft keg category alongside cask!

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Hard to think the first in 1996 was supposed to be a one-off! Been going from strength to strength since, with 300+ beers to savour. On my way!

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The Beerbabe @beerbabe-uk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Hop Harvest still going on here in Poperinge. It's a shame you can't smell it! Husband & wife team.

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Olde Cottage @oldecottage.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

I’ve been talking to Sarah @rogerprotz.bsky.social

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

One thing we CAN thank Carlsberg for: they gifted a historic set of Union barrels to Thornbridge. A gift that keeps on giving. This collab with Sheffield's exceptional St Mars of the Desert will be one to look out for!

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Beer lovers are being invited to explore some of the South West’s most-loved pubs as a new ale trail launches across more than 150 venues to mark Cask Ale Week beertoday.co.uk/2026/09/21/t... #beer #beernews #pubs #aletrail

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Tribute Ale Trail launches across the South West - Beer Today

Beer lovers are being invited to explore some of the South West's most-loved pubs as a new ale trail launches across more than 150 venues to mark Cask Ale Week

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Manchester Hop Project @mcrhopproject.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

We grow all around Manchester. Although we've had a hot dry summer here we did get a little bit more rain compared to traditional hop growing areas. Most of our growers got much better yields than last year.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Mixed fortunes reported for the hop harvest after the summer of 2026. These are looking good & I'm looking forward to a refreshing fresh green hop beer.

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Jezza @bonsvoeux1.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

An even more gratuitous photo of draft De Ranke Hop Harvest at Rose Red, Brugge 🍻

A glass of amber coloured beer on a wooden table in a beer cafe.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

From Belgian superstars to the Black Country, Family Brewers, Champion Beers of Britain to cool new brews. Feast your eyes: what's on offer @stalbansbf.bsky.social this week!

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White Horse CAMRA @white-horse-camra.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Congratulations to the North Star in Steventon on winning the top prize in CAMRA'S Heritage Pub Heros. Well done Kerry and the team. wb.camra.org.uk/2026/09/14/h...

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Heritage pub heroes celebrated

Just in time for Heritage Open Days CAMRA has honoured two publicans for their significant efforts in reviving important heritage pubs. Kerry Tyrrell,...

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Dudley & South Staffordshire CAMRA @dudleycamra.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The Beacon Hotel in Sedgley has won the runners-up accolade in CAMRA's new Heritage Pub Revival Award. Read more on this amazing achievement at dudley.camra.org.uk/...

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Andy Brown @andybrown1951.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

This report from the BBC whitewashes the nasty far right AFD, exaggerates its achievements and consigns De Linke's win in Berlin to a footnote. Not remotely balanced reporting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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German state elections: Chancellor Friedrich Merz vows to stay on despite 'disaster' in polls

Exit polls show damaging losses for Merz's centre-right CDU party in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Berlin.

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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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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Up at 5am for the first outing of the Autumn for the Seestar and getting used to the latest software update. Not been an easy hour or so with various glitches but got there in the end and grabbed this image of the Orion Nebula just now 🙂🔭.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Trending: 1. Trump plans Kennedy Center demolition.

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John Stephens @drjohndublin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Sad news from Leeds as the Cross Keys pub set to close

Yorkshire Evening Post story about Cross Keys pub set to close in October

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Beautiful. Shame that so much etched glass & historic tiling was ripped out in "pub refurbs" of mid-to-late 20th century.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

We meet again! Millwall v West Ham. The Dockers' Derby at the daunting Den. One of the most bitter rivalries in English football, on & off the pitch, WH legend Julian Dicks pelted with a brick. Hoping Nuno & Neil keep it peaceful! #COYI

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

If only British knighthoods could be cancelled.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Supping a special edition of an award-winning American classic: Hammerhead Speedway Stout, AleSmith Brewery, 13.46%! Bourbon barrel aged with the addition of coffee. Rich intense full-bodied brew. Cheers to all.

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