Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026A tad late. Full refund and a free coffee and Scottish shortbread. Plan. Check flat, go to Aldgate Tap. 130
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Due to a failed train in front of us, looks like a hour late arrival at Euston. Boo. 001
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 02/08/2026No THT today. Off to that London tomorrow, so gardening and packing. Touch of class for today's first drinks. 0130
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 31/07/2026New blogpost tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/i-wate…tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com 010
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 28/07/2026On my way to meet @fullersjohn.bsky.social and @totalcurtis.bsky.social for a spot of lunch. Hot here! Looking forward to a pint of Holt's Bitter. 1110
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 23/07/2026It is beer o' clock at Tandleman Towers.This Lidl offering is decent and brewed in Germany. 4120
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 22/07/2026 Bit more from me. tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/a-co...tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.comA Couple of ThingsWe had our CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury committee meeting at the Baum in Rochdale last night. It used to be our main branch venue until ... 031
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 21/07/2026tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/too-.... New blogposttandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.comToo Hot or Not?How has the weather been suiting you? Is the so called heat wave a good or bad thing, putting aside, if one can, the fact that when we are ... 041
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 01/07/2026tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.com/2026/07/all-...tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.comAll Change? Happen not.The news broke late yesterday morning that Humphrey Smith had passed away. The doyen of Samuel Smith Brewery was only 81 - though to some ... 1285
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Sainsbury's making a serious German effort. Mix and match4 for 3. 2130
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 30/05/2026Celebrating Scotland 🏴 win with decent beer on our deck. Hot and sunny. 070
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Lovely here in Trogir. Very Venetian. This beauty keeping me company. 140
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026@totalcurtis.bsky.social Taken your advice. Beer superb. Freeze a yak in here though. 😉 220
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026There is quite a story behind this fantastic beer. Your hero, Tandleman is pictured on the can. Zoom in. If you want the story I can send a link, but you need to ask as I'd have to get off my arse otherwise. 2170
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Yours truly with Michael Lees-Jones of JW Lees and our esteemed Deputy Chairman Mike Robinson at a GBG presentation at the Cross Keys Uppermill yesterday. 050
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Fab night at our CAMRA Rochdale, Oldham and Bury branch meeting last night. Our guest speaker @totalcurtis.bsky.social went down a storm and flogged all his stock of books. Come again anytime Matt. 0222
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 26/04/2026The mile uphill is rewarded with pint of Lees Brewers Dark. Previously GB Mild this is a former Champion Mild of Britain 1110
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 21/04/2026I haven't looked at my blog stats for yonks. Great to see I have more Brazilian readers (over three times as much) than the UK. A big shout-out to my Iraqui and Vietnamese pals who also pip the UK. India, Germany and Bangladesh also equalling the UK. Come on UK. Get a grip. 020
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Lunchtime pint. You could never mistake this for a Northern beer, but really quite good. Tring Sunshine. 060
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Drinking tea and getting ready to head for St Albans and the CAMRA Members Weekend. Should be fun. 040
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 05/04/2026Cask mild in the Tavern again. Lees Brewer's Dark. In GBG condition. 010
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 03/04/2026@totalcurtis.bsky.social in full flow at his new book launch last night. It is highly recommended. A great piece of work. 1152
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Anyone know where in theUK this Guinness FES is brewed? 161
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 17/03/2026There's a great piece of analytic beer writing by @petebrownbeer.bsky.social in the Morning Advertiser about the demise of BrewDog. Recommended. Sums the whole thing up so well. 162
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 08/03/2026Want some London pub wanderings? I've got you covered. tandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.uktandlemanbeerblog.blogspot.co.ukTandleman's Beer BlogTandleman's Random and Particular Thoughts on Beer. 051
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 02/03/2026Lovely day to be leaving London and back to Mankley. 010
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 08/02/2026Just read @petebrownbeer.bsky.social column in the Sunday Times. I've been saying this - not as articulately or persuasively admittedly - for years. Hazy is lazy is my summation. Nice one Pete. 130
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Cavernof the Curious Gnome Chester. What a fab place. Plus White Rat. 0112
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026Want to see AI in beery action? Watch this shite about Youngers Tartan Special. Photo is a fine example. Guess where it wasn't brewed? And it wasn't a lager ffs. 161
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 19/01/2026A rare visitor to our North West shores. Well - I've not seen it before. Good it was too. Well done JDW Middleton 260
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 16/01/2026I see Molson Coors is offering us Caffreys Black Stout. 3. 4% of course. We shall see, but I have my doubts about it's quality. 120
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 11/01/2026Thoroughly enjoyingAdam Bolton tearing Heidi Alexander to bits on Times radio. 010
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Watching BBC Scotland Hogmanay party and awaiting the New Year. All the best everyone. 2110
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025Mixed bag in Manchester yesterday. Beer of the day was Fullers/Thorn bridge ESB Beermoth. Brewed in the Burton Union set, this was lush in every way. Close second in terms of presentation and taste was Adams Ghost Ship, but the overall complexity of the ESB swung it for them. 081
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 29/12/2025The Winter edition of CAMRA Rochdale Oldham and Bury's More Beer Magazine is available to read here: indd.adobe.com/view/d710304...indd.adobe.comPublish Online 060
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Does anyone know how the Women in Beer Awards are judged? 111
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 16/10/2025The Shipwright's Arms. Inside this abomination of a glass is Southwark LPA which is thin and weedy. GBG? Well it is a fab boozer, but no way in my book. Two Sharps beers and this very poor beer. 050
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Middleton Cricket Club.Spaten Helles tasting better than it did in the Spatenhaus 4 weeks ago. And just £4 a pint. 170
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 04/10/2025Not sure where I saw it, but love the story of the cat, missing for 14 days, that just strolled back home and basically said " I'm back. Where's my dinner?" 030
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 02/10/2025Off to judge beer at SIBA North West in Bolton. A bus and two trains. Dedicated me. 060
Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Latest edition of CAMRA Rochdale Oldham.and Bury's More Beer Magazine is here: indd.adobe.com/view/de1b848...indd.adobe.comPublish Online 051
