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The Mad Brewer

@themadbrewer.bsky.social
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Freelance homebrew writer, regular articles in Pellicle and work also published in BYO magazine.

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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’ve been in semi hibernation when it comes to writing for a little while. Apart from regular article in Pellicle. I found pitching articles just painful and couldn’t deal with rejection. But yesterday I sent a pitch to somewhere I’ve not written for before and they’ve said they’re interested.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Do you ever come across hold music that’s just amazing? I’m calling a local authority and the hold music just makes me think of an early 2000s fantasy rpg video game ambient over world theme. Very specific I know but it’s brilliant.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
7 years ago was the weirdest day of my life. How time flies.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
All the right wingers attacking Hannah Green for raising concerns about drunk MPs in the chamber are saying ‘but the greens want to legalise cocaine!’ 1. No one is suggesting you should be allowed to doing lines at work 2. The MPs are already doing coke despite it being illegal.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Post work shandy in the back garden.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Sometimes I don’t think think I know what I’m doing and then I pour an absolutely beautiful pint that I made myself and remember why I love my hobby.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Does anyone know of any pubs or breweries in the UK that are run as workers collectives/employee ownership models? Obvs micros and two person partnerships might be solely owned/operated by the owners so this is larger pubs/breweries where it’s all employee owned
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
After a frankly harrowing experience playing though Dark Souls a few years back; I, for some reason, decided it would be fun to try Elden Ring and it’s just kicking my arse all over. Can’t even get past the first real boss fight.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
I tweeted about Jay Rayner making slightly sexist comments about beer on Sunday Brunch and he replied immediately apologising. Lovely chap.
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Bolt451. He's Our Bastard ❤️ @bolt451.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
My Romanian rescue dog made her feelings about Reform quite clear.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Brewing up a Golden Ale. 3.6%, EKG. Gonna be a beaut. I’ve got a project ongoing that is giving me the excuse to make a whole lot of traditional styles and it s a palette cleanser of an exercise to get back to basics.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
The spice must pour!
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
North East Homebrew Club Xmas meet up.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
Six years since I brewed my first beer for @pelliclemag.com Humorous but Foolish, a banana milkshake IPA.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
More questions for Americans: do you have these foamy banana sweets or is that just a UK thing?
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
I would join in with Spotify wrapped but apparently I only listened to songs for 157 minutes all year. I don’t *think* that’s right as I have a playlist on when I’m brewing and that’s about 7 hours.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Americans: would you just say ‘gallons’ or would specify US Gallons?
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
newsthump.com/2025/11/27/m...
newsthump.com
Milkshakes thrown at Nigel Farage to cost an extra 5p from 2028
A new so-called ‘milkshake tax’ due to come into effect in 2028 will cost anti-Farage activists an extra 5p per throw, according to health secretary Wes Streeting.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Who are some good beer related/homebrew people for me to follow?
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Unpopular opinion: CAMRA serving warm, unsparkled cask at festivals is actually harmful to cask beer. And yes I know ‘not all festivals’.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 06/04/2025
Atomfall is great. It’s essentially Fallout: Lake District. This is the answer to all the live sevice slop we’ve been seeing. This the kind of game Bethesda and Arkane should be making and have failed to give us for so long.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
You know, Hallertau is bloody lovely and should be used in hop heavy beers more. Too often it’s consigned to a token amount in a lager and it never really shines.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Streeting is a spineless yes man with zero morals. Attacking vulnerable people and essentially saying they’re making it up. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
Busting beer myths, talking about one of my favourite video games and making Pilsner. What’s not to love about my most recent Pellicle article?
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
What an absolute legend. It is travesty that he is likely going to do years in prison for this act of non violent protest.
bbc.co.uk
Man arrested after climbing Palace of Westminster
Police detain a man after he scales the Elizabeth Tower in Westminster on Saturday morning.
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Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We’re releasing (well doing pre orders) for our first piece of print from @pelliclemag.com on Monday, very exciting times. I reckon we’ll get two or three volumes out this year if we sell enough of this one.
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The Mad Brewer @themadbrewer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just setting up my blue sky.
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