Shortly before he died, Terry Pratchett assured me that, if there is an afterlife, he would give me a ring and let me know. That was ten years ago - and still no call. From which, incidentally, I draw no firm conclusions. What if there was an afterlife, but with no phone signal? But of course there is one place where Terry indisputably lives on: in the pages of his books and in the minds of the millions of readers around the world who turn those pages and continue to find them funny and true. For, while his words live on, so does Terry, and that will be the case, no question, not just for this one decade so quickly gone, but for many further decades to come. So let me join Lyn and Rhianna in raising a glass today to the magical persistence of books and to Sir Terry; gone but still so very firmly with us. Rob Wilkins

Never forget, never repeat. Spent the day listening to podcasts by the fantastic @ww2girl1944.bsky.social.
I can't imagine what she went through...RIP ciocia Genia.

And yes, it's technically beer.

Cool: Fudge Tunnel
Shite: Bango Tango

I've got 2025 pegged as the year of the Gruit.

It's a slippery slope, next thing you know there's a coolship on the roof and the taproom is full of oak barrels 🤣

Barcelona- Abbiradero Craft Beer.
"Encantada" Neolitic Gruit Fruit Ale 8% on tap. Brewed without hops, just herbs and botanicals. Fantastically different, fragrant and herbal but not overpowering.

The Story of Dora Kulka, and How One Woman Changed British Beer Forever — Pellicle In 1942, Dr. Dora Kulka had a lot on her mind. She was struggling to establish herself in Britain having been forced to flee Nazi-controlled Vienna because she was Jewish. She was caring for her moth...

There are a few stories that won me the award, but this is definitely the best one: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/8/...

Anything by Brasserie de la Senne, if you can find any. If not Orval 👍

Woo yay hoopla.....feel old now.

Hey bsky! We are Verdant Brewing Co, an independent brewery based near Falmouth, Cornwall (UK).

We make fine hop-forward beers, unfiltered and vegan.

Wadowice - Małopolskie, Southern Poland. Birthplace of a man called Karol. He went on to become one of the most famous men on the planet for a while.

"We were here" - Nightwish. The Greatest Show on Earth.

Morskie Oko, Polish Tatras. June 2024

Morskie Oko (The Sea Eye), Polish Tatras. Taken June 2024