Bought some grass seed/topsoil yesterday. Without flagging a 'temp fuel surcharge' of 5.8% was applied. Mmmmm.

As a chap of a certain age the highs and lows of football are no surprise. Back in August the pundits were lauding Liverpool to win the league again. That dream is long over. The news that Andy Robertson is leaving is painful. Passionate, skilled, driven, funny and the long time 'glue' of the team.

Sad. Yesterday Terry Cox of Pentangle and now Chip Taylor. He made a host of excellent recordings.

Kind of you Ed.

Country Joe McDonald obituary US singer and songwriter best known for his 1969 Woodstock performance of his anti-war I-Feel-Like-I’m-Fixin’-to-Die Rag

www.theguardian.com/music/2026/m... 'Electric music for the mind and body' from 1967 is a fabulous record (and one I still enjoy). The cover is also neat!

Evie's Bath Half Marathon for Lymphoma Out Loud Help Evie Boneham raise money to support Lymphoma Out Loud

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'The microbiological quality of draught no- and low-alcohol beers' by Giulia Roselli et al has been published. Its an important paper detailing the poor quality of NoLo beers on draught dispense. Its free/open access and very much worth a read at jib.cibd.org.uk/index.php/ji...

Quains vs. Lymphoma Help Ben Quain raise money to support Lymphoma Out Loud

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The latest open access Journal of the Institute of Brewing is out at jib.cibd.org.uk/index.php/ji... with papers on sustainability and the use of faba beans in the grist, the variables impacting on hop creep, and two papers on the aroma of whisky (long chain esters and rate of distillation).

📍 Find Thornbridge at The Harrington Arms, Thulston.

They have just launched their house beer, The Harrington Arms, a refreshing Hazy Session IPA. Alongside this, you can enjoy Green Mountain Alcohol Free, plus a rotating Thornbridge cask line, featuring our Year of Beer brews.

The Atom Heart Mother ‘suite’ is magnificent. I remember them playing it at one of the free Hyde Park concerts.

Quina cançó dels MC5 escolliríeu perquè sonés al vostre llit de mort? Jo, "Looking at you" sense cap mena de dubte www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfDo...

Per cert, RIP el grandíssim David Thomas, de Pere Ubu 🖤

Lots of well meaning noise in the media (hello BBC) about high levels of glycerol in slushies. Surprising then, that even in the publication that's triggered this, glycerol is not quantified in slushies. Mmmmm.

Astonished to see that in 2025 the Civil Service is toying with 'radical changes' with the introduction of performance management. This was the norm in my time at Bass Brewers (1982-2006).

Pleased to see this published. One of 21 chapters - shop.elsevier.com/books/brewin...

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Ordered Orval and some other Belgian beers from www.tremblingmadness.co.uk Arrived within 24 hours with excellent packaging. At this (or any) time of year - mighty impressive stuff!

New issue of the J Inst Brew with open access to papers on isovaleraldehyde in sake, starch breakdown and aroma formation in crystal malt, comparison of hop varieties grown in Brazil/USA and the survival of pathogens in non-alcoholic beers. jib.ibd.org.uk/index.php/ji...

The 'Trends in Brewing' conference is upcoming next year in the wonderful Belgian city of Leuven between the 6th-9th April. Abstracts for oral presentations must be submitted by the 17th December - see trendsinbrewing.org/abstract-man... for all the details you'll need!