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The Onion announcing the acquisition of Infowars on 4/20 is exactly the kind of energy I needed to see today.

My Heart Leaps Up — Beer, Graft and Tourism in Cumbria — Pellicle I first met Matt and Michelle when they worked at Hawkshead Brewery, Matt as the head brewer, and Michelle as the head of marketing. In the 2010s, Hawkshead was the pride and joy of Cumbria’s independ...

ICYMI: I wrote about Cumbrian beer for @pelliclemag.com which was SUCH a pleasure because I got to write about @lakesbrewco.bsky.social and Gan Yam and Bowness Bay and Fell, and all of my favourite places.

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I hope Simcoe feels better soon!

Did BrewDog put cask beer back a decade? It genuinely does feel like cask beer is having its moment on the bar. Bass, Boddington’s, Landlord, it feels like they’re everywhere. Dare I say it,...

Did BrewDog put cask beer back a decade? by Matthew Curtis @totalcurtis.bsky.social
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We are at 628 as of now, would love to hit 630 before the end of the weekend.

Did BrewDog put cask beer back a decade? It genuinely does feel like cask beer is having its moment on the bar. Bass, Boddington’s, Landlord, it feels like they’re everywhere. Dare I say it,...

Did BrewDog put cask beer back a decade? Here’s my latest for @whatsbrewing.bsky.social.

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I'll Hauf What They're Haufing — Exploring the Curious History of the Scottish Half and Half — Pellicle “Hauf an a hauf, hen.”  A common enough order in Scotland for people over a certain age, and completely unknown anywhere else.  The hauf an a hauf (half and a half) is a Scottish cultural institution, and one worth a little bit of interrogation. When ordered this way it

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GlenAllachie 12 and Burton Bridge XL Mild for those interested.

J. Watt is fully in the Leto III era now though.

Dram of whisky. Half a mild. Sitting on red beer mats on a circular wooden tale, sunlight breaking through a window gives them a Warm glow.

Gonna make the hauf n hauf my thing this year.

Thanks Mike

Interesting as always from Matt. I wonder how much the resurgence in cask has been fuelled by the globals pulling back from mass production, creating space on the bar for heritage brands like Bass, Boddingtons and output from smaller breweries.

Yeah I remember drinking cask punk in a nicholsons pub around 2010/11 and remember it being a genuinely great beer

Did BrewDog put cask beer back a decade? It genuinely does feel like cask beer is having its moment on the bar. Bass, Boddington’s, Landlord, it feels like they’re everywhere. Dare I say it,...

Did BrewDog put cask beer back a decade? Here’s my latest for @whatsbrewing.bsky.social.

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What if Geese’s promotion being outed as a psyop is, in itself, a psyop?

My Heart Leaps Up — Beer, Graft and Tourism in Cumbria — Pellicle I first met Matt and Michelle when they worked at Hawkshead Brewery, Matt as the head brewer, and Michelle as the head of marketing. In the 2010s, Hawkshead was the pride and joy of Cumbria’s independ...

A wonderful long read, this, from @katiematherkm.bsky.social for
@pelliclemag.com about the breweries, brewers, beers and pubs that make Cumbria such a great place in which to slake a thirst.

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Thank you to @thornbridge.bsky.social who have just become our latest pro-Patreon supporters and thus began their weekend championing independent food and drink writing!

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And lo did he take the chalice to his lips, sip deep of the draught within, and proclaim:

"That's an absolute creamer."

See if you can also find Five Points railway porter, A&H cask beer is wonderful too, pillars Vienna lager, anything from the kernel (taproom is a must visit)

And the woman did speak unto the hound, saying, What do you mean, normal men, and the hound answered the woman, saying, We are just innocent men. And great was her emotion

From our Knowle Spring water to our use of whole leaf hops, quality is built into every stage of the process. The final step, the pour, can be just as important as the brew itself and for us, that pour should include a sparkler.

What is a sparkler? 👇
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Apparently 200,000,000 birds are in flight moving north this week… the big return… and all I’ve seen so far is a cowbird. Or just heard one really. Jeesh. Maybe a scarlet tanager tomorrow. Back from Peru perhaps. Full of stories. Like this week’s beery news…

Ep 7 – Amélie Tassin Founder, coastal walker, and impatient in a good way

If you’re in need of a new podcast to listen to, we’d recommend Cheers with Nat (and not just because Amélie features in the latest episode!).

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My Heart Leaps Up — Beer, Graft and Tourism in Cumbria — Pellicle I first met Matt and Michelle when they worked at Hawkshead Brewery, Matt as the head brewer, and Michelle as the head of marketing. In the 2010s, Hawkshead was the pride and joy of Cumbria’s independ...

The problem with being a @pelliclemag.com reader is that the list of pubs to visit keeps on growing exponentially. This is a beautiful piece about pubs, breweries and of place. I love the Lakes and I need to go back. Thanks @katiematherkm.bsky.social. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Some pub recommendations that didn't make the final cut here!

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I am listening to Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II (fantastic to write to) and forgot that Alan Rickman introduces the instruments at the album's climax, which has got me right in the feels.

My Heart Leaps Up — Beer, Graft and Tourism in Cumbria — Pellicle I first met Matt and Michelle when they worked at Hawkshead Brewery, Matt as the head brewer, and Michelle as the head of marketing. In the 2010s, Hawkshead was the pride and joy of Cumbria’s independ...

When Hawkshead Brewery shed most of its team and closed its tap room, I thought beer in Cumbria would suffer. I needn't have worried.

My latest story for @pelliclemag.com is about the breweries and all the people and pubs that make up this county.

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