Hoppers at work at Whitbreads Farm at Beltring, Kent 1930. #colourised #kent #beltring #whitbreadsfarm #hoppers #hoplife

Just 6 days to go until #CaskAleWeek Have you visited our website yet to find an exciting event near you? This is your chance to enjoy a pint of the freshest beer on the bar! 🎉 Find events here 👉 caskaleweek.co.uk/map Special offers & more here 👉 caskaleweek.co.uk/events-list/

🗨️ Commenting on the latest closure figures from PwC, reporting the decline in high street businesses, see a statement from our Pub and Club Campaigns Director, Gary Timmins.  👉 Read more here: www1.camra.org.uk/media-centre/p…

Drivers in Suffolk are being warned about a new parking fine scam. eadt.co.uk/news/24581790.… 👇 Full story

Want to know who you'll marry? Eat an apple at midnight while looking in a mirror. As you finish your future spouse should appear in the glass. For more apple lore buy my book, A Feast of Folklore! #FolkyFriday amazon.co.uk/Feast-Folklore…

Friday Session: Beer O'Clock and a cracking pint of Greene King Brewery Abbot Ale in The Ship, Chelmsford with The Essex Skipper 🦋 discussing this that and the other. Cheers 🍻🐈‍⬛

It's #InternationalChocolateDay! Did you know that chocolate is toxic to dogs? 🐶 Or that some chocolate contains butyric acid, also found in vomit? 🤮 More chocolate chemistry in this updated edition of #PeriodicGraphics in C&EN (Chemical & Engineering News) 👇

The #caskaleweek T-shirt Competition is Back! From 19-29 Sept, CaskFinder app users have the chance to WIN a limited edition Cask Ale Week T-shirt! Simply visit 12 new pubs during CAW scan the QR code on the Cask Marque /Beer Marque certificate, and secure your exclusive t-shirt

New bed box is a hit. She's been in it for the past 3 hours 🙂😺

The scaffolding is up for Elgoods Brewery Beer Festival which is just ONE WEEK away! This is a weekend you don't want to miss. Gates open 5pm Friday 20th September and the festival runs until 4pm Sunday 22nd September! #BeerFestival2024 #elgoodsbrewery

📢 The Chancellor must use the upcoming Budget to help pubs, social clubs, brewers, and cider makers. Contact your MP and ask them to back measures to support pubs and pubgoers with CAMRA’s easy online campaigning tool today. 👉 Contact your MP here: ow.ly/X9Uv50Tn4Y1

MAGB attend the AIC 21st Anniversary Celebrations ukmalt.com/aic-21st-anniv…

Friday 13 September - Infinity Foods Co-operative recalls several herb and spice products because of undeclared mustard #FoodAllergy bit.ly/4gzJH8K

Chippy tea tonight from the best chippy in the area tonight .And just to upset you southerners, here's the prices

Two recent news items point to a phenomenon that will reshape the beer industry over the next decade. Call it the reset, when the perceived value of breweries comes in line with their actual sales. beervanablog.com/beervana/2024/…

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The Victorian ‘Drink Maps’ Wielded by Anti-Booze Crusaders. Author Kris Butler reveals how Temperance advocates mapped bars to discourage their spread. atlasobscura.com/articles/victo… #drinkhistory #Temperance #socialreform #cartography

Today is #internationalobservethemoonday NASA has produced some free downloadable Moon maps here 🔭🌔 moon.nasa.gov/resources/443/…

Very sad to learn of the passing last Tuesday of fellow Essex brewer and talented musician, Russ Barnes. He was with Crouch Vale Brewery for many years and brewed Champion Beer of Britain 2006; Brewers Gold. He went on to set up Red Fox Brewery. RIP.

Saturday Beer O'Clock. After a dash to the M&S Foodhall I stocked up on the St. Fuellien Brune 8.5%ABV, still £3 which is fine by me. Also managed to grab to last 2 bottles of Adnams Southwold excellent 5.2% ABV Suffolk Bitter. Cheers 🍻🐈‍⬛