Oliver Kitson

Check out my latest article: Cask Maturation Processes - The science behind the making of a modern brandy linkedin.com/pulse/cask-mat… via @LinkedIn

@MartinSLewis @POLITICOEurope @JamesFitzJourno If the cap had been raised at the same rate as house prices it would be at the same £625k level as current stamp duty relief for first time buyers.

Lifetime ISA win coming in budget?! Good news! @POLITICOEurope has a scoop by @JamesFitzJourno that Chancellor will follow my suggestion and wipe the 6.25% Lisa withdrawal fine for anyone buying a home. If true, this'd fix the current dire system whereby when people are priced out and have to buy a home above £450,000 limit the state fines them to get access to their cash. It suggests, less firmly, the limit will rise to £500,000 too. Here's the open letter I wrote to the Chancellor on exactly this (amidst other things) ...

@AmericasOval Scotland should just wear barbarians jerseys

Foreign-Born in 2024 Six Nations: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿52.5% 🇮🇹22.2% 🇮🇪20.5% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿12.8% 🇫🇷11.1% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿11.7% Homegrown Players per roster: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿47.5% 🇮🇹80.5% 🇮🇪85.2% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿92.3% 🇫🇷91.6% 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿91.1% Players from:🇦🇺🇿🇦🇨🇦🇺🇸🇳🇿🇩🇪🇦🇷🇿🇼🇵🇭 americasrugbynews.com/?p=103198

@MCNnews Biofuels and other synthetic alternatives are the only way that isn’t nonsensical until we have clean energy like geothermal and wind infrastructure in place to generate the power for electric cars.

What do you think is the best way forward for the bike industry? ow.ly/tKiw50PRMcQ

@SpiritsBeacon I have an olive vermouth blend that I mix martinis with but also found that adding a dash on top of bloody mary’s is pretty good.

Bars create brines that give their cocktails a unique and delicious twist with extra depth and complexity. You can do this at home too. Here's how: spiritsbeacon.com/guides/how-tos…

@richardosman Tom Collins, or a Sidecar both simple to make and they use common ingredients. Also fun fact that Dark n Stormy is a trademark of Goslings.

Good advice needed, Twitter hivemind. If you were choosing three cocktails for party guests and you already had Margarita and Dark n Stormy, what would be the perfect third?

@Jim_Rangeley This is incredible🤙

@Jim_Rangeley Does the Opinel have a blade too?!

@NigelSommelier Please actually tweet this at Gordon Ramsay!

Presentation is everything obvs. 😆

Looking for a long read this morning? Check out my deep dive into the sustainability of spirits bottles & its packaging for @SpiritsBeacon. spiritsbeacon.com/features/insig… @ScotchWhiskySWA @BritGlass #Sustainability

Feel this control panel sums up the current zeitgeist perfectly. #ginanigans

Just stopped by the Greg’s factory to pick up a bag of sausage rolls straight from the mothership. Happy Friday!

@OnTheSauceAgain 100% agree. In my opinion the category needs better definitions similar to beer judging.

@Kopperkitto I think most pink gins should go under the fruity category. Colour simply doesn't give you enough information...

@NigelSommelier As a welder or a diver you would never do any of these things. Wonder who comes up with these nuggets of wisdom in the first place?

It's come to my attention that 'Cellarmanship' by Patrick O'Neil 6th Edition (a CAMRA publication) states empty dispense gas cylinders should be left with valves open. This isn't correct AFAIK as it leads to contamination and possible cylinder corrosion/loss of integrity.

@_masqueraid @PintsandPanels @origsmallbeer B-corp status is the "dolphin friendly" tuna of the start up world. It absolutely does not mean staff are treated fairly, with dignity or respect.

@PintsandPanels @origsmallbeer ♥️

@carlosthegerbil @Solebear @Adnams Never mind the phone, check what's happened to his finger! Collateral damage in brewer's thumb war perhaps???

@Jim_Rangeley That’s just as good. Extra fun if it’s got wort or caustic in there in fact!

@Jim_Rangeley Not until it somehow drops into the bottom of the FV at 5am...