The Cider Cask

So all of a sudden it’s perry pear harvest time. Apples are more tolerant but pears which ripen from inside out can be rock hard one day and a sludge the next! Brought in just over 200kg of Dyers Pass pears and scrattered them. Today pressing the pomace. #pears #perry #scratter

Tannins give cider its flavour and colour It reacts with an enzyme in the presence of oxygen when the apple is turning into pomace in the scratter The enzyme transforms the tannins into quinones These are unstable and quickly react with amino acids to form melanin like compounds

@NigelSommelier I think we’re all fed up with the weather. Fortunately we can enjoy a great glass of beer in compensation, whereas the poor cats can only lounge about in the warm!

A gathering of the moggies tonight. Once again they're all fed up with the weather. Howling wind and rain here 😞 #cats

@NigelSommelier It does depend on the pub I think. Pubs need all the customers they can get these days. But too many dogs in a small space can be unpleasant particularly if owners are unable to control them. It’s also difficult to limit the number if you accept them. A dog friendly room possibly

Too many dogs in a #pub?

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@NigelSommelier Such a shame we don’t have similar innovative measures from our government(s).

Ths is an interesting move. The "Coltiva Italia" bill will introduce #beer routes and simpler taxation for microbreweries. There'll be more funding for the craft beer supply chain. pintamedicea.com/birra/2026/col…

@BriggsonBeer Tilray is the 4th largest craft beer company (not brewery) in the US apparently and has a $100million joint venture with AB InBev according to Wikipedia. So Brewdog will probably fit quite well. I don’t think anything that size could constitute being called ‘craft beer’.

Breaking: Scottish independent brewer, BrewDog, has been sold to US drinks company Tilray, for £33m. The purchase includes its U.K. brewing operations, brand and their 11 pubs. Interesting to see what develops in the future, since its inception in 2007. 🤔Agreed?

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Please leave the dandelions! Please do not spray the dandelions! Just leave them for the bees please!!!

@ArchieDuke14 @BriggsonBeer Well it was the 1940’s. Most American beer was better then (I think). Carlsberg certainly was in the 60’s!

@BriggsonBeer Thank you. I haven't tried it but I've had some traumatic experiences with American beer in the past 😫 so perhaps not. Cheers!🍺

This iconic scene from Ice Cold in Alex was made almost 70 years ago. It still makes me thirsty for a beer! Sir John Mills take a bow! 👏👏🍻🍻🍻

Built on character. From the soil to the glass.🧀 ℹ Alcohol abuse is bad for your health. Drink responsibly.

Thanks to SPBW for or rather tasty looking award.

At Beau Vista orchard we strive for a traditional way to manage the ecology Grazing sheep balances pests and nutrients through ecological relationships rather than external inputs such as fertiliser & pesticides to control pests that get out of control with intensive farming.

@AndySlayer7 @BriggsonBeer It’s sad to see the closure of any brewery, particularly one with a great history and in an area where other jobs are scarce, but will anyone notice if it’s brewed in any of Coors other beer factories?

@BriggsonBeer With the closure of Sharpes Brewery I wont be partaking of their products brewed elsewhere.

Figures state Doom Bar is the nation’s best selling cask ale! I have always found that amazing. Agreed? 🙄

@RobinHoodGav @BriggsonBeer Given the price of Sky the ‘deal’ possibly makes it worth throwing a lot of it away. Amazing what you have to do to get a pub to sell a beer these days.

@BriggsonBeer It’s in a lot of chain pubs and those owned by likes of Punch/Stonesgate Plus due to the Sky deal, if a freehouse sells a 9g a week they could save a fortune as part of the wider deal

@Fat_Jacques @BriggsonBeer No. It shows that other brands are not allowed to sell their beer in most places Doom Bar is sold. When left with little choice there’s little alternative.

@BriggsonBeer Agreed. It shows that other brands of middle of the road English Bitter have given up.

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Experiments in Britain's forgotten ferments... I've made my first batch of natural wine! No yeasts added. It's gooseberry wine & it tastes great! I need to let it settle really. I sieved the lees & spotted some jellied bits. Anyone know what microbe may be responsible?

@BriggsonBeer Ah yes. Cask ale produced once more at the original Brewery. It’s not often you get positive outcomes from Carlsberg and a very welcome one too!

@cidercask Yes. Jennings bought by two local entrepreneurs. Jennings cask beers back in production, including the awesome Sneck Lifter. 🍻👏👍😋

How this once rich,malty smooth beer has deteriorated since the Carlsberg takeover. Banks’s Bitter(3.4%).It now has a sharp, pungent note that overrides the caramel flavour. A soft metallic taste is also identified too,in the bitter aftertaste. Sadly, a most distasteful ale.🤢