1924 ad for Imperial Beer, a Japanese brewery that later became Sakura. Drawn image shows a giant elephant holding an equally giant bottle of Sakura beer in its trunk. The elephant is rearing up on its hind legs, and towers over a crowd of agitated onlookers. Relative to the crowd, the elephant looks to be an estimated 100 feet tall, much larger than life.
Sakura Beer, 1924.
Join us in raising a 🍺 to welcome Imran to our community.
Graphic for Final Gravity Issue 11 with photo of David Jesudason behind a tap handle reading "Kelp! Salted Bitter" from St. Austell Brewery. Graphic has title: Healing Racist Trauma at a Micropub—Peddlers of hate. New beginnings. Kelp!
In his personal story for our latest issue, @davidjesudason.bsky.social writes about healing racist trauma at the micropub where he now works after years of bad experiences at other establishments.
Hands up if you love the Sutton Arms, Clerkenwell!
@willhawkes.bsky.social takes us to one of London's finest boozers, where good beer is served perfectly and the pies are 👌🏻👌🏻
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Last call for RSVPs for our BeerX breakfast
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I see @rogerprotz.bsky.social has written a lovely obit for Ted Bruning that goes into more detail than the one I did for @britbeerwriters.bsky.social
Thanks Roger.
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In the new episode of Bean to Barstool, I talk w/Encore Coffee & Chocolate about the overlap between these worlds and how sourcing, roasting, & flavor formulation differs between them. www.beantobarstool.com/episodes/enc...
Join us in raising a glass to welcome Andrew to our community! 🍺
Visit drybutfly.com to support Andrew and his work. 🙌
Well worth a watch! I mean the other three, of course.
If you’d like to contribute to help support with the funeral costs for the greatly missed, Des de Moor, please visit: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/funeral-fo...
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Our last online panel: “producing award winning work” is now live in the Membership Area on our website.
Go, go, go! 🏃🏾♀️
Cheers to that. 🍻
Congratulations to all the winners at yesterday's inaugural Ohio Beer Awards. It was an honor to be involved with this as a lead judge, and it's exciting to see how many newer breweries are listed among the winners. ohiocraftbeer.org/2026-ohio-be...
🏆 BGBW Award winning work spotlight 🏆
Today we share Brendán Kearney’s gold winning article: from grain to green.
Read the full article: www.brusselstimes.com/1695157/from...
Over the next few weeks we will spotlight some of the award winning work from our members so you can give it some more much deserved attention (if you haven’t already).
Today’s spotlight is on Laura Hadland’s: “how do you fingerprint an apple?”
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Graphic showing portraits of the numerous beer writers, with the Final Gravity, A Beer Zine logo in the center and the words Issue 11 Contributors below.
Graphic showing a tulip glass of dark beer on the right, and a list of beer stories and their authors on the left. List includes: Siebel and the Consequences of Bad Immigration Policy by Melinda Guerra The irritate Our Foes, To Make Our Mothers Smile: ProArt Brewery in Ukraine by Lana Svitankova Utah Shouldn’t Love Beer, and Neither Should I by Gentry Hale A Good Man: On Unexpected Role Models by Morris McClellan How Working in a Micropub Healed My Racist Trauma by David Jesudason Sarajevska Pivara: A Well of Life in Sarajevo by Jacopo Mazzeo The First, Not the Last: Zafa Wine Breaks Ground with Hops by David Nilsen Gangnam, Gopchang, and Lager: Late Night Cravings in Seoul by James Tai
Articles in this issue by @nagbw.bsky.social / @britbeerwriters.bsky.social writers, including @melindag.bsky.social, @jacopomazzeo.bsky.social, @davidjesudason.bsky.social, James Tai, Lana Svitankova, and others.
3/3 He also did frequent beer and history tours of London, and travelled the world as a well-respected beer judge.
Beer was not his only passion, and he wrote for Rambler magazine Walk, as well as having a career in music.
Read the whole article: www.beerguild.co.uk/news/much-lo...
2/3 He started writing about beer around 2000, contributing to various CAMRA publications and beer magazines. He also wrote several books, including Cask: The Real Story of Britain's Unique Beer Culture, which won Silver in the book category at the Guild Awards in 2023.
1/3 The Guild board is desperately sad to hear that long-time Guild member and wonderful writer Des De Moor has passed away.
The outpouring of stories since the news tells its own story, but Des was one of the industry’s best-loved characters and writers.
My piece on the winning combination of #RealAle and ultra running is in the this months @britbeerwriters.bsky.social members work mailout.
Is a 50km pub crawl a good idea? I say it is if you're blessed with living in West Yorkshire 🍻
It's more reliable than public transport as well.
Fantastic stuff from Waitrose - first big supermarket chain to embrace and actively promote SIBA’s indie beer campaign. www.waitrose.com/ecom/shop/br...
Please join us in welcoming Mark to our community 🍻
This Wednesday!
Reserve your spot for our epic online panel discussion. Free for members!
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As a panel member on this, I’m imparting as much wisdom as I can. But am also keen to learn from three very talented writers who have won Beer Writer of the Year since I last did. Can you honestly think of anything better to do on a Wednesday evening in January?
Have you RSVP’d to our panel on 28th January?
Learn from British Guild of Beer Writers winners (past and present) about the steps you can take to produce award winning work in 2026 and beyond.
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We love that our community is already growing in the new year! Please join us in welcoming Claire Daniels to the Guild. 🍻🫶
It must be Christmas! Ten free places up for grabs for members of @britbeerwriters.bsky.social on The Drinks Trust's Wellbeing Champion course: www.beerguild.co.uk/news/guild-m...
Happy Christmas Eve-Eve! It's time for our Reader's Choice roundup, something that always brings up interesting patterns—for example, every single one of our most-read stories this year was about beer or pubs.
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