Real Ale Liverpool

Awful game. Mad result.
My fault: I triple captained Wirtz for my Fantasy team.

Merseyrail 'major disruption' live as services cancelled The train operator has warned of "major disruption" due to a fault

If your about to travel on the Merseyrail lines beware there are currently problems on the Kirkby & Chester/Ellesmere Port lines #Merseyrail #Liverpool

Classic.

‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

'She has a message for other tourists considering a trip to America: “Don’t go – not with Trump in charge. It’s totally out of control over there. There’s no accountability. They don’t seem to need a reason for detaining you.”'
#ICE
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Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives As two pubs in Newcastle ban AI art, artists discuss the impact it can have on creatives.

BBC News - Newcastle pubs ban AI art from breweries to protect local creatives - BBC News
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So, train feckery aside, Cambridge is still one of the best places on the country for pubs.

Only let down by the condition of the beer in most of them.
Please dear gods, train your cellar staff.

Was nice to go to the Liverpool Beer Festival yesterday, in the wonderful Lutyen’s Crypt. Saw many familiar faces, and had a few nice halves. Cheers!

BREAKING: @camraofficial.bsky.social Champion Winter Beer of Britain competition. Winners: Gold, London Brewing Co. Beer Street 4% Amber Ale; Silver, Cairngorm Black Gold Stout 4.4%; Bronze, Green Jack Baltic Trader Export Stout 10.5% (!)
Winner goes forward to #CBOB in May. Congrats All. #BskyBeer

Our Smarden pub, The Flying Horse, has acquired a taxi to take customers home after they've enjoyed a meal and drinks - with all payments going to charity. Licensee Paul Hartfield has raised £700 for the MND Association since November. More here: www.shepherdneame.co.uk/news/shepher... 👏

I’m thinking that all Andrews should band together and start a Class Action against a certain Andrew for causing severe and irreparable damage to a formerly very good name. In the meantime continue to use Andy for me, though if that gets damaged by association I may have to revert to initials.

"It's a shame you don't do great food as well as great beer"

Well, let's see if we can fix that for you...

The Food Programme - Roger Protz: A Life Through Beer - BBC Sounds Beer writer Roger Protz - from reviving real ale to the rise of the microbrewers.

Re #BrewDog I feel horribly, not triumphantly, vindicated, for myself & @camraofficial.bsky.social. Early as 2009 I described them as aggressive, arrogant, outrageous but recognised their impact. In 2016 they were still credible enough for me to have to justify my criticism on Radio 4 Food Programme

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Setting some beer mats free in the wild. Best of luck to them all.

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Cask pint of Neptune Mosaic PA

The Vines

A cask pint of Neptune Mosaic pale ale in the Vines (Big House), Liverpool

Sounds boss. Looking forward to them. 👍

I’m guessing that Emoji means. No….

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Are you local to Liverpool at the moment?

In no particular order:
Grapes (Roscoe Street)
Dispensary
Dr Duncan’s
Keystone (now White Hart)
Baltic Fleet
Bridewell
Ship & Mitre
Lion Tavern
Vines
Roscoe Head
(Gutted to leave a few more out) 🤷‍♂️🍻

Are you planning one?

I’d say five as a short one, seven or eight as an standard crawl. Anything less than five is a wee mooch.

We’re teaming up with the Welsh Curling Association for something a little different…

Join us Sun 15th Feb as the UK take on the Swiss. We’ll have the match on the screens, great beer on the taps… and you’ll even get the chance to have a go at floor curling yourself.

Reasons to be cheerful Speak to the owner of any small, independent brewery and I’ll bet you 50p they’ve got feelings on how tough things are at the moment. Honestly, everyt...

Amid the glumness of February, I decided to use my What’s Brewing column to highlight some of the positives I’ve seen in beer recently, with a focus on independent producers. You can read it here:

wb.camra.org.uk/2026/02/05/r...

JD Wetherspoon's assistance dog policy could be breaking the law, watchdog says The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to the pub chain after complaints from disabled customers.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Who needs AI when you have MS Paint?

We were told artificial grass was wonderful, turned out it was shit.
We were told artificial flavours were wonderful, turned out it was shit.
We are told artificial intelligence is wonderful, I think we know how this goes.

www.drinksbusiness.com/2026/01/uk-b...

Pubs to get support package after business rates backlash Treasury Minister Dan Tomlinson says the three-year aid was worth £1,650 for the average pub.

Pubs given support package after business rates backlash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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And how much colder and tasteless are they?

The way this weekend’s footy results have gone the only people who’ll be laughing are the betting companies. That said if anyone has won any money I’d get Interpol involved. That that said, is Interpol still a thing (other than the band)?