Adrian Tierney-Jones
@atjbeer
Journalist, author, speaker on pubs, beer, travel. Daily Star beer guy, occasional beer op-ed for DT, features Pellicle, Ferment and others. Latest book, A Pub for all Seasons, paperback now out. Agent: Kevin Pocklington, North Literary Agency.
Last week at the World Beer Awards I tasted and judged 45 Helles from Germany over three days (amongst other beers) and I’m still a fan of the style so here’s the Helles from @erdingerweiss.bsky.social which is my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
Thoughts on Lambic, Gueuze and Faro - from a Brit brewing journal in 1922, which I discovered a few years ago when researching my book on the history of the International Brewing Awards
Oath from @northernmonk.bsky.social - as dark as the thoughts of Rasputin as he lay with the Tsarina while Lenin plotted in Zurich
A joyful summer beer that hits the tack firmly on the head, this collaborative beauty from Anspach & Hobday and 0/0 is my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
Final day of the World Beer Awards, five German Helles to kick things off
On my way to first day of judging at the World Beer Awards in Norwich and passing some apt signs
I suspect it’ll be soon time to gather in the hay so why not treat yourself to a jar of this full-bodied and full-blooded bitter from @hooknortonbrewery.bsky.social which also happens to be my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
I like hazies when they are well-made such as this IPA from Dark Revolution and it’s my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
My beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk is this beauty from @stfermentations.bsky.social
Excellent Brewers Journal brewers’ lectures @topshambrewery.bsky.social finishes with Andy Parker from @elusivebrewing.com
I think this duck is after my @topshambrewery.bsky.social Dortmunder - sorry this is mine
The beer garden calls so here’s a list of 10 star outdoor spaces and what to drink in them in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
A tiger yawning on a sofa, a Merlin-like wizard emerging through an arch in the wall, there’s a lot going on with the label of this Left Handed Giant IPA, and even more importantly the beer is lovely which is why it’s my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
Good afternoon at Bristol Craft Beer Festival trade session and great to see some many people to chat to, some of whom I haven’t seen for a while, thank you to @craftbeerpinup.bsky.social for the invite
I’ve gone old school for today’s beer of the week in the @dailystar.co.uk with this delightful pale ale from Badger
Yesterday’s beer of the week in the @dailystar.co.uk if anyone is interested was this lovely IPA from Signature Brewery (I was busy judging beer by the sea and forgot to post)
Beers for the BBQ in today’s @dailystar.co.uk including @teamutopian.bsky.social @durationbeer.bsky.social @orbitbeers.bsky.social @lakesbrewco.bsky.social @roostersbrewco.bsky.social @elusivebrewing.com & @abbeydalebeers.bsky.social
This Rothaus is delicious, in the newly reopened Scapegoat next to Central Station, lovely bitterness in finish
Augustiner Hell is one of the greatest lagered beers in Europe and it’s my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk
Beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk - why it’s this luscious American Brown Ale from the Union by @thornbridge.bsky.social
In the light of the news of GK and Damm regarding Old Speckled Hen and its variants I can remember this from the late 1990s
I might be in Brussels but thanks to the magic of messaging @exmoorjane.bsky.social has sent me an image of my beer of the week in today’s @dailystar.co.uk - it’s this lovely IPA from Tap Social
Why I like pubs/bars: here in Moeder Lambic, New Order is on the soundtrack, I have a Saison DuPont in front of me, there are people around but unlike in a party I don’t have to engage and talk rubbish
American Brown Ale from the Union at @thornbridge.bsky.social Wild Swan - lovely space and the beer is rich, full-bodied and full of hints of caramel and orange marmalade with a rousing bitterness coming through the middle
Now that was a very satisfying pint of Maibock from @teamutopian.bsky.social at Arcadia as evidence by the lacing