Jerry Bartlett

@maltjerry

Writer, editor, terminator. Swedophile. Co-author "30-second Beer". Member of the British Guild of Beer Writers. Otherwise, music, food, whisk(e)y. I look a bit like the singer Steve Lee, in this photo.

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Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· 5d

In celebration of International IPA Day, here's a Double IPA from New Bristol Brewery, King Of Sesh.

Closeup of the 500ml can with a half-hidden glass containing the beer, which is a bright copper colour with a fluffy white head.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· 8d

This is my soundscape this morning. The trouble is, whenever I play it, I'm taken back to a car journey in the mountains in Norway, on the way to Stryn. The fragile bleak beauty of the music matched the landscape in a way that stopped all conversation. I am similarly distracted today.

Cover of Robert Fripp's CD "November Suite - Soundscapes Live at Green Park Station 1996"

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· 13d

Been to the playback of In a Glass House in London. What a lovely evening! The album sounded fab, lovely venue, great to see old friends and Derek thought my question was good 😊

Derek Shulman and Kerry Minnear seated on stage at the Q and A, after the album playback. Above their heads is an image from the album and the words In a Glass House Gentle Giant.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jun 19

Maybe this shot of the label on a bottle of Braybrooke Baltic Porter will help.

Closeup of dark green label on brown bottle almost obscuring the a stemmed glass containing ebony coloured Baltic Porter.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jun 19

Glad midsommar / Happy midsummer! Today, Friday, is midsommarafton (Midsummer's Eve) the biggest Swedish festival/holiday apart from Christmas. I took this photo in May on my trip to Öland - a long, narrow island just off the southeast coast of Sweden flic.kr/p/2sjAJhG

An old-fashioned, but well-maintained wooden windmill, painted brick red with a black roof. The shot is mostly deep blue sky with the windmill appearing to stand at the top of a short slope. There is a flagpole with a Sweden banner-style flag and low-lying houses on the right and left sides of the shot

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Mar 15

First chiffchaff!

Screenshot from the Merlin bird identifier app showing it has detected a great tit and a chiffchaff

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Mar 15

It's high time, Celandine

Closeup photo of small, eight-petalled bright yellow flowers on a background of shiny green leaves

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jan 25

It's not Scottish, but Adnams Broadside is a pretty great haggis beer. Or would be if I had any haggis

Label on a bottle of Adnams Broadside. The tagline reads " A barrage of flavours"

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jan 17

Seemed like a Celebrator evening. Even if not celebrating

Bottle of Celebrator next to a cupola glass containing some of the dark brown beer

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jan 7

Luckily, under Configurações it's easy to spot "idioma da app" and change it back. Would be harder in Japanese.

Screenshot from the Merlin bird identification app showing the Settings page in Portuguese

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Dec 12

First of my small stash of this year's Swedish julöl (Christmas beers). This is from Remmarlöv in the very south.

Stemmed beer glass with dark copper
-coloured beer on a beermat next to a 33cl beer bottle with the label "julöl". A decorat6 Advent står shines in the background

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Nov 26

Album cover for the band Budgie. Called Squawk, the cover depicts a Roger Dean-style painting of a diving jet fighter with the nose replaced by the skull of a bird.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Oct 5

Was in the Crafty Baa last Sunday and sampled some of their Oktoberfest beers. Cool place.

A close-up of a frosted, German-style pint glass with a handle. It contains a slightly hazy straw-coloured beer and is on a wooden pub table consisting of polished planks running away from the camera. The pub interior behind is decorated with an array of small lights.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Oct 4

It's cinnamon bun day in Sweden. Here's one from last Sunday, bought from an artisan bakery in Keswick.

A Swedish-style cinnamon/cardamon knot pastry decorated with pearl sugar, on a white square side plate

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Sep 21

Visited The Lamb in Lambs Conduit Street, today. Probably not been there since I worked in Holborn, many years ago. Glad to say it's much the same, including the snob screens (I think they're called)

Close up of etched (or cut?) glass snob screens at head height above the bar. Each swivel wood-framed glass panel is about 10 inches square. The pattern is an eight-pointed cut star pattern in a frosted background

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jun 20

McLaughlin wins the toss and elects to bat.

Cover of the John McLaughlin album Greatest Hits. It shows a head and shoulders photo of McLaughlin dressed in white, smiling, slightly bowing his head.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jun 15

Dad's pint mug (not jug!) filled with Fuller's Griffin Gold.

A dimpled pint glass filled with a pale, golden beer, with a thin white collar of foam.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jun 5

In a hotel in Guildford to see a Masterclass by Dweezil Zappa.

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· May 18

A Sunday afternoon pint by the river in Richmond

A view of the River Thames from right by the water's edge, looking upstream to the arches of Richmond Bridge

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· May 2

Just opened my ordered/pre-order from @burningshed.com. It's gorgeous! Great job by all involved.

Inside of the triple vinyl cover of Playing the Fool - The Complete Live Experience. It has stage photos from the concerts and band photos (staged!)

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Apr 10

Qow Trío at Growlers and Cans, Guildford on Weds. So great to see jazz in such an intimate setting. The beer was great too!

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Apr 5

It's Saturday evening, I'm cooking and have music (Gilles Peterson on 6Music) and a nice beer from Braybrooke/Utopian

Reverse label of the beer bottle. In the background, a pink-labelled beer can

Jerry Bartlett@maltjerry· Jan 19

Two very nice British examples of Baltic Porter, this weekend: Friday was Braybrooke at 8.5 % ABV while Saturdaysawl Lost and Grounded's Running With Spectres at 6.5. Both lovely