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Laura Hadland

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Drinks writer and printmaker. My latest book, 'Beer Festivals: a great British tradition,' is out now.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · May 8

Happy publication day to 'Beer Festivals: a great British tradition'.

My second book is out in the world, and you can get your hands on a copy from the CAMRA website now.

Beer Festivals, A Great British Tradition - CAMRA shop

Beer and cider festivals have been mainstays of the British drinking calendar for more than 50 years, and have played a huge role in shaping the beer landscape of the UK, in all its richness and diver...

shop1.camra.org.uk

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1h

You're a grown up. You can do as you see fit.

as.you

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1h

Back on the Hook Norton: This Was A Daft Idea™️ linoprint.

A lino tile, part cut, of the stupidly complicated Hook Norton tower brewery that it will be far beyond my ability to execute well. The initial drawing is OK though. But backwards, of course.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 3h

It's unnecessary, frankly. We're supposed to be facilitating a calm bedtime, not crying with laughter.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 4h

"I want you to take me up the North Mountain" said Anna.

is frankly the most unnecessary line for Disney to have replicated in the book version of Frozen, and makes the bedtime story very difficult for Papa and I.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 6h

And that, I'm afraid, is why you're not a journalist for the BB of C.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 7h

Still sad about this. The interior photos are heartbreaking.

Fresh plans may save historic Leicester pub from demolition

The Black Boy pub, which closed in 2012, could be converted into nine flats.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 8h

Absolutely and incontrovertibly true.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1d

Was handed a medicinal Talisker by one of my quiz teams, so not all bad tonight.

A dram of Talisker with a single ice cube is held up in front of the busy lounge of quiz teams.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1d

Urgh, sorry you've been poorly too! It's not nice.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1d

And by celebration, I mean a full fat Lemsip, because I've not even touched my paracetomol quota for the day yet.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1d

Good news everyone! After pretty much a week of the most horrible cold, I feel like I may have turned a corner this afternoon.

As such, I'm going to be (reasonably) OK for calling my quiz tonight and maybe, just maybe, I might get some reasonable sleep tonight!

This calls for celebration.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 1d

Well that's all jolly helpful Andreas, not least because I am writing about the unions as we speak and going to Wheatlow on Friday!! I will shameless steal some of this info and credit you.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Perfect parent's evening report for Bammers tonight, no notes.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Laurieston, Pot Still and a stop at the Wee Beer Shop before heading over the road to Koelschip Yard.

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Jessica Mason @drinksmaven.bsky.social · 2d

What do we want? Brewery clobber. When do we want it? Now. 💁‍♀️
📷 by the tabard-snapping @morrighani.bsky.social at the Damm Eagle Brewery celebrations last week.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

It's the bump caps that really set the outfit off.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Another update from Crisp Malt on the sustainable directory.

Ethical and Sustainable Brewery Directory

A directory of ethical and sustainable brewery businesses in the UK who putting the environment, their community and their teams first.

www.extremehousewife.com

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

The second person to ask me this. People don't read anymore 😂

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Repeating myself for the morning crowd, because I'm pleased.

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Very chuffed to have picked up a second place in the @nagbw.bsky.social awards tonight for my piece on cider apple DNA profiling for @ciderreview.bsky.social.

cider-review.com/2024/11/02/h...

Congratulations to all the winners, it was a pleasure to see so many friends picking up awards too!

2025 NAGBW Awards Ceremony Winners

North American Guild of Beer Writers

Best Other Beverage Reporting

Second Place

Hadland, Laura. "How do you fingerprint an apple?" Cider Review, November 2, 2024. https://cider-review.com/2024/11/02/how-do-you-fingerprint-an-apple/

Pull quote: "It's exactly the same as the forensic services use [...] We used it to identify one individual versus another. We generate a barcode for the individual and we match it up to the barcode of other individuals. If they match, they're the same and if they're different, then they're different varieties.""

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks for giving me an undeserved air of mystique, Dave!

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

@petebrownbeer.bsky.social well done on your gongs!

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Right, I've drained my celebratory hot blackcurrant (maxed out my Lemsip quota already), off to bed I go.

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Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you!

Laura Hadland @morrighani.bsky.social · 2d

And congratulations to you for your well deserved award too.

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