Andreas Krennmair
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Andreas Krennmair
@akrennmair.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Daft Eejit Brewing
Hi, I'm Andreas Krennmair. I blog about home-brewing, beer history and my occasional beer-related travels. - Daft Eejit Brewing
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Hello, new followers! I'm Andreas, and I mostly post about beer-related topics. I brew beer at home, occasionally research various niche topics of beer history, and blog about it on dafteejit.com.
I also wrote and self-published a few beer history and home-brewing books (available on Amazon): 🧵
I also wrote and self-published a few beer history and home-brewing books (available on Amazon): 🧵
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I tried to look at the past 13,000 years of beer brewing from a bird's eye perspective. That leads to some reflections I certainly didn't expect.
A simple way to put it: there are three kinds of beer, but not the ones you expect.
www.garshol.priv.no/blog/439.html
A simple way to put it: there are three kinds of beer, but not the ones you expect.
www.garshol.priv.no/blog/439.html
Malt, Mould, or Saliva | Larsblog
Personal blog of Lars Marius Garshol.
www.garshol.priv.no
December 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
I tried to look at the past 13,000 years of beer brewing from a bird's eye perspective. That leads to some reflections I certainly didn't expect.
A simple way to put it: there are three kinds of beer, but not the ones you expect.
www.garshol.priv.no/blog/439.html
A simple way to put it: there are three kinds of beer, but not the ones you expect.
www.garshol.priv.no/blog/439.html
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For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
Under the Bridge — A Definitive History of Wychwood Hobgoblin — Pellicle
My love affair with pubs started in Staines. It’s where I found my tribe—the pub as an expression of individuality, an alternative to bland Britain. But I was afraid at first. In 1996, my British-Asi...
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December 3, 2025 at 8:22 AM
For millennia, the t-shirts of the men in the know have taunted us.
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
"WHAT'S THE MATTER LAGER BOY? SCARED YOU'LL TASTE SOMETHING?"
Now, @davidjesudason.bsky.social digs into the social, physical, perhaps even the metaphysical world of Wychwood's Hobgoblin.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/12...
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Probably the best video to see how a wooden cask is made at Theakston's cooperage in all its details: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhK...
Coopering (Beer Barrel Making)
YouTube video by Alec Steele
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December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Probably the best video to see how a wooden cask is made at Theakston's cooperage in all its details: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhK...
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🍻 🧵Beer Advent Thread 🧵 🎄
This year we have a beer advent calendar from Letra. They have put together an all Portuguese advent calendar. 12 of their own beers, 12 from other PT breweries.
Today was beer #1, Letra F, American IPA, as hoppy as they come. Fresh, lovely, great start! #beer #beersky
This year we have a beer advent calendar from Letra. They have put together an all Portuguese advent calendar. 12 of their own beers, 12 from other PT breweries.
Today was beer #1, Letra F, American IPA, as hoppy as they come. Fresh, lovely, great start! #beer #beersky
December 1, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Probably the best video to see how a wooden cask is made at Theakston's cooperage in all its details: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhK...
Coopering (Beer Barrel Making)
YouTube video by Alec Steele
www.youtube.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Probably the best video to see how a wooden cask is made at Theakston's cooperage in all its details: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HhK...
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The chair of the @kornolfest.bsky.social board has set up a meeting with politicians at parliament to discuss legalizing sale of farmhouse ale directly from the farms. On the train from Voss they also brought a lot of beer, including one 10-l canister for me. But how to get it home?
December 2, 2025 at 8:58 AM
The chair of the @kornolfest.bsky.social board has set up a meeting with politicians at parliament to discuss legalizing sale of farmhouse ale directly from the farms. On the train from Voss they also brought a lot of beer, including one 10-l canister for me. But how to get it home?
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Prost @akrennmair.bsky.social and @johnzee7.bsky.social! Was this the one you brewed together, or the old ale?
Absolutely süffig malt bomb. I like the bitter malt highlights.
Absolutely süffig malt bomb. I like the bitter malt highlights.
November 30, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Prost @akrennmair.bsky.social and @johnzee7.bsky.social! Was this the one you brewed together, or the old ale?
Absolutely süffig malt bomb. I like the bitter malt highlights.
Absolutely süffig malt bomb. I like the bitter malt highlights.
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We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
AI tools are 'deskilling' workers, philosophy professor says
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
www.businessinsider.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:09 PM
We can't really say this enough...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
> Anastasia Berg [at UCL Irvine] said that new research — and what she's hearing directly from colleagues across various industries — shows that employees who heavily rely on AI are losing core skills at a startling rate.
www.businessinsider.com/ai-tools-are...
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Good morning from the Brauerei Spezial in Bamberg.
Pro tip: if you order a "gewärmtes", your beer will be gently heated with an immersion heater, which knocks out some of the carbonation.
Pro tip: if you order a "gewärmtes", your beer will be gently heated with an immersion heater, which knocks out some of the carbonation.
November 30, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Good morning from the Brauerei Spezial in Bamberg.
Pro tip: if you order a "gewärmtes", your beer will be gently heated with an immersion heater, which knocks out some of the carbonation.
Pro tip: if you order a "gewärmtes", your beer will be gently heated with an immersion heater, which knocks out some of the carbonation.
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GOOD MORNING! Here's our weekly round up of good writing about beer, with pubs in Norwich and Bradford, thoughts on the budget, and notes on a kitsch advertisement for Hamm's beer. 🍻🍺
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 29 November 2025: Suburbia
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got dodgy dates, kidney beans and The Fat Cat.
boakandbailey.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:51 AM
GOOD MORNING! Here's our weekly round up of good writing about beer, with pubs in Norwich and Bradford, thoughts on the budget, and notes on a kitsch advertisement for Hamm's beer. 🍻🍺
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
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J.C. Jocobsen writes again. And mentions union sets.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/jc-j...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/jc-j...
J.C. Jocobsen writes again
More correspondence from Jacobsen. Because you lot seem to like this stuff. This time two short letters. The first shows how keen Jacobsen s...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:54 AM
J.C. Jocobsen writes again. And mentions union sets.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/jc-j...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/jc-j...
I'm usually not much of a wine person, but I had some phenomenal Georgian wine today: the most tannic orange/amber wine I ever had (Kisi Danieli Qvevri), which paired perfectly with khachapuri adjaruli, followed by a fruity, dry red Saperavi Qvevri with a slight hint of funk that just elevated it.
November 27, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I'm usually not much of a wine person, but I had some phenomenal Georgian wine today: the most tannic orange/amber wine I ever had (Kisi Danieli Qvevri), which paired perfectly with khachapuri adjaruli, followed by a fruity, dry red Saperavi Qvevri with a slight hint of funk that just elevated it.
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More Carlsberg correspondence. Including a description of 20-year old London Porter.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/more...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/more...
More Carlsberg correspondence
Or, more accurately, Jacobsen correspondence. This time, from Jacobsen Senior to Jacobsen junior. Dated 22nd March 1869. After some time at ...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
More Carlsberg correspondence. Including a description of 20-year old London Porter.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/more...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/more...
Baked a German rye bread (70/30 rye/wheat flour) today, all sourdough. It turned out okay.
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Baked a German rye bread (70/30 rye/wheat flour) today, all sourdough. It turned out okay.
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First snow of the season in Berlin.
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
First snow of the season in Berlin.
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RIP Udo Kier, a true original
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his one and only social media post:
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his one and only social media post:
November 24, 2025 at 7:27 AM
RIP Udo Kier, a true original
📽️
his one and only social media post:
📽️
his one and only social media post:
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It's Stir-Up Sunday, so time for our annual boost for this post, designed to help out anxious home cooks trying to track down barley wine.
boakandbailey.com/2015/11/publ...
boakandbailey.com/2015/11/publ...
Public Service Announcement: Barley Wine for Stir-Up Sunday
Every year we start getting visits to the website from people searching for barley wine to put in their Christmas pudding.
boakandbailey.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:50 AM
It's Stir-Up Sunday, so time for our annual boost for this post, designed to help out anxious home cooks trying to track down barley wine.
boakandbailey.com/2015/11/publ...
boakandbailey.com/2015/11/publ...
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The paper Margo Samorokov and I wrote for Brewery History Journal on Estonian farmhouse brewing is now available online, in case anyone is interested. www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...
www.breweryhistory.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:11 AM
The paper Margo Samorokov and I wrote for Brewery History Journal on Estonian farmhouse brewing is now available online, in case anyone is interested. www.breweryhistory.com/journal/arch...
One of the hardly ever discussed elements of German pub culture is the "Hausmarke" (lit. "house brand"): pubs get surplus kegs of lager for a lower price, but in turn, they can't say which beer it is. It's always a surprise to order it, sometimes it's just okay, sometimes it's excellent like today.
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 PM
One of the hardly ever discussed elements of German pub culture is the "Hausmarke" (lit. "house brand"): pubs get surplus kegs of lager for a lower price, but in turn, they can't say which beer it is. It's always a surprise to order it, sometimes it's just okay, sometimes it's excellent like today.
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A Mac by the open fire - a grand day for it ...
November 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
A Mac by the open fire - a grand day for it ...
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A Victorian Mild recipe from Kent - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/lets...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/lets...
Let's Brew - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer
Now this is an interesting Mild. Not only because of the name. Which is usually Mild Ale. Also, on account of the colour. Which is semi-dark...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A Victorian Mild recipe from Kent - 1884 W.E. & J. Rigden Mild Beer.
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/lets...
barclayperkins.blogspot.com/2025/11/lets...
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Pitching a horror story in which an England cricket fan goes to sleep while England are winning and wakes up to find out they... didn't stack it and won the test. Said fan immediately knows something is very, very wrong with reality...
I know nothing about cricket btw
I know nothing about cricket btw
November 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Pitching a horror story in which an England cricket fan goes to sleep while England are winning and wakes up to find out they... didn't stack it and won the test. Said fan immediately knows something is very, very wrong with reality...
I know nothing about cricket btw
I know nothing about cricket btw
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GOOD MORNING! Here's this morning's round up of good writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with a common thread about *doing it right*. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 22 November 2025: Modern Times
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got production value, community, and inclusive beer festivals.
boakandbailey.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
GOOD MORNING! Here's this morning's round up of good writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with a common thread about *doing it right*. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
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Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Sutton Hoo ship name contest urges no 'Boaty McBoatface' suggestions
Sutton Hoo Ship's Company wants help naming their replica, but urges people not to make joke suggestions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Boatwald Boatfaceson www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...