Tim Hickford
@beerwithtim.bsky.social
Beer Sommelier.
British Guild of Beer Writers.
Loving good beer & good pubs.
Personal account all views my own.
Working for Brewpoint.
Same handle on Instagram.
Blog www.beerwithtim.co.uk
British Guild of Beer Writers.
Loving good beer & good pubs.
Personal account all views my own.
Working for Brewpoint.
Same handle on Instagram.
Blog www.beerwithtim.co.uk
I’ve got a new blog post out covering my top ten tips for giving beer as a gift at Christmas. Give it a read, and then find a way to surreptitiously pass it on to your relatives
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Giving beer for Christmas
Top ten tips for giving beer or beer related gifts at Christmas
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December 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I’ve got a new blog post out covering my top ten tips for giving beer as a gift at Christmas. Give it a read, and then find a way to surreptitiously pass it on to your relatives
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/12/05/g...
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/12/05/g...
Had a great time last night at #BGBW25 @britbeerwriters.bsky.social congratulations to all the winners, all thoroughly deserved!
November 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Had a great time last night at #BGBW25 @britbeerwriters.bsky.social congratulations to all the winners, all thoroughly deserved!
The dreaded day is here. A nation of hospitaly operators holds their breath.
November 26, 2025 at 8:13 AM
The dreaded day is here. A nation of hospitaly operators holds their breath.
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I had a great afternoon at Brewpoint today, recording a podcast episode with @beerwithtim.bsky.social, having a tour of the brewery, and sampling several of their beers - six after the tour and three over some lunch. Really impressed with the beers.
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
I had a great afternoon at Brewpoint today, recording a podcast episode with @beerwithtim.bsky.social, having a tour of the brewery, and sampling several of their beers - six after the tour and three over some lunch. Really impressed with the beers.
Completely buzzed this morning to find out I have made the shortlist of the @britbeerwriters.bsky.social awards. See the full shortlist here www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
November 7, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Completely buzzed this morning to find out I have made the shortlist of the @britbeerwriters.bsky.social awards. See the full shortlist here www.beerguild.co.uk/2025-awards-...
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Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
August 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Don’t be afraid to share your writing. There are six Sharknado movies.
“ When that pub is turned into a house it is gone forever. It’s not coming back… Having the sign up is a constant reminder to the community of what they have lost. The sign mocks those that miss what it signifies.”
New blog post on my site now live
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New blog post on my site now live
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Ghost Signs
There are brazen spectres who haunt the villages and towns across England. Ghosts of revelry writ large and high, swinging in insult to all who pass by. I am talking about old pub signs. Those that…
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August 17, 2025 at 6:56 PM
“ When that pub is turned into a house it is gone forever. It’s not coming back… Having the sign up is a constant reminder to the community of what they have lost. The sign mocks those that miss what it signifies.”
New blog post on my site now live
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/08/16/g...
New blog post on my site now live
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/08/16/g...
Reposted by Tim Hickford
It's Beer Day Britain and we'd like to honour the occasion by drawing your attention to @jonnygarrett.bsky.social's piece on his @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social mission to give cask beer a recognised UNESCO cultural heritage status. Cheers!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Non-Negotiables — Cask Ale's Bid for UNESCO Cultural Heritage Status — Pellicle
It’s 6:30 in the morning and Hook Norton Brewery is already cranking into gear. Golden light streams through the Victorian windows, refracting off copper pipes and setting the steam rising from the oa...
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June 15, 2025 at 1:52 PM
It's Beer Day Britain and we'd like to honour the occasion by drawing your attention to @jonnygarrett.bsky.social's piece on his @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social mission to give cask beer a recognised UNESCO cultural heritage status. Cheers!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Bass 1988 Strong Ale, bottle number 445/500. Heavily aged as you would expect but still drinkable after 37 years. Always fun to try something older than I am!
June 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Bass 1988 Strong Ale, bottle number 445/500. Heavily aged as you would expect but still drinkable after 37 years. Always fun to try something older than I am!
Beer people! I’ve recently been given this bottle of Bass Museum Brewery Strong Ale brewer in 1988. Ltd edition #445/500. Does anyone have any information on this beer, or Museum brewery from that time? All info appreciated. I plan to open it and try it in due course.
June 4, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Beer people! I’ve recently been given this bottle of Bass Museum Brewery Strong Ale brewer in 1988. Ltd edition #445/500. Does anyone have any information on this beer, or Museum brewery from that time? All info appreciated. I plan to open it and try it in due course.
I just published a new blog post with some thoughts on pump clip displays in pubs, and the general changes in pump clip design in the last couple of decades.
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Pump Clips
I’m sitting in a prime seat in the Cross Keys, a popular ale pub in the town centre of Thame, Oxfordshire. I’ve got a spot in the far corner, looking across the entire room. From my seat I can see …
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May 29, 2025 at 4:49 PM
I just published a new blog post with some thoughts on pump clip displays in pubs, and the general changes in pump clip design in the last couple of decades.
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/05/29/p...
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/05/29/p...
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Important: @jonnygarrett.bsky.social has written about the crusade to give cask ale UNESCO Cultural Heritage status.
Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Non-Negotiables — Cask Ale's Bid for UNESCO Cultural Heritage Status — Pellicle
It’s 6:30 in the morning and Hook Norton Brewery is already cranking into gear. Golden light streams through the Victorian windows, refracting off copper pipes and setting the steam rising from the oa...
www.pelliclemag.com
May 12, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Important: @jonnygarrett.bsky.social has written about the crusade to give cask ale UNESCO Cultural Heritage status.
Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Why does it matter? Read on and find out exactly why cask deserves to be recognised as a culturally significant part of British heritage!
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...
Happy Sunday all, enjoying last light of the day with a @millsbrewing.bsky.social Standing Beer in the garden. Dry, acidic, fruity goodness, with a peppery hop finish. Delicious.
May 11, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Happy Sunday all, enjoying last light of the day with a @millsbrewing.bsky.social Standing Beer in the garden. Dry, acidic, fruity goodness, with a peppery hop finish. Delicious.
I just published a new blog post about how, after years of refusing to do so, I’ve now come to appreciate drinking lager straight from the bottle. You can read it here:
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/04/18/66/
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/04/18/66/
Cold ones
On Saturdays I talk. I talk a lot, and almost all of it is about beer. I run three brewery tours back to back, showing guests around Brewpoint and explaining to them the brewing process, the compan…
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April 18, 2025 at 9:43 AM
I just published a new blog post about how, after years of refusing to do so, I’ve now come to appreciate drinking lager straight from the bottle. You can read it here:
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/04/18/66/
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/04/18/66/
Reposted by Tim Hickford
STOP USING AI ART - hire a real cartoonist to draw you into a doll, action figure, anything you want like Eric did when he hired P&P
April 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
STOP USING AI ART - hire a real cartoonist to draw you into a doll, action figure, anything you want like Eric did when he hired P&P
The train beer game from M&S Food at Marylebone has improved in recent months. Much prefer sipping on a Paulaner Münchner Hell than an own label ‘Belgian Lager’ any day
April 10, 2025 at 5:59 PM
The train beer game from M&S Food at Marylebone has improved in recent months. Much prefer sipping on a Paulaner Münchner Hell than an own label ‘Belgian Lager’ any day
Reposted by Tim Hickford
Deeply strange entering middle-age at a time in world history where things are getting measurably worse. Just a continual psychic struggle of “is this fogeyism or are things just not what they used to be?”
March 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Deeply strange entering middle-age at a time in world history where things are getting measurably worse. Just a continual psychic struggle of “is this fogeyism or are things just not what they used to be?”
Friday night foam courtesy of Augustiner Weissbier.
March 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Friday night foam courtesy of Augustiner Weissbier.
Reposted by Tim Hickford
Me when I go on Instagram
March 19, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Me when I go on Instagram
Have fun everyone heading to SIBA Beer X today 🍻
March 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Have fun everyone heading to SIBA Beer X today 🍻
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To coincide with #britishpieweek I’ve got a new blogpost out, championing one of my favourite food and beer pairings - pork pies and pints of bitter.
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In defence of a classic British food & beer pairing
I love food. I love beer, and I really love the two together. Beer and food pairing is a brilliant world of flavour opportunity. Truly remarkable culinary experiences can be discovered with an open…
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March 7, 2025 at 7:38 PM
To coincide with #britishpieweek I’ve got a new blogpost out, championing one of my favourite food and beer pairings - pork pies and pints of bitter.
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/03/07/i...
beerwithtim.co.uk/2025/03/07/i...
I’m heading to Beerfly in Bedford tonight for a talk on How Beer Changed the World from @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social Jonny Garrett. Looking forward to it! Still one or two tickets left, so if you’re local and at a loose end tonight, get one before they’re gone
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How Beer Changed The World with Jonny Garrett
When: 5th March, 2025 Where: Beerfly, Bedford Join us to hear from one of the world's leading experts in beer whilst enjoying 4 handpicked beers to accompany the enthralling stories. Jonny Garrett is...
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March 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m heading to Beerfly in Bedford tonight for a talk on How Beer Changed the World from @craftbeerchannel.bsky.social Jonny Garrett. Looking forward to it! Still one or two tickets left, so if you’re local and at a loose end tonight, get one before they’re gone
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It’s amazing what three consecutive days of proper sunshine does for my general mood. I never think my winter glums are that bad until a good dose of vitamin D comes along.
March 4, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It’s amazing what three consecutive days of proper sunshine does for my general mood. I never think my winter glums are that bad until a good dose of vitamin D comes along.
Tonight’s supper was a bottle of Wadworth Old Timer Strong Ale and a pork pie from Block & Butchers of Wendover. The pie was sensational, the beer was fantastic and the pairing was sublime.
March 2, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Tonight’s supper was a bottle of Wadworth Old Timer Strong Ale and a pork pie from Block & Butchers of Wendover. The pie was sensational, the beer was fantastic and the pairing was sublime.