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NigelSadler

@nigelsadler.bsky.social

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Beer & Brewing Industry Professional. Science fan. Fairweather star gazer. Astrophotography beginner 🔭 Likes cats 🐈‍⬛🐱 and old Alfa Romeos 🙄.

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · Jan 2

My grand finale tonight. An image I've dreamed of capturing ever since being a young boy in the 1960s. The iconic Horsehead Nebula. It's taken 4 months since buying the SeestarS50 for the time, location and seeing conditions to be right.

Very happy with this. 😊🎉🔭

The iconic Horsehead Nebula in the Orion constellation

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Brewlab @brewlabltd.bsky.social · 5h

Join us this Saturday and brew your very own beer in Sunderland!

Sign up for Brewlab's Brew Day Experience and be guided by experienced brewers through the entire brewing process.

📆Saturday 18th October
📍Brewlab, Southwick, Sunderland

👉https://brewlab.co.uk/product/brew-day-experience/

#Beer

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 1h

Excellent lunchtime beers and chat ☺️🍻

Tandleman @tandleman.bsky.social · 2h

Two top beer people coz we say so.

Peter and Nigel having a good old catch up.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the full list from Fuller's. Bear in mind limited availability! #BskyBeer

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 1d

Opening date announced for new @thornbridge.bsky.social Sheffield pub, The Fargate. It's October 22.

Grand four-storey frontage of the pub viewed from the ground, displaying the sign 'The Fargate' in gold lettering.

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 1d

Today's Cask Marque visits done in Rainham, Upminster and Stifford where there was a new outlet for accreditation: The Kings Arms. Did very well with full marks for Beer and Cellar. Excellent pint of Wadworth 6X.

Beer O'Clock now, something more warming.

Cheers 🍻

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 1d

Damm, Spain’s largest brewing business, has officially opened its first brewery outside the Iberian peninsula, the Damm Eagle Brewery in Bedford beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/14/d... #beer #beernews #brewery

Damm brings the spirit of Iberia to Bedford - Beer Today

Damm, Spain’s largest brewing business, has officially opened its first brewery outside the Iberian peninsula, the Damm Eagle Brewery in Bedford

beertoday.co.uk

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Brewlab @brewlabltd.bsky.social · 1d

Great news! Our previously cancelled Intensive Practical Brewing Skills course is back 🍻

📅 3–6 Nov
📍Brewlab, Sunderland

4 days of hands-on training for aspiring commercial brewers, ending with your own brew day!

👉 Book now: brewlab.co.uk/product/inte...

#Brewing #UKBrewers #HomeBrewing

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Nicola Radisis @nradisis.bsky.social · 1d

Some months ago, my friend Maurizio visited Athens (as Technical Director of the Greek Beer Awards) and checked all the top-class bars for the article he wrote for Bar Convent Berlin.
➕ the bars for your list
☑️ visit them
🍸 enjoy their drinks and hospitality
but first of all read the article:

8 Bars beneath the Acropolis…

Recommendations for unique bar experiences in Athens.

www.barconvent.com

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 2d

Congrats mate 🍻

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 2d

Taken from the 'other place'. Seestar not so active here on Bluesky it seems. Some news for all Seestar users.

PixInsight released YouTube tutorials on how to process Seestar S50 images — step by step!
(I): bit.ly/4h5gPFQ
(II): bit.ly/3WG2ia9
(III): bit.ly/3KIS8TL
(IV): bit.ly/4mXLjet

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NGC 7000 with a Seestar S50 (I)

A complete preprocessing and postprocessing example using data acquired with a Seestar S50 smart telescope (Part 1). 00:30 Seestar imaging plan 01:33 FBPP configuration 05:29 Running FBPP 07:02 Master light analysis

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Franz D. Hofer @tempestinatankard.bsky.social · 2d

Wine gardens for beer lovers

I've been lurking more than posting these days, but today I have a reason to post something: the Viennese Heuriger!

If you're a fan of beer gardens, you'll love the Heuriger (wine garden). There's tasty wine, food, and Sturm!!

tempestinatankard.com/2025/10/13/b...

Beyond Beer: The Viennese Heuriger (Wine Garden) • A Tempest in a Tankard

Much like the first beer gardens, the Viennese Heuriger was an open-air tavern where people could bring food to enjoy with their wine.

tempestinatankard.com

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 2d

Monday Beer O'Clock underway here after a busy morning of paperwork and car cleaning.
Cheers 🍻

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 2d

We're down to the last four in @camraofficial.bsky.social Pub of the Year: wb.camra.org.uk/2025/10/10/f...

Fab Four revealed

The fight to win CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year 2025 competition is hotting up with just four pubs remaining after months of rigorous judging. The...

wb.camra.org.uk

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 3d

Today's wine? Slumming it with 1998 Pomerol from Chateau Le Gay courtesy of my dear old Dad 😊🍷🍷🍷

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 3d

Alas my three furballs aren't so helpful 🙄🐈‍⬛😺🐈‍⬛

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 3d

Was up early and already in the kitchen by 6.30am. Busy gardening session ahead. Small haunch of venison went into a red wine, rosemary and juniper berry marinade last night. Veg prepped. All went into the slow cooker. Pleased with my new trimmer, more to do though. But it's Beer O'Clock. Cheers 🍻

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely to find some Dahlias still in fine form here at RHS Hyde Hall, Essex. The squash and pumpkin display was also good to see again this year. So many varieties.

Time to head to the café for my usual ham, egg and chips 😋

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 4d

Both are excellent brews. The Adnams Suffolk Bitter is a favourite of mine and one I always try and pick up in M&S in town. Enjoy 🍻

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 5d

Beer O'Clock here: Those that know me from 'the other place' might remember my wingman, Old Cloth Ears who went 🌈 last year, missed greatly. Seen here below on the left. Bob, on the right, now keeps me company now and again 😊🍻🐈‍⬛

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 5d

Nice image. Hoping for a similar one this coming Sunday all being well 🤞☄️🔭

NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 5d

He's a great guy, he organised and drove the new brewing apprenticeship scheme about 6 years ago. Shame to see some of the outlets have lost their brew kits but that's how things pan out sadly. The one in Chelmsford is very good and brewer, Rhys, has won a SIBA award for one of his brews, Roger.

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NigelSadler @nigelsadler.bsky.social · 5d

I've not had much luck so far seeing either of these 2 comets but hoping for better weather and visibility in the next few days 🤞 🔭

www.forbes.com/sites/jamiec...

Comet Tracker For Friday: When And Where To See The Two Green Comets

Comets Lemmon and SWAN are now becoming visible. Although they will get brighter next week, you can glimpse them now using binoculars or a telescope.

www.forbes.com

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Compound Interest | Chemistry infographics @compoundchem.com · 5d

Today is #NationalNanotechnologyDay 🔬

Here's a look at some of the big jobs tiny particles can do in @cenmag.bsky.social

cen.acs.org/articles/94/...

#ChemSky 🧪

This is an infographic explaining the chemistry behind nanotechnology in a few consumer products, including silver nanoparticles for antimicrobial uses, titanium dioxide and zinc oxide nanoparticles in sunscreens, carbon nanotubes in sports equipment and quantum dots in televisions.

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Brewlab @brewlabltd.bsky.social · 6d

Flavour profiling...🍺

#CraftBeer #Beer #Brewing #Brewery

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Paul Davies @beersommelierkew.bsky.social · 6d

Baked beer? Lars has the story
www.beerandbrewing.com/style-school...

Meet Keptinis, the Baked Beer of the Baltics

There are many kinds of dark beer around the world, but there’s one that stands out as profoundly different from the others—and it features a deep, caramelized flavor that can only come from a nice, h...

www.beerandbrewing.com

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