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Roger Protz

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Ex editor Good Beer Guide x24 Founder Guild of Beer Writers 2x winner Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the year 20+ books inc. https://shorturl.at/pvxJM West Ham fan protzonbeer.co.uk

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1h

Thanks John. One of the CAMRA Famous Five!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1h

Cheers Jerry!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1h

Will try & pop in!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 8h

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

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 9h

Cheers Tim. Also sightings at Jack Horner, Tottenham Ct Rd, Elephant Inn, Finchley, Ye Olde Mitre, Holborn, Partridge, Bromley. Limited availability, also elsewhere, sometimes a single cask! #BskyBeer

Tim Middleton @tjmiddleton.bsky.social · 21h

Look at what had arrived at the #ArtilleryArms!
@rogerprotz.bsky.social and @keithbeard.bsky.social
Are you fans?

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The Kernel Brewery @kernelbrewery.bsky.social · 1d

This Wednesday at our Spa Road Venue we will be launching our Wet Hop - Bitter, 4.4%

Using Primma Donna (First Gold) from Brixton Beer Co, Grow Beer and Challenger from Hukins Hops, this is a traditional light English Bitter.

The Wet Hop - Bitter will be available in cask only.

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · Aug 28

My books 'Made in Manchester: A People's History of the City That Shaped the Modern World' and 'Northerners: A History, from the Ice Age to the Present Day' available in paperback and hardback, from bookshops and websites. Publisher: @harpernorth.bsky.social

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

The plus side of it - I'm told - is it can be used straight away.

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

The best we have access to is alpaca!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

the Spoons?

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm no gardener, but Diana recommends "green manure" cover crops for the winter veg plot, for soil protection & plenty of forage for bees - busy today - & birds.

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 1d

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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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 1d

Marble Arch Inn, Manchester, painting by Brenainn Shackleton. #NorthernArt

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, had forgotten the Lamb, wonderful pub!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 2d

Excellent trip to Islington, Brewhouse & Kitchen for BEER magazine. Cask doing v well, lots to report. Dream destination for pubs, the Pocket, revived old-fashioned local with tremendous range of cask ales, the Hope & Anchor & the Compton Arms. #BskyBeer

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 4d

Thanks for this Nigel, useful info. Yes agreed, also a particularly good one in Bournemouth, Triangle area. Cheers.

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 4d

Off to London to interview Kris Gumbrell founder of Brewhouse & Kitchen group at his Highbury pub. The much praised Pocket in nearby Canonbury Lane also on today's agenda. #BskyBeer

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 5d

Good to see Gales historic beers still in production. As well as Prize Old Ale, to the credit of @brewhenry.bsky.social, Fuller's continue to brew Horndean Special Bitter 4.8%, first brewed 1959, using the original recipe. Rich, fruity & malty. #BskyBeer

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Dave Morton @dmonbeer.bsky.social · 5d

Been for a walk downtown to a local landmark this evening.

A path through a churchyard & an avenue of trees - lit higher up by the low evening sun. The path runs downhill to a town in the distance.

An enlarged version of the other pic in this post showing a brewery tower in the distance, lot by the sun.

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 6d

Not yet, regret to say, but will seek it out in Manchester later this month!

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 6d

A new report has revealed the impressive scale of Sheffield’s independent drinks scene, estimating that 42% of specialised alcohol outlets are independently owned or operated beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/08/s... #beer #beernews #sheffield

State of independence: Sheffield’s drinks scene - Beer Today

A new report reveals the impressive scale of Sheffield’s independent drinks scene, estimating that 42% of specialised alcohol outlets are independently owned or operated

beertoday.co.uk

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Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 6d

Enjoy!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 6d

Perfect!

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 6d

Seaside season may have ended but the Evening Star, close to Brighton Station, is the perfect place for a cosy pint from their superb #Cask range before hitting the iron road. #BskyBeer

Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 7d

This is Left Handed Giant Golden Mild, on @evening-star-pub.bsky.social

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Adrian Tierney-Jones @atjbeer.bsky.social · 8d

If in Bristol Thursday October 16 you might be interested in a free book event I’ll be doing at Small Bar, 7 for 7.30, where I’ll be talking about ‘A Pub For All Seasons’ and reading from it - I’ll also have paperback copies which I’ll be selling for a tenner (rrp £12.99) and signing, interested?

Copy of A Pub For All Seasons on a promotional thing

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