Roger Protz
@RogerProtzBeer
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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://t.co/GlWeJOKOmt West Ham fan
St Albans, UK
Joined July 2011
Please note I am unable to close this account as I am signed out. Interactions are not be seen by me. I would be delighted to meet up again on Bluesky. The time is now. @rogerprotz.bsky.social
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Thank you: I'm on Bluesky & would be great to see you there:
Great piece by @RogerProtzBeer laying bare the sad story of how Heineken needlessly killed off the Caledonian Brewery while splashing the budget that could have saved it on the launch of a new mass lager brand, that then failed. https://t.co/1vKn1CQB88
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Happy New Year! If you're making a fresh start & migrating from the platform formerly known as Twitter, come join the growing community @ Bluesky. Say hi https://t.co/J35gCkRbH2 & I'll follow you back!
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Happy Christmas! Where better to spend Christmas Eve than in a country pub with a fine pint of ale? The Crooked Billet, Colney Heath, @TringBrewery Side Pocket. Hope all our pubs & breweries are doing well this festive season. Beer twitter, find me on https://t.co/J35gCkRbH2.
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🍺 Following Carlsberg Marston's Brewing Company’s decision to axe eight classic British cask beers, @RogerProtzBeer discusses the global brewer’s ongoing disdain for the industry. ✏️ Read Roger’s column here:
wb.camra.org.uk
Carlsberg is wrecking Britain’s brewing heritage. Not content with closing four ale breweries, it has now turned the blow torch on a raft of beers, se...
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Last X of Xmas. I'm moving to Bluesky: https://t.co/J35gCkQDRu Thanks to all for your support for pubs, breweries, campaigns, successful or not, the interactions over the years. Wishing you a wonderful Christmas. Hope to see you on the other side. Pub: Verulam Arms St Albans.
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Our junior vice president would like to remind you that today is the last day we're open in 2024. If you're after some bottles for Christmas, a last-minute present or two, or just fancy a pint, we're open 2-6pm 🍻
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@bftwni @CAMRA_Official @RogerProtzBeer @CampaignforPubs @RupertLowe10 @C20Society @ArtDecoSocUK @SAVEtoReuse @ProtectPubs let’s hope 2025 brings good news for the Iron Duke and @HeritageFundUK do the right thing and put the pub out to tender after restoration #pubs #artdeco
Happy Christmas to everyone who have helped us save the historic Iron Duke. Message for @HeritageFundUK and @Eilish_McGu it’s not too late to do ensure the pub is faithfully restored and put out to tender. Giving all interested parties the chance to submit business plans. #pubs
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Bought by the community earlier this year, the 17C Framsden Greyhound will reopen for a short time over the festive period
Only Fools and Horses legend Sir David Jason is helping to boost The Framsden Greyhound's new community share scheme. https://t.co/YP3gi8L8Nn 👇 Full story
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Today’s selection and the opening hours for the coming week. normal 2 o’clock opening today,@BeersInChester @CamraChester @Johnbagatelle @WirralCAMRA @robbiesbrewery
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Shortest day ... Drove round in the early dusk in Hertfordshire countryside photographing pubs for my last ever Xmas card on Twitter!
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An excellent, article by @DrBlacklock in today’s @guardian. It makes you aware of Humphrey Smith’s iron fisted grip&influential power throughout his property estate. Humphrey’s world: how the Samuel Smith beer baron built Britain’s strangest pub chain
theguardian.com
Since the 1970s, Humphrey Smith has acquired scores of pubs and historic properties around the UK. But time after time, he has left the buildings empty. Why has he allowed his empire to moulder?
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@RogerProtzBeer Time for @AnspachHobday to up the brewing & advertising of London Black which should become a Gen Z favourite
anspachandhobday.com
Anspach & Hobday's independent Nitro Porter. Creamy, smooth, sessionable and brewed in London. A true craft beer alternative to mainstream stouts.
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If the Guinness runs dry!
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@RogerProtzBeer Blackshore stout @Adnams Remembering that Diageo were only major brewer during the pandemic not to arrange a replacement scheme for there stock - advertising on FB for consumers not to worry as there’s plenty of cans in supermarkets!
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Party season, a national shortage of Guinness, rationing. Pubs running dry by Xmas? Became top selling drink due to Gen Z, "influencers", Diageo laughing to the bank. SO MANY WONDERFUL INDIE STOUTS & PORTERS TO CHOOSE FROM!
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