The Craft Beer Twitter Top 50
Who to follow...
These are the folks leading the craft beer conversation on Twitter in the UK.
They are all tweeting in a personal capacity, rather than from a business account.
You can see them all in one place on Twitter here.
Who?
Adrian Tierney-Jones
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Beer writer and journalist. Editor of Original Gravity Magazine.
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@ATJBeer
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Alexandra Sewell
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Works for BottleShop. Found of Black Malt Bottle Share Club.
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@wehavealex
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Alison Capper
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Hop grower championing and campaigning for British hops.
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@BritishHops
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Andy Parker
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Founder and Head Brewer at Elusive Brewing.
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@tabamatu
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Anthony Gladman
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Beer writer
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@agladman
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Beer O’Clock Show
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UK’s leading beer podcast
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@BeerOClockShow
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Brad Cummings
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Founder and MD at Tiny Rebel. Running for CAMRA National Executive.
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@TinyRebelBrad
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Brennan and Chrystal Woollands
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Blogging, vlogging, homebrewing and hosting taproom takeovers.
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@A_Crafty_Couple
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Carl Marshall
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Works at Twisted Barrel Ale
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@ThaBearded1
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Csaba Babak
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Beer business consultant. Author of Beer Means Business.
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@csabababak
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Chris Elston
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Beer and travel writer.
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@elstonsbeerblog
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Chris Hall
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Beer Writer and Communications Manager for Bottleshop Wholesale
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@ChrisHallBeer
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Chris Martin
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Reviews technology for the day job. Blogs about beer by night.
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@MrCJMartin
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Claire Bullen
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Writer for Good Beer Hunting and A Hedonist’s Guide.
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@ClaireMBullen
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Colin Stronge
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Production Manager at Northern Monk Brew Co. in Leeds
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@ColinStronge
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Connor Murphy
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Beer blogger. Founder of Manchester Beer Week
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@likethemurphys
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Craft Beer Channel (Jonny Garrett and Brad Evans)
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YouTube channel dedicated to good beer
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@BeerChannel
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Daisy Turnell
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Runs Craft Beer Newcastle blog and works in marketing for Head of Steam bars.
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@beerdoodles
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David Bishop
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Brilliant, witty doodles on all things beer.
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@beerdoodles
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Des de Moor
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London-based beer writer and tour guide.
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@desdemoor
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Dominic Driscoll
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Brewer at Thornbridge Brewery
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@ThornbridgeDom
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Doreen Joy Barber
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London-based beer writer and photographer.
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@ourdoreen
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Ellie Beoir
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On the road to certified cicerone and beer sommelier. Speaking up for feminism and ace.
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@ellie_beoir
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Emma Inch
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Beer writer/broadcaster. Producer/Presenter at Fermentation Radio.
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@FermentRadio
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Emma Victory
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Beer writer and homebrewer
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@femtobrewster
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Fergus Fitzgerald
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Head Brewer at Adnams
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@Solebear
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Fiona Beckett
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Writes about wine and beer for the Guardian
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@winematcher
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Gareth Pettman
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Leeds-based beer blogger.
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@barrelagedleeds
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Glynn Davis
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Business Writer (with a focus on beer and pubs). Founder of Retail Insider and Beer Insider.
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@GlynnDavis
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Greg Mulholland
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Lib Dem politician and pub campaigner
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@ThePubChampion
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Hugh Thomas
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Freelance food and drink journalist.
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@HughWrites
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Jaega Wise
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Head Brewer at Wild Card Brewery.
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@jaegawise
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Jeff Evans
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Beer Writer. Author of ‘Good Bottled Beer Guide’
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@InsideBeer
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James Beeson
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Beer writer and reporter for Morning Advertiser
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@jdbeeson16
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James Watt
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Founder of BrewDog.
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@BrewDogJames
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Jamie Baker
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A South Coast based beer writer and photographer.
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@SouthCoastBeers
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Jane Peyton
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Founder of School of Booze and Beer Day Britain.
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@SchoolofBooze
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Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey
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Beer writers. Authors of ‘Brew Brittania’ and ‘20th Century Pub’
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@BoakandBailey
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Jessica Mason
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Drinks journalist and entrepreneur.
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@drinksmaven
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John Porter
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Beer, food and pubs writer and journo. PR guru and accredited Beer Sommelier.
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@pieandapint
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Jim Cullen
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Blogging on Northern beer scene and organiser of The Independent Salford Beer Festival.
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@BeersManchester
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Kaleigh Watterson
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Manchester-based journalist and beer blogger.
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@kaleighpie
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Lily Waite
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Artist, writer, beer blogger and assistant manager of a bottle shop in Kingston-upon-Thames.
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@QueerBeerBrewCo
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Mark Briggs
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Beer writer with a focus on North-West England
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@RealAleupNorth
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Mark Dredge
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Beer, food and travel writer. Author of ‘Beer and Food’ and ‘Craft Beer World’
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@markdredge
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Mark Johnson
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Beer blogger
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@MarkNJohnson
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Matt Curtis
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Beer Writer, Photographer & Podcaster. UK Editor of Good Beer Hunting.
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@totalcurtis
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Melissa Cole
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Beer writer. Author of ‘Little Book of Craft Beer’.
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@MelissaCole
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Myles Lambert
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Blogging on the North-east beer scene and host of The Sippin Forecast.
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@MylesLambert
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Nigel Barden
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Food and drink journalist/broadcaster. Resident beer expert on Simon Mayo’s Radio2 show.
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@NigelBarden
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Nick Dwyer
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Creative Director at Beavertown Brewery
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@njcdwyer
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Oli Haydon
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Award-winning beertubing channel.
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@olihaydon
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Per Steinar Nielsen and Josh Smith
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London-based beer bloggers.
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@TheEveningBrews
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Pete Brown
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Author of Man Walks into a Pub, Miracle Brew and many brilliant other books.
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@PeteBrownBeer
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Peter Alexander
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Local CAMRA chairman
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@Tandleman
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Peter McKerry
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Beer blogger
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@PJMcKerry
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Phil Lowry
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Hop Merchant and Founder of Breakwater Brewery
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@PhilLowry
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Rachael Smith
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Beer blogger with a particular focus on Sussex
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@lookatbrew
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Rebecca Pate
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Marketing and Events Co-ordinator at Mason & Co in London. Also blogs about beer.
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@rpate
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Richard Taylor
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Beer writer with a focus on Scotland
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@TheBeerCast
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Rob Derbyshire
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Beer Youtuber.
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@Hopzine
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Roger Protz
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Beer writing legend. Editor of Good Beer Guide.
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@RogerProtzBeer
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Sarah Warman
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Head of Marketing at BrewDog
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@sarahfwarman
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Sophie Atherton
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Beer writer and journalist
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@SophWrites
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Soo, Sarah, Kate, Adam & Sean
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Five friends tweeting and blogging on their beery adventures.
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@BeerMoreSocial
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Steph Shuttleworth
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Works for craft beer marketing consultancy, Mash.
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@MissMustardBlog
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Susanna Forbes
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Cider producer and commentator on the drinks industry.
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@DrinkBritain
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Sophie De Ronde
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Head Brewer at one of the UK’s most exciting new breweries, Burnt Mill is Suffolk.
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@BrewSophie
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The Beer Podcast (Michael Lally and Nic Crilly-Hargrave)
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Two Australians in London interviewing with the most influential people in beer.
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@TheBeerPodcast
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Tim Anderson
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Beer fan. Masterchef winner. Founder of Nanban.
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@ChefTimAnderson
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Tim Hampson
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Editor of What’s Brewing and BEER Magazine.
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@BeerHero
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Tom Maya
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Beer writer and bottle-shop worker
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@TomPaulMaya
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Tom Stapley
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Founder of Craft Beer Hour.
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@craftbeerhour
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Will Hawkes
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Beer and travel journalist. Founder of Craft Beer London and London Beer City.
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@will_hawkes
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Will Longmate
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MSc Brewing and Distilling graduate, craft maltser, semi amateur brewer and beer blogger.
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@Longm8
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Zak Avery
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Owner of BeerRitz and Beer Paradise. Beer writer.
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@ZakAvery
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