Lars Marius Garshol

Lars Marius Garshol

@larsga.bsky.social

Author, speaker, and researcher of farmhouse ale. Norwegian posts: @larsga-no.bsky.social https://www.garshol.priv.no

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Jeff Alworth
@beervana.bsky.social

I’m going to re-up this with a short list of points that bear repeating. 1. Writing about beer may have once been the province of amateurs and hobbyists, but now a corps of professionals cover the broad range of topics under the beer banner. And they’re *good.*

Jeff Alworth@beervana.bsky.social

Two things are true about the state of beer journalism in 2026: it has never been harder and less remunerative to cover the beer industry, and we’ve never seen a corps of journalists do as good a job. Yesterday, the North American Guild of Beer Writers honored the best. (Beervana won best blog!)

beervanablog.comThe Best Beer-Related Journalism of 2026 — BeervanaTwo things are true about the state of beer journalism in 2026: it has never been harder and less remunerative to cover the beer industry and we’ve never seen a corps of journalists do as good a job. ...

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Amy Burnett
@amyjbburnett.bsky.social

On Friday 30th October at 12:15pm UK time, I'm giving an overview of my PhD thesis (on women's work in 17th century English alehouses) for the @drinkingstudies.bsky.social Women and Alcohol cluster! All welcome. Here's the link bristol-ac-uk.zoom.us/j/99416738495?pwd=Ri4fabBO0hQwXVRbYV7avA27bW8hmi.1

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Trump beginning to reveal where his sympathies really lie bsky.app/profile/kyiv...

The Kyiv Independent@kyivindependent.com

⚡️️What Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says. "Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.

kyivindependent.comWhat Russia's doing to Ukraine is 'fine,' Trump says"Russia, frankly, has been fine on Ukraine. They haven't been doing much," Trump said, hours after a Russian drone strike in a public park killed six people, including two children.
Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

This is one of the coldest spots in Rælingen, where I live. It gets no sunshine for much of the year, here on the north side of a hill. Earlier today a woman was eating outside in a t-shirt on the terrace you see in the background, but down here the night's frost still hasn't melted.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Short thread and blog post on my paper on spice in farmhouse ale. Here's a summary of the data it's based on. "Author's own collection" means fieldwork, newspaper articles, local history books, etc etc. I only used sources that describe a single brewer or a very small area.

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Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Short thread and blog post on my paper on spice in farmhouse ale. Here's a summary of the data it's based on. "Author's own collection" means fieldwork, newspaper articles, local history books, etc etc. I only used sources that describe a single brewer or a very small area.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Writing a book requires reading lots of other books. This is the books I bought specifically to write "The Power of Beer". I would have bought some of these anyway, but every one of these I was planning to use in the book when I bought them. All the books I got from the library are not included.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

I was enjoying this album, and was positively impressed by the bass player, whom I've never heard of before. So I look him up, then start thinking: "... Pratt ... isn't that also the name of the bass player Pink Floyd's used after Roger Waters?" So I look i up ...

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

And indeed Guy Pratt has played bass for Pink Floyd from Delicate Sound of Thunder onwards. So of course I wonder if Mike Pratt might perhaps be Guy Pratt's dad, given they both play the same instrument, and I start looking it up, and ...

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Thursday: I write a slide outlining the very fast expansion of the Inca Empire. Friday: Existing Inca chronology collapses.

Andy Roddick@aroddick.bsky.social

REDATING THE INCA EMPIRE The traditional Inca chronology has collapsed. New radiocarbon dates show the empire lasted longer than was previously thought—and met more resistance. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.orgBonanza of new dates rewrites the history of the IncaThe South American empire lasted longer, and met more resistance, than scholars thought

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Andreas Krennmair
@akrennmair.bsky.social

Shameless plug: if you also want to be reminded about how great Bavarian Weißbier can be, you can get my book "Bavarian White Beer": waizenbier.de

waizenbier.deBavarian White Beer - Daft Eejit BrewingBavarian White Beer - Daft Eejit Brewing
Ben Palmer@johnzee7.bsky.social

My third stop of the day is Kelheim for Schneider Weisse TAP 7 Original at the Weisses Bräuhaus. Big shout-out to my pal @akrennmair.bsky.social for his excellent book 'Bavarian White Beer', which reminded me just how great Bavarian Weißbier can be.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

The Norwegian Brewer's Association is 125 years old this year, so they had a jubilee book written, and last night was the book launch. Here Erlend Vagn Fuglum, association chair, introducing the book. Previous book was 2001, so focus is on the craft beer revolution, which happened since then.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Yesterday's book announcement on Reddit was met with some skeptical questions from readers who worried it might be written with AI. Really a problem for authors when readers are wary of buying the book because they don't know if a human wrote it. The worst is they are right to be skeptical.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

On Monday Mika Laitinen told me he'd been hoping I would write a book about the history of beer "because your view of beer history is different." I was quietly stunned by that, because that's exactly, precisely the reason I wrote the book (as stated in the preface).

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Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

I had to tell him that writing the full history of beer from A-Z based on original sources was just not feasible. I did use *some* original sources, but mostly not, which is actually one thing that made me nervous about publishing this. I hadn't been able to touch bottom on every single issue.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Anyway, I did my best, and if you think I got something wrong, tell me. I've already had one reader point out what he believed was an omission in the early history of hop use. After checking his source I don't think the claim holds up.

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

On Monday Mika Laitinen told me he'd been hoping I would write a book about the history of beer "because your view of beer history is different." I was quietly stunned by that, because that's exactly, precisely the reason I wrote the book (as stated in the preface).

Lars Marius Garshol
@larsga.bsky.social

Then on Thursday Amund P. Arnesen (Norway's first beer sommelier) told me he'd been hoping I'd write a book on the history of beer, because so much of what's already out there is unreliable. And he said he knew I'd use original sources and get it right.

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Jeff Alworth
@beervana.bsky.social

Andreas Krennmair is doing some amazing historical research about Central European beer, and his latest book Bavarian White Beer is a must-read. It corrects many historical errors and adds much detail to the story of this venerable ale.

beervanablog.comThe Mysteries and History of Bavarian White Beer Revealed — BeervanaAndreas Krennmair is doing some amazing historical research about Central European beer, and his latest book Bavarian White Beer is a must-read. It corrects many historical errors and adds much deta...

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J Mark Dodds FRSA
@jmarkdodds.bsky.social

If you beer you must buy this book

Lars Marius Garshol@larsga.bsky.social

My new book is finally out! A short, readable overall history of beer tracing the long lines in the development of beer. Seeing history like that inevitably brings out an overlooked side of the history of beer: beer as a source of massive power. Please repost! www.garshol.priv.no/download/pow...

garshol.priv.noThe Power of BeerPersonal site of Lars Marius Garshol.