Top Beer Tweets of 2013

These are some Tweets about beer we enjoyed in 2013.

1. Ed defines craft beer:

Another attempt to define 'craft beer'? Surely every one knows it just means 'tastes of grapefruit' by now?

— Ed Wray (@TheBeerFather) November 1, 2013

(He later expanded this thought in a blog post.)

2. Simon wins our nomination for Tweeter of the year:

"My wife loves that new microbrewery in Bermondsey"
"Partizan?"
"No, her opinions are usually quite objective"#pnj

— Simon James (@Gueuzel) November 11, 2013

3. Barm’s new style designation, London murky, is used in the wild:

Just been to the brewers market thingy. 10 identical breweries knocking out London murky. Bought from Camden and W&E.

— Ben Brogden (@ben_brg) November 30, 2013

4. Ron Pattinson finally arrives on Twitter:

Hi @BeerAdvocate.

— Ron Pattinson (@patto1ro) October 30, 2013

5. Extreme tankard action from the late Simon H. Johnson:

Screw 'appropriate glassware'; I've got Celebrator in a leather tankard: pic.twitter.com/cJ5oaoR0cr

— Simon H Johnson (@simonhjohnson) May 11, 2013

6. @sauvin calls it:

When a trend gets a ‘guide for beginners’, it means it has gone mainstream >> ‘Craft beer: a guide for beginners http://t.co/C97d2IAgwH’

— Anna Managò (@sauvin) June 14, 2013

7. Dominic from Thornbridge trolls beer history nerds:

@jamesbwxm an unhopped (hops don't grow in Scotland) peaty (malt kilned over peat in Scotland as was cheapest fuel available) ale

— Dominic Driscoll (@ThornbridgeDom) October 24, 2013

8. Broughton Ales take this extreme beer thing too far:

Join us for a wee tasting! http://t.co/dJLRY3WcY7

— Broughton Brewery (@BroughtonAles) March 22, 2013

9. The Beer Nut succinctly describes the typical craft beer bar:

The only man in the craft beer pub without a beard: I'm used to that. But the only one not wearing his hat indoors? The world has gone wrong

— The Beer Nut (@thebeernut) July 3, 2013

10. Ol Fozard from Rooster’s sums up the appeal of Untappd for brewers:

Untappd is a great app! How else would I find out that someone thinks I'm doing a shit job, at 6am on a Monday morning?!

— Oliver Fozard (@RoostersOl) July 8, 2013

11. Brewery Twitter accounts are speared by Nick Mitchell:

https://twitter.com/Nickiquote/status/354600107028652035

12. Though it turned into a boring running in-joke, Zak’s first Tweet was brilliant:

Last night I saw Garrett Oliver in The Hanging Bat, wearing a banging hat #truestory

— Zak Avery (@ZakAvery) July 12, 2013

13. One of many proclamations from the Tao of Keeling:

There are very few beers I wouldn't drink however there are lots of beers i wouldnt recommend.

— John Keeling (@FullersJohn) August 7, 2013

14. And, finally, a brewing icon gets the recognition it deserves:

The amount of sheer joy customers get from the plastic Celebrator goat makes me think most breweries are doing marketing really wrong.

— Mike Reis (@applesandtime) August 24, 2013