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David Bailey @bathedailey.bsky.social · 16d

Fantastic article from @rachelhendry.bsky.social as per on the social perception of cask beer for CAMRA. Chuffed to provide illustrations for it. It's cask ale week somewhere: learn.camra.org.uk/courses/cask...

2001 space odyssey rip. Apes gathering round the monolith tentatively but the monolith is a hand pull.

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 19d

I think you're right!

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Burum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · 20d

In our next piece, Rosemary Richings talks to a variety of people within the disability community about what they want to see from hospitality venues when it comes to making customers feel welcome

Words by Rosemary Richings
Illustration by Helen Anne Smith

www.burumcollective.com/posts/trueme...

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 20d

Cask beer and sparkling wine have more in common than you think argues @rachelhendry.bsky.social for @camraofficial.bsky.social It’s all down to the pet nat I reckon.
learn.camra.org.uk/courses/comm...

Common ground: Can there be a relationship between cask beer and sparkling wine?

learn.camra.org.uk

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David Bailey @bathedailey.bsky.social · 20d

On the common ground between cask beer and sparkling wine by the boss @rachelhendry.bsky.social for @camraofficial.bsky.social. Bunch of illustrations on a super interesting comparison: learn.camra.org.uk/courses/comm...

square illustration of two boats passing each other in the night. Pint of cask in the foreground in a humble wooden boat waves at a flute of sparkling wine in a more expensive liner.

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 20d

It is! I've been wanting to write about natural wine (pet nat specifically) and cask beer for a while, I think the overlap between them is so interesting! Yet consumed and perceived so differently!

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Three Counties Cider & Perry Association @3ccpa.bsky.social · 22d

You have until Friday to enter the worlds best and largest international perry competition!

Three Counties Cider & Perry Association @3ccpa.bsky.social · Sep 4

Have you entered our inaugural Three Counties International Perry Championship yet?

Entry forms and more information are available on the link below and deadline for entries is Friday 19th September.

tccpa.co.uk/sign-up-for-...

Sign up for the Three Counties Cider & Perry Association's Inaugural Perry Competition! - TCCPA

The 2025 Three Counties International Perry Championship will take place at the Malvern Autumn Show on 26-28th September.

tccpa.co.uk

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Burum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our first online piece from The Usual is by the community publican of The Trafalgar in Wimbledon, providing us their perspective on pubs, building community, and what it means to have regulars 🍻🤝

Words by Oli Carter-Esdale
Illustration by Helen Anne Smith

www.burumcollective.com/posts/solace

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Burum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · Sep 5

The Editors Note for The Usual is now available to read here or through the link below! Written by @rachelhendry.bsky.social

www.burumcollective.com/about/usuale...

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Aug 22

ah this is lovely! thank you!

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Altona 93 Fanzines @altona93fanzines.bsky.social · Aug 22

This article by @rachelhendry.bsky.social for @pelliclemag.com is so wonderful that I would love to frame it and hang it on the wall.

Do we want to create a thread with beer mats of football clubs? Let me start with #Altona93. Feel free to share and reply with others! 👇🏽

Photo of seven Altona 93 themed beer mats on wood.

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Ben TisDAMNED 🔥🔥🔥 @prismaticpuffin.bsky.social · Aug 20

My local have one commemorating their cat’s 10th birthday!

The beer mat is a painting of the pub cat, with a pint of beer and a glass of red wine at her side and circled by the words ‘Happy birthday Beyoncé’ in calligraphic text.

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Aug 20

back on @pelliclemag.com contemplating beer mats today, those tiny discs of pulp that soak up and support and siren call to drinks past present and future only to be discarded to the pub floor:

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...

The Wood That Drank The Heart — The Love and Life of Beer Mats — Pellicle

There is a theory I’m working on, born from over a decade of hospitality work, that the things a society pays the least attention to often have the most to say. To be discarded and dismissed, yet to e...

www.pelliclemag.com

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Historic Beer Ads @beerpuffery.bsky.social · Aug 20

This article tickled my brain, and now I'm thinking about how intentionally disposable things record history in totally different ways than all stuff that tries (lol) to last forever.

Anyway, here's a Löwenbräu coaster from the 1964 World's Fair in New York.

Top/front (I think) face of a beer coaster made by Munich's Löwenbräu for their beer garden at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Shows the brewery's lion crest in the center, surrounded by the towering New York skyline. Around the rim is printed "Löwenbräu München" and around the top is "Weltausstellung New York 1964-65."

Top/front (I think) face of a beer coaster made by Munich's Löwenbräu for their beer garden at the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Shows the Munich skyline, featuring the Frauenkirche. Around the top rim is printed "Löwenbräu München" and around the bottom is "Weltausstellung New York 1964-65."

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Aug 20

back on @pelliclemag.com contemplating beer mats today, those tiny discs of pulp that soak up and support and siren call to drinks past present and future only to be discarded to the pub floor:

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...

The Wood That Drank The Heart — The Love and Life of Beer Mats — Pellicle

There is a theory I’m working on, born from over a decade of hospitality work, that the things a society pays the least attention to often have the most to say. To be discarded and dismissed, yet to e...

www.pelliclemag.com

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · Aug 20

A wonderful piece of writing from Pellicle this morning on beer mats- “They punctuate the bar I work in, propping up tables, ripped into shreds by skittish or destructive hands, knocked to the floor, stolen as mementos. They see so much, these beer mats.” www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/8/...

The Wood That Drank The Heart — The Love and Life of Beer Mats — Pellicle

There is a theory I’m working on, born from over a decade of hospitality work, that the things a society pays the least attention to often have the most to say. To be discarded and dismissed, yet to e...

www.pelliclemag.com

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Aug 7

i am so TIRED and FUCKED OFF with how much people just don't care enough to do the hard work & how they'll thrive anyway! there are options there! there are ways to make things better! it doesn't have to be like this! & yet!

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Aug 7

how many times do stories like this need to be shared before something tangible is done? why is the onus always on minority groups to expose the ways they have been harassed and harmed? why are we still at a point where so many don't participate because it's not worth the hurt and hassle?

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Aug 7

what is so frustrating is that there are lots of people doing fantastic work when it comes to creating safe, dignified, inclusive drinking spaces - they can be asked for advice! they can be paid to consult! they can be approached and included and hired to work on events and festivals!

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Jul 29

i am thinking about what it is to have such abundance and access to crops they can be fermented, used solely for pleasure and drunkenness whilst those in Gaza have such deliberate, calculated scarcity they are being left to starve. Separated by fate of birth, connected by complicity

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Adrian Clark @mradrianclark.bsky.social · Jul 29

Bit late to this, but it's great. @rachelhendry.bsky.social on the history and significance of Scampi Fries.

(I also didn't realise that British scampi is made with langoustines. I just assumed they were non-specific prawns. Also, I miss Cheese Moments.)

Cut To The Feeling — The Anatomy of Smith’s Scampi Fries — Pellicle

I’ve been staring at the block of chartreuse-coloured card hanging on my kitchen wall for weeks. The concertinaed columns of pale lemon plastic hanging neatly from it have looked so peaceful I haven...

www.pelliclemag.com

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Jul 29

It's never to late for a scampi fry! This is very kind, thank you for reading!

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · Jul 9

omg cannot believe how blessed i was in receiving a slice of the viral cake!!

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Burum Collective @burumcollective.bsky.social · Jul 9

As some of you will already know, our webshop has been down for about a month now. Sadly the online payment company we use Stripe are suspicious that we might not be real, so our account has been locked down until they've finished their checks, but its taking a verry long time

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