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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 5h

Excellent. See also the Lyons Corner House Nippy: flashbak.com/the-rise-and...

The Rise and Fall of the Lyons' Cornerhouses and their Nippy Waitresses - Flashbak

In 1924 the directors of J. Lyons and Co. decided to update their image and specifically their waitresses. They held a staff competition to choose a nickname for the newly styled Lyon’s teashops’ wait...

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rachel hendry @rachelhendry.bsky.social · 6h

for @pelliclemag.com i've written about the formation of The Waitress: a facilitator of desires, a manager of expectations, a performance of manners. about what happens when success is dictated by character, about what it is to serve for a living

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...

The Waitress — Pellicle

“The waitress is different; she is ignorant and coarse, but genial. She is often unwashed and her teeth are unfilled, but she knows life and she is not afraid of life, which is to her big, dramatic, b...

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing in Brighton ☹️

Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 1d

Where to find Fuller's Vintage Ale on draught.

Roger Protz @rogerprotz.bsky.social · 1d

Here's the full list from Fuller's. Bear in mind limited availability! #BskyBeer

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 1d

Opening date announced for new @thornbridge.bsky.social Sheffield pub, The Fargate. It's October 22.

Grand four-storey frontage of the pub viewed from the ground, displaying the sign 'The Fargate' in gold lettering.

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 1d

And a great opportunity to visit one of the country’s best beer pubs, the Tamworth Tap - just announced as one of the final four in Camra’s Pub of the Year.

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 2d

Pubcos and brewers! Entries are now open for the 2026 Publican Awards: publicanawards.co.uk/live/en/page...

The Publican Awards 2026 - Enter

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · 2d

'Craft Breweries struggle as sales and appetites wane' | @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2025/10/05/b...

Craft Breweries Struggle as Sales and Appetites Wane

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Drinking Studies Network (DSN) @drinkingstudies.bsky.social · 2d

Alcohol Health Alliance calls for reintroduction of duty escalator for non-draught alcohol: ahauk.org/news/frontli...

New Analysis: Raising alcohol duty to fund frontline workers

The government could generate £3.4 billion over the next five years by increasing duty on non-draught alcohol in line with inflation and reintroducing a 2% annual escalator.

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 2d

We're down to the last four in @camraofficial.bsky.social Pub of the Year: wb.camra.org.uk/2025/10/10/f...

Fab Four revealed

The fight to win CAMRA’s National Pub of the Year 2025 competition is hotting up with just four pubs remaining after months of rigorous judging. The...

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Beer Today @beertoday.bsky.social · 4d

Highland craft brewer Uile-bheist is retracing centuries of history to bring a rare red lager to the Scottish market. Rare Bird (5.2% ABV) launches today beertoday.co.uk/2025/10/10/r... #beer #beernews #redlager

A rare red lager makes its debut in Scotland - Beer Today

Highland craft brewer Uile-bheist is retracing centuries of history to bring a rare red lager to the Scottish market. Rare Bird (5.2% ABV) launches today

beertoday.co.uk

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Beer Breaks @beerbreaks.bsky.social · 5d

There's more to Hastings than 1066 and all that, as @philmellows.bsky.social discovered at last week's Hastings Tap Takeover - there's good beer, characterful pubs and a warm welcome. And it's got art, too, Kate Simon reminds us. britishbeerbreaks.substack.com/p/a-seaside-...

A night-time view through the shopfront windows of Eel & Bear Beer Merchants revealing a well-lit busy huddle of drinkers inside and a beer board on the back wall.

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J Mark Dodds FRSA @jmarkdodds.bsky.social · 9d

My article on the state of the British pub sector and how radical opportunity can be made out of the pubs crisis

Mint Magazine #35 03/10/2025

www.themintmagazine.com/a-few-too-ma...

A few too many? – The Mint Magazine

www.themintmagazine.com

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Will Hawkes @willhawkes.bsky.social · 6d

Improbably, perhaps, Bass has done a collaboration with trendy kitchen wear brand Service Works, launched last night at the Macbeth in Hoxton Street. It’s the latest step in AB InBev’s new promotional campaign for this legendary brand

Two Bass handpumps on the bar at the Macbeth pub in Hoxton Street

A young man wearing one of the Bass/Service Works shirt/jackets

A pint of Bass in the special Service Works glass. Instead of Bass on the triangle, it says ‘Service’

The food served at the event. The Venison Samosa was superb

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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · 6d

New blog post: How to pair Gueuze & wild ales w/craft chocolate. These beers occupy a small niche in the beer ecosystem, but they can pair beautifully w/craft chocolate. Pairing w/these beers can be challenging, but they offer some truly elegant pairings.
www.beantobarstool.com/blog/gueuze-...

Pairings Gueuze and Wild Ales with Craft Chocolate — Bean to Barstool

How do Belgian Gueuzes and Wild Ales pair with craft chocolate? Bean to Barstool host David Nilsen walks through the various expressions of wild fermentations in beer and explains how to pair these es...

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Good Chemistry @goodchembrew.bsky.social · 7d

*BIG NEWS*
We’re thrilled to share that long-standing local hospitality group World Famous Dive Bars is acquiring Good Chemistry Brewing from later this month. You probably know their venues – they include Mothers’ Ruin, The Colosseum and the recently-re-opened Croft.
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Bob & Kelly standing in front of the Good Chemistry brew kit with Marc & Paddy from World Famous Dive Bars

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 7d

When someone calls a pub an institution, there are always detractors. But we can't think of a single person who wouldn't agree that The Dog & Bell is exactly that.

Will Hawkes joins us again for an insight into Deptford's most beloved pub.

www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/9/...

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out — The Dog and Bell in Deptford, London — Pellicle

On a Friday night in early December, Deptford’s Dog and Bell is Christmas as imagined by a Haribo-addled toddler.  A huge resin Santa, grinning merrily in his sleigh, squats in Prince Street out...

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 7d

And still sitting outdoors, as you can see.

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Adrian Tierney-Jones @atjbeer.bsky.social · 7d

Funeral pints and the contemplation of mortality atjpubs.substack.com/p/funeral-pi...

Funeral pints

The contemplation of mortality in the pub

atjpubs.substack.com

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 7d

Me too 😊

Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 7d

This is Left Handed Giant Golden Mild, on @evening-star-pub.bsky.social

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 8d

This is why we need the dialectic. To grasp the potential for change in every moment, to dispel the illusion of permanence. And that’s just the beer.

Eoghan Walsh @eoghanwalshbxl.bsky.social · 8d

They asked for a response, so I couldn't exactly let them down, could I?

On Belgian beer, Hegelian dialectics, and why Belgium's craft beer turn makes perfect sense.

In response to @boakandbailey.bsky.social: boakandbailey.com/2025/10/we-d...

They don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s their problem* — Brussels Beer City

*Or, a (semi-serious) rebuttal of Boak and Bailey’s “We don’t want Belgian beer to change – and that’s our problem” Picture this: it’s 1925, and you’re a young English man of means stepping of...

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 8d

It sure is.

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 8d

"The dislocation of everyday routines during travel facilitated shifts in women’s attitudes, legitimising alcohol consumption in unfamiliar settings." Interesting.

Women & Alcohol (DSN Research Cluster) @womenandalcohol.bsky.social · 8d

Our next online seminar will take place on 6 November at 12.00 midday. Louisa Niesen, European University Institute will speak on 'Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914'. This event is online. More information and how to get the zoom link here:

www.womenandalcohol.net/2025/10/onli...

Online seminar - Alcohol Consumption among Women Tourists, 1880-1914

Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’.

www.womenandalcohol.net

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Phil Mellows @philmellows.bsky.social · 9d

'In search of authenticity in pub culture' | Ayesha Kalaji in the Morning Advertiser www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2025...

OPINION: In search of authenticity in pub culture

Jordanian-British chef Ayesha Kalaji explores authenticity by blending Middle Eastern flavours with British pub culture in a 17th century Somerset inn.

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