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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 30/09/2026

Have you seen any of the spreads yet?

A two page spread design for Pellicle magazine. The page is black, and photos of pellicles are in boxes on the top right. The title in an old english-style gothic font reads: "What's A Pellicle, Anyway?"

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 27/09/2026

No beer without barley 🌾 Filmed at Simpsons Malt by @totalcurtis.bsky.social

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 01/09/2026

Huge thanks and a welcome to Coley's brewery who are our newest Pro Patreon supporters!

A bar top with two cask handpulls and a pint each of a pale ale and a stout. The text reads "welcome Coley's brewery, thank you for supporting Pellicle magazine as a Pro Patreon."

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 27/08/2026

Good morning @trackbrewingco.bsky.social and thank you for joining us as Pro Patreon supporters!

Two cans of Track Sonoma pale ale are held above one another. Text reads: Welcome Track, thank you for supporting Pellicle magazine as a pro patreon

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 07/07/2026

We've had an influx of generative AI-created pitches lately and wanted to reiterate our stance: AI sucks. Support real writing by real people. Become a Pellicle Patreon subscriber: www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

At Pellicle we take the use of generative AI very seriously, and consider its use in the generation of copy or images to be theft, and in breach of UK copyright law. Contributors found to be using generative AI in submitted work will have that work rejected and will forfeit their right to a kill fee. Contributors found in breach of these rules will also forfeit the opportunity to work with Pellicle again.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 03/06/2026

We are shortlisted for Best Food Magazine at the Guild of Food Writers Awards, and the winner is being announced tonight. Shortlisted: @pelliclemag.com @vittles.bsky.social @olivemagazine.bsky.social Wish us good luck!

A photo of a delicious pint being passed over the bar. Text reads: Nominated Best Food Magazine, Guild of Food Writers Awards 2026 Finalist

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 15/05/2026

Hi, KM here. My obsession with Bibendum the Michelin Man has become this. Please subscribe to the Pellicle Patreon. Become legion. www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

A row of early 20th century Michelin Men walk menacingly down a cobbled road. Text reads: Strength in numbers. Www.pelliclemag.com

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 28/04/2026

Some extreme Kermiting going on in Pellicle Towers this morning

A pint of cask beer. Text reads: nominated best food magazine Guild of Food Writers Awards 2026 Finalist

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 23/04/2026

Beyond chuffed to welcome our newest Pro-Patreon subscribers, Saint Mars of the Desert! Learn more about Dann and Martha and their special Sheffield-based brewery in @totalcurtis.bsky.social's piece from 2021: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2020/8/...

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 21/04/2026

You can't have a pub without bar snacks, so tomorrow's story is all about the weird, the wonderful and the why of pork scratchings.

A blue and white striped packet of pork scratchings. The words "Traditional butchers pork scratchings" are in red.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 30/03/2026

The gang got together to tell you why being a Pellicle Patreon supporter is important and v. good actually!!

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 13/03/2026

It's Friday, which means PUB 📍The Lower Buck, Waddington

An old stone pub with glowing golden lamps outside

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 13/03/2026

It's Friday, which means PUB 📍The Lower Buck, Waddington

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 08/03/2026

This International Women's Day, ask for more. Lifting women up as champions of our industry is important but it is only part of what needs to be done—creating safer working environments with equal pay and opportunities for career progression and skills development needs to be the focus year-round.

A black and white photo of two women in conversation, one has her eyes closed and is gesticulating (katie) and the other is listening (claire). Behind, a blackboard with daily pie and burger specials written on it.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 27/02/2026

FRIDAY PINTS DAY Share yours. Today I (KM) am in Ghent.

A man sits at a table in a pink cap and black jacket with two beers in front of him. The beers have Stoom on the glasses, the name of the brewery.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 14/02/2026

Happy Valentine's Day to our lovely and very beautiful subscribers, readers, supporters and friends 💝🌹 Illustration by Eilis Dart

A glass of wine with four red roses in it. They are wilting, but it's the thought that counts.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 13/02/2026

Friday night is pub night. Pics please! 📍The Lower Buck, Waddington

A Guinness at the pub and a baby with his hot wheels

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 04/02/2026

We promise nothing nefarious is happening in our email newsletter, despite Gmail's insistence that we are "stealing information". Surely the content is not being censored? Surely not. Suuuurely not. Please go looking for it in spam/junk folders, there's a great tour/doc of Harvey's Brewery in it.

A red warning message from Gmail claiming our email is "suspicious"

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 28/11/2025

In all seriousness, this recognition for our team's hard work is lovely. We are very chuffed. Thank you for your support as readers and cheerleaders, we literally could not exist without you - KM

Katie Mather, Matthew Curtis and Claire Bullen (all wearing black) standing together with the winners' trophy (a silver tankard) and certificate

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 28/11/2025

Pellicle — officially the @britbeerwriters.bsky.social Publisher of the Year

A huge emoji holding its rosy cheeks with lovehearts for pupils

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 10/05/2025

Ruin, our collab beer with @balancebrew.bsky.social. A refreshing lip smacked of Sicillian lemon and bitters, like a spritz, like a glass of sunshine.

A stemmed glass with a golden beer inside. In front of barrels and the brewery.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 09/05/2025

Our new t-shirts are absolutely exemplary. Strictly limited edition, get yours now (or tomorrow at our event with Balance Brewing) www.pelliclemag.com/shop/red-tri...

Black tshirt against a white door. Red cursive script reads "Pellicle"

Back of a black tshirt against a white door. A red triangle surrounded by gold, with "Pellicle" in gold cursive inside.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 30/04/2025

"We’ll never know everything there is to know in wine, and we don’t need to." These photos - taken by James Sturke for the piece - of winemaker Alfredo Egia are so great. Surely this is peak winemaker photography.

Alfredo Egia emotes with a free hand, his other is holding a wine glass, a large pipette and a corkscrew.

Alfredo Egia swirls a wine glass, staring at it seriously.

Alfredo Egia gesticulates and pulls a face of exaggerated confusion.

Alfredo Egia sits atop a wine barrel, sipping from a glass as he holds it, winemaker style, at the base.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 25/04/2025

David's cartoon this month resonates in a different way. I (Katie) wrote about it in our email this morning, but I wanted to post here too. It's important. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

Text reads: During a time of fear and confusion, our leaders would have us fight among ourselves rather than stand up together for what’s decent and ethical. We are being sold erroneous horror stories about our friends and neighbours to further stoke misplaced anger and encourage exclusion and segregation.

Pubs are one of the last places we have free reign to be who we are, and share our individual perspectives, knowledge, and lived experiences. Do we connect with strangers in the supermarket, on the bus? No. Pubs are essential meeting places where all members of society can rub shoulders and learn that there is no “other”. We are all just pub goers, enjoying a pint.

Please enjoy David’s cartoon, and if you can, head to your local trans rights protests, and let our government know that trans people are loved, that we are a society together, and we will not stand for their persecution in the phoney name of “safety” or for any other reason.

Hands around a circular pub table, sharing crisps, pint pots sat together.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 22/04/2025

Big news. We're having a party and you're all invited! Join us on Saturday 10 May for our double-whammy of a do, featuring our collab beers with @balancebrew.bsky.social and celebrations for our 6th birthday 🎉 www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/4/...

Glasses of beer of various colours on a wooden barrel, with a roll of blue paper roll behind them

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 21/04/2025

This Wednesday 23 April is the last A Place To Be zine event for a while. Get yourselves down to Plug and Taps in Preston from 7pm for stories from the zine with Katie (me!)

Katie in leopard print and a soundgarden tshirt holding copies of A Place To Be and smiling

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 22/03/2025

Come and buy some merch at @balancebrew.bsky.social today from our Matthew!

Pellicle t-shirts hung on the wall at balance brewing

Poster reads: Pelli prices
a place to be zine £10
mcr's best pubs and bars book £15
black beer tshirt - £20
optimism forever tshirt - £35
cord cap - £20
Moon calendar - £5

Assortment of pellicle merch goodies on a table

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 17/03/2025

What a wonderful night we had at The Crow talking about pubs and beer and A Place To Be. Thank you to everyone who came down to join us, the place was packed!

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 14/03/2025

Cool announcement, everyone! We're throwing a do with @balancebrew.bsky.social to launch three very special beers we've collaborated on together. May 10th All day, 12pm til late DJs - Food - Molly Bland Gallery @whitepeak.bsky.social tastings Did we also mention it's our 6th birthday? Be there!!

Colourful cut and paste-style poster depicting all the informational text outlined in the post. Designed by Molly Bland.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 03/03/2025

This Saturday 8 March is our first A Place To Be zine event, taking place at Kerroo Brewing in Port Erin on the Isle of Man. Why the Isle of Man? There are two stories in the zine based there! It's a long shot, but sailings are still available if you want to come along...

Poster for A Place To Be zine tour.
8 March, Kerroo Brewing, Port Erin.
16 March, The Crow, Sheffield
3 April, Runaway Brewery, Stockport
12 April, Caps and Taps, Tuffnel Park

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 23/01/2025

Mark Welsby, @runawaybrewery.bsky.social has been a Pro-Patreon supporter of Pellicle since before we were even based in Stockport! Thank you Mark, and Runaway, for being a Pro-Patreon supporter. We appreciate you xox

Brewer Mark Welsby stands in front of a wooden-cladded vessel.

Text reads: we choose to support Pellicle because Pellicle supports the things we hold most dear—food, drink, the creative arts, DIY culture and the value of independent spirit, all wrapped up in a free-to-read format.

Mark Welsby, Runaway Brewery, Stockport, subscriber since May 2019

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 17/01/2025

Welcome and thank you very much to @balancebrew.bsky.social who have become our latest Pro-Patreon supporters! Legends!

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 31/12/2024

Happy New Year to every one'a'ya. You make what we do worthwhile! On a personal note, I hope the weather doesn't dampen your mood tonight because 2025 needs your full attention ✨ Lotsa love Katie + the Team xox

A lovely pint of dark Old Peculier beer in front of a roaring fire at The Swan With Two Necks in Pendleton. Happy New Year!

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 11/12/2024

Beautiful photos from Claire's story, also taken by her in the summertime, for some much-needed warmth and escapism 🌻🍇🇨🇿

A field of bright yellow sunflowers facing away towards a corrugated iron Dutch barn, a blue sky above.

A row of grape vines in the vineyard, mountains in the distance.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 07/12/2024

Here's the fireplace in the front room of The New Inn, Clitheroe to warm up yer collywobbles.

A glowing red and orange fire in a victorian tiled fireplace Somebody needs to put another log on it.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 06/12/2024

PRO-PATREON SUBSCRIBER ALERT! Welcome to the Pelli gang, @teamutopian.bsky.social ✨ Thank you for joining our amazing group of Pro-Patreons! Here's how you can join them, as an individual or as a business: www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

The Pellicle pro-patreons:
Runaway Brewery
Euroboozer
Trouble Brewing
Simpsons Malt
Stormbird
Cloudwater
Burning Sky
DuckChicken
Northern Monk
Anspach & Hobday
RedWillow
Five Points
Get Er Brewed
Caps and Taps
Yakima Chief
Amity
Fyne Ales
DEYA
McColl's
Two Flints
Indy Man Beer Con
Courier
Lost and Grounded
Two Rocks
Siren
Cardinal Rule
Black Edge
French and Jupps
The Trafalgar
The Robin
Timothy Taylors
SIBA
Nightingale Cider
Utopian

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 02/12/2024

Massively grateful for all of our Pro Patreon supporters ❤️‍🔥 Without you, we wouldn't be here! Want to join them? Here's the link. www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

A big list of all the Pellicle pro patreon supporters' logos.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 02/12/2024

New Pro-Subscriber reveal pt.2!! Welcome to the gang @teamutopian.bsky.social 🫡

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 02/12/2024

New Pro-Subscriber reveal pt.1!! Great to have you with us, @nightingalecider.bsky.social 🍎

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 26/11/2024

Our long sleeved t-shirts are heavyweight and perfect for winter layering. Designed by Dionne Kitching and screen printed by hand by Anchor End in Manchester, they say "OPTIMISM FOREVER" and they mean it. www.pelliclemag.com/shop/pellicl...

Matthew wears a hat and stands with his back to us in front of a gritty looking red brick wall with graffiti on it. He is wearing the long sleeved black Pellicle t-shirt which has OPTIMISM FOREVER printed in large turquoise text across the shoulderblades.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 21/11/2024

We are down to our last few Black Beer tees, so if you want one, you'd better put a donk on it. Designed by Manchester-based illustrator Jessica Wild, and screen printed in Manchester by Anchor End. www.pelliclemag.com/shop/black-b...

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 18/11/2024

Here’s a bonus pic of Rachel and Matthew doing their best Gregg Wallace impressions while touring the brewery earlier this year.

Matthew Curtis and Rachel Hendry in full food safety gear touring Timothy Taylor's brewery. They are standing in the brewery yard in front of some colourful pallets, and the sun is shining.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 18/11/2024

In the immortal words of Jennifer Coolidge: Wee hee!! You did it. We're officially a magazine with 500 Patreon supporters. Stay tuned for an important announcement related to this exciting development later today.

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 13/11/2024

"I'm fascinated by the reverence & worship attached to pints so I wanted to figure out how a pint of Landlord could be dissected into panels to form a religious polyptych of sorts, and then how that dissection could then be translated into words." — Rachel Hendry www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10...

Rachel's notebook, with a sketch of her polyptych featuring "panels" about Landlord—they individually read "hops, Keighley, reverence, landlords, malt, pubs/cellar, doubt, water, Timothy Taylor, time, yeast, the pint itself".

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Pellicle @pelliclemag.com · 13/11/2024

The photographs are by @totalcurtis.bsky.social and may I (Katie) say, they are some of his best work to date. I want some of them framed for my office.

A krausen of foamy yeast covers the entirety of a Landlord fermentation vessel. It looks like heads of cauliflower, or a layer of roughly whipped cream.

The exterior of The Boltmakers Arms in Keighley (pronounced "Keeth-li") with its bright gold and royal blue sign.

A brewer pulls apart a whole hope cone above a tub of whole hops. The hops are feathery and papery, and the brewer is revealing the lupulin—the aromatic substance—inside.

A glowing pint of Timothy Taylor's Landlord ale shines golden and bronze in the sunlight. It is on a light and sanded wooden table in a pub, with an atmosphere of clean simplicity.

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