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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻

@professorpub.bsky.social
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Professor at the University of York researching pubs and pub consumers! Some travelling (pubs/beer included) and the odd Border Terrier picture!

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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 7h
Afternoon tea break! @camraofficial.bsky.social
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APSAD DAR @apsad-dar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🆕Nudging Drink Choice in Pubs: The Impact of Introducing Alcohol-Free Beer on Alcohol Sales and Venue Revenues Nadine Waehning, Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻, Franziska Sohns doi.org/10.1111/dar.70271 University of York, Anglia Ruskin University
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Really happy that our paper has been accepted for publication in Drug and Alcohol Review - "Nudging Drink Choice in Pubs: The Impact of Introducing Alcohol-Free Beer on Alcohol Sales and Venue Revenues" - onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Nudging Drink Choice in Pubs: The Impact of Introducing Alcohol‐Free Beer on Alcohol Sales and Venue Revenues
Introduction The project aims to evaluate the impact of introducing alcohol-free (AF) beer using three behavioural ‘nudges’ designed to encourage consumer uptake. Nudges are subtle changes to the ch...
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The Pilot Boat, Lyme Regis! Helpful signage to the bar, should you need the help! Shorts and shots all round!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Got my 2027 good beer guide and have already spotted a pub window sticker! @camraofficial.bsky.social
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Cat waits patiently in line at the Lyme Regis Brewery and after waiting their turn gets a nice container of milk! 🥛
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Really happy that our paper "‘You don’t want to be sat on a sticky seat’: a Q-methodological foraging analysis of pub consumer choice" is now published in the Journal of Marketing Management @jmmnews.bsky.social First 50 eprints are available free - www.tandfonline.com/eprint/PX8ZR...
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‘You don’t want to be sat on a sticky seat’: a Q-methodological foraging analysis of pub consumer choice
This study investigates how consumers trade-off between various features when making pub choices, a previously underexplored area. Uniquely we apply foraging theory as a multi-level, ecologically b...
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Picked up a few new second-hand pub books from a great second hand book store in Bridport over the weekend! #pubs
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After a walk along the beach from Charmouth to Lyme Regis pints at the Rock Point Inn with a sea view we’re just what we needed!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Second stop in Charmouth was The George! Very friendly, pints lovely, big beer garden! Everyone enjoying the sun outside and no one inside! #pub
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
After a steep walk along the coast path the Royal Oak in Charmouth was a welcome sight! Well kept beer, dog friendly lower bar, and the food looked great (although the set up was a bit too gastro)! #pub
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Stroll around Bridport but too early for a drink - however spotted ‘The Pursuit of Hoppiness’ which looked lovely and turns out the @cancerresearchuk.org used to be ‘The Old George Inn’! #pubs
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Great to get coverage of our new nolo materials and the nolo beer award at the York @camraofficial.bsky.social beer festival 🍻 www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2655792...
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York CAMRA makes UK-first move with award for best NoLo beer
York CAMRA makes UK history by judging NoLo beers at its beer festival, as University of York research promotes alcohol-free drinks across 65 city…
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Had a great time yesterday doing my first ever beer judging! I was tasting and judging IPAs! Thanks to York @camraofficial.bsky.social for the invite to be a guest judge! 🍻
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Had a great time at the York Beer Festival yesterday - drinking some beer and sharing some of our new nolo materials! 🍻
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Managed to get a sneak peak at York Beer Festival setting up! Looking forward to my first ever beer judging, launching updated nolo materials and of course drinking beer 🍻
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
If you over indulged over the weekend this might be useful - theconversation.com/a-brief-hist...
theconversation.com
A brief history of the hangover and its cures – from cabbages to cloves and the lungs of a goat
Humans have spent thousands of years searching for a hangover cure – yet the ultimate price of heavy drinking remains unchanged.
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Popped over the border to Devon to visit Beer! Visited the Anchor Inn. Mainly because the fabulous view from its beer garden! #beerinbeer
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Friday after work pints at The Royal Standard in Lyme Regis! Great location with a beer garden overlooking the beach, oddly positioned pool table (right by the main bar) and Greek food!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Counting down to next week…..
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Chance to own a little bit of pub history in Lyme Regis - the former Dolphin Inn - not sure the neighbours would be happy if I bought it and reopened it! 🍻
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Today’s beach reading…..
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Lunchtime beer at Lyme Regis Brewery Tap- where I discovered there is a resident cockatoo called Teddy!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Headed uphill in Lyme Regis to visit the Nags Head Inn! Had a nice Exeter Brewery beer and a read of The Giant’s Pint from the West Dorset CAMRA branch!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A visit to the Lyme Regis Brewery Tap at the Town Mill - a lovely shady spot when we visited (a warm afternoon in Lyme Regis today), a tasty IPA and relaxed vibe! 😎
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On the main high street in Lyme Regis (Broad Street) we visited the Volunteer Inn- lots of chatting between tables, well kept and friendly staff! #pub
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The Ship Inn, Lyme Regis! Nautical design, pool table, noodles and plenty of cider! Quieter than expected on a bank holiday afternoon but was getting busier by the time we left! #pub #dorset
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Heard to the The Grapes in Slingsby last night for the first evening of Mini Fest! Beers, music, food and dancing! 🕺
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Great beers at @theswanyork.bsky.social & the Slip Beer Festival!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Light lunch at the Golden Ball, York - when we finally made it to York!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It wasn’t our planned first destination of the day, but after a bus not turning up, a roadworks diversion and a cancelled train we made it to Omni in Malton - pints of Kirkstall and a refuge from the rain!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A friend of mine has just sent me these photos from the Turk’s Head, on St Agnes, one of the Scilly Isles - the most South Westerly Pub in the British Isles! I am super jealous!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Final stop of the day Whitelocks, Leeds- lovely as usual with plenty of people enjoying the sunny August weather! #pub
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The Victoria & Commercial, Leeds- today with me visiting making it the Victoria x2 & Commercial! So much bigger than expected, really good renovation! #pub
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Yummy lunch at the Highland Laddie, Leeds! Considering the amount of food and drinks we had it was good value! Relaxed vibe with a very mixed clientele! #pub
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Little day out in Leeds ticking off a few places I haven’t yet been- starting with the @kirkstallbrew taproom and kitchen! Loved it- great decor and really well put together - and great pints of course!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“In a world dominated by other people’s music and amplified sound, Wetherspoon pubs are an oasis of tranquillity and contemplation.. to avoid customers being driven chicken jalfrezi by a cacophony of sound, we are kindly asking phone users to pipe down.” www.thesun.co.uk/money/400877...
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Wetherspoons bans playing music or taking calls on phone loudspeakers
WETHERSPOONS has banned customers from playing music or taking phone calls on loudspeaker. Complaints from punters who say they were “driven nuts” by the disruptive noise have led the p…
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Another small step towards helping pubs survive....Changing pubs into homes to be made harder under new rules - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Changing pubs into offices or homes to be made harder under new rules
The rules will come into force on Monday along with other changes to planning policy.
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Wine and platters at Jorvine, Fulford, York! Knowledgeable staff, fantastic choice of wine, lovely meats and cheeses!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Headed to Brewhemian Hopsody for a discussion about our colourful spreadsheet- and of course a beer in the lovely beer garden!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Vertical pub visits not allowed!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
After a long week a pint at The Market Cat in York is very welcome!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Loving the rainbow display of pump clips at Brew York!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Can Andy Burnham save Britain's pubs? - interesting blog from SARG - sarg-sheffield.ac.uk/blog/can-and...
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Can Andy Burnham save Britain’s pubs? - Sheffield Addictions Research Group
In this blog post, Colin Angus examines Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s proposed business rate cuts for pubs, clubs and live music venues. He explores how long-term drinking trends and off-trade pricing...
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Sounds like some very sensible stuff going on at Ashfield District Council - the 'Ashfield Pub protection Plan' - "the aim was to help Ashfield's pubs attract customers, grow their businesses and remain at the heart of local communities". www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2026...
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Councillors back new plan to support local pubs
Councillors in Nottinghamshire have unanimously backed plans to create a new support package for local pubs, following calls for greater protection for the sector.
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
My first visit to the Red Lion at Blakey Ridge where the sun was shining and people were sitting outside! As always great pints and great food (eaten before I even thought about a photograph!)!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Visit to the Postgate, Egton Bridge - always fantastic! Friendly welcoming bar staff, food looked excellent, plenty of lovely garden space and right by the train station if you fancy popping from Whitby!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
To celebrate Yorkshire Day we’ve headed out for a North York Moors walk (with pub stops of course) - the Horseshoe Hotel at Egton Bridge is our first stop- overall disappointing - didn’t feel very cared for (including the beer)
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Found an anvil to put my pint on at my local - The Grapes, Slingsby!
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Victoria Wells aka Professor Pub 🍻 @professorpub.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Interesting article on alcohol free/youth drinking -@morrighani.bsky.social - wb.camra.org.uk/2026/07/14/a... "....general picture of young people’s relationship with alcohol not really having changed so much...new access to product choice...much easier for them to moderate their consumption".
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Alcohol free - where are we now?
The message that Generation Z (born between 1997-2012) are eschewing alcohol has been big news in recent years. However, the data doesn’t seem to supp...
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