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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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! 👇🏽

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

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/...

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.

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/...

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/...

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!

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

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.)

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

i met Robin in the middle of Chassignolles two summers ago and we've been pen pals ever since, her writing is so gorgeous and sharp and interesting - THRILLED to read her dreamy, smart, intuitive exploration of Dutch cider in Pellicle today

Look we're aware you may not agree with our decision to supply beer to the Death Star but it's a very good account and we have to consider a diversity of views and it's not breaking any UK Government rules so morally we're off the hook.

Exciting post today! @burumcollective.bsky.social's new zine The Usual

My goal is to get CR to 500 subscribers this year. We’re at 418 now. It’s free! 🙂

for @pelliclemag.com i joined the incredible @anahlcq.bsky.social to talk about the legendary Cidre Breton We talked about how growth, location & interpretation influence taste, what contributes to a phenomenon & how one cider can be viewed so differently www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...

A crisp and refreshing double-take on Cidre Breton, from both sides of the Channel. @rachelhendry.bsky.social & @anahlcq.bsky.social came together to write the story of everyone's favourite fancy restaurant's favourite cider. But is it really that special? www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...

From The French House to the farmhouse, Cidre Breton has a lot of fans. In @pelliclemag.com's latest feature, @rachelhendry.bsky.social chats to Trevor Gulliver of St.John, and @anahlcq.bsky.social discusses what the French feel about their "true cider". www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/6/...

a beautiful testament to the effect enthusiasm & passion can have on both a community in the long term & the solace seekers of those passing through. It’s cool to care! ❤️

“There's so much complacency with community right now, what is there to be gained from drinking the same as everyone else?” Excellent.

hello here is a j'adore le plonk where i got cross about the chicken wine and way dining out is now being aestheticised on social media mailchi.mp/9a70e1bf7e48...

We truly live in a golden age for people who are clearly bigoted getting to pretend their bigotry is progressive

Labour's new policy - of humiliating trans people by requiring them constantly to self-identify - we believe puts the UK (again) in breach of its obligations under the European Convention on Human Rights and will seek a declaration of incompatability. goodlaw.social/0r6l

Love this @vittles.bsky.social piece on spices, Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿, colonialism and much more open.substack.com/pub/vittles/...

the reduction and purification of definitions of gender and sexuality is faschism. there is nothing natural or stable about human biology! gender has no single, universal story!

Another Yorkshire brewery that's proud to be independent — @timothytaylors.bsky.social. This special piece was written by @rachelhendry.bsky.social www.pelliclemag.com/home/2024/10...

Pyrus Invictus. The text of @barmas.bsky.social’s keynote address at @3ccpa.bsky.social CraftCon 2025, looking at the cultural heritage of cider and perry in central Europe, and his efforts to preserve tradition and biodiversity amid modern agriculture.

wrote a j’adore le plonk on petty, seasonal food & wine pairings & upset a lot of people with my hot cross bun preferences in the process eepurl.com/jbu8y2

Pre-orders for our latest zine; The Usual are now live! A collection of written and visual work around the dynamics between being a regular, and having a local, from the perspective of both customers and service staff. Zines will be sent out WC 5th of May! www.burumcollective.com/store/p/theu...

I wrote something on what it truly means to create accessible & inclusive restaurants, cafes, and pubs for #disabled customers for this issue. The pre-orders just launched. Details are below👇

We kickstarted a wonderful CraftCon this week with our Chair Albert Johnson’s welcoming remarks. Albert introduced the TCCPA’s inaugural Susanna Forbes Award for Outstanding Contribution to Cider Culture, which this year has been awarded to Alison Taffs @alisontaffs.bsky.social

we've turned our latest project into a physical zine cos a) i hate the internet, b) i think it makes a great companion piece to Service, Please! & c) it's really fun making art with your best mate The Usual is such a good exploration of the rough/smooth of the customer service dynamic. Order it!

wrote a j’adore le plonk on petty, seasonal food & wine pairings & upset a lot of people with my hot cross bun preferences in the process eepurl.com/jbu8y2

@rachelhendry.bsky.social Loved your email today. I mean, it's always a banger, but I've just read today's so I thought I'd tell you immediately xx

i have a piece in the first edition of Chlorophyll mag! on spice & service & seduction, on wine & wanting chlorophyllmag.com/sexy-beau-ra...

i have a piece in the first edition of Chlorophyll mag! on spice & service & seduction, on wine & wanting chlorophyllmag.com/sexy-beau-ra...

Huge

The deadline to buy tickets for CraftCon 2025 is tonight. I'm very grateful to my fellow organisers for planning the event. Attendance is up 43% since 2023, a huge rise. There will be more than 150 cider industry professionals meeting in Hereford next week. Make sure you are one of them!

Rumour has it there are only FIVE CraftCon tickets left, and only 36 hours to get them. It's one of our favourite events of the year, so much so that we're now both on the 3CCPA Committee, and are really looking forward to being able to attend once more 💕

our online literary magazine chlorophyll is now live! we'll debut issue 1 towards the end of this month, featuring stunning essays and poetry from an international group of writers! check us out!! some poems and illustrations incoming from me

Another members newsletter out and in your inboxes! Every week members receive an email from us featuring news, information on how to participate in upcoming cider events, memos relating to tax and duty and an apple themed header that differs every week - what's been your favourite so far?

hosted two events for Sheffield Beer Week the last couple of eves & it was so lovely to have some of my favourite people in the bar via fun pairings and delicious drinks and engaged conversation. Beer can be nice!