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As another Canadian who moved to Andalucía, I concur 😉 Great piece on tabancos and flamenco in Jerez.

Seven years ago our Paul performed a heroic act — and then we asked him to make his first homebrew recipe for @pelliclemag.com to commemorate it! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2020/4/...

Especially for Patreon supporters, there is an extra serving of Teresa Gutiérrez' stunning photos from this week's piece on Jerez' tabanco culture. Go take a look. www.patreon.com/posts/more-p...

Yesterday team @pelliclemag.com and I had our second in-person meeting in as many months, mostly to plan our forthcoming print mag which will hopefully arrive in November. More than ever we need our readers to become subscribers and support the work we do! patreon.com/pelliclemag

Ok now I want to drink sherry

Moving from Canada to Andalucía for flamenco and sherry seems like a pretty smart move from where we're sitting. Michael Fabro takes us on a tabanco tour of Jerez with his guitar on his back. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

Moving from Canada to Andalucía for flamenco and sherry seems like a pretty smart move from where we're sitting. Michael Fabro takes us on a tabanco tour of Jerez with his guitar on his back. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

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?...

Dark mild is the beer style everyone says they want more of. Feeling like your darkest cravings can't be satisfied lately? Paul Crowther has a recipe just for you. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

Paul’s homebrew recipes have become so popular we’ve bumped him to our premier Wednesday slot, AND @geterbrewed.bsky.social have put together a recipe kit so it’s easier than ever to try it for yourself.

Dark mild is the beer style everyone says they want more of. Feeling like your darkest cravings can't be satisfied lately? Paul Crowther has a recipe just for you. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

"Meeting hate with love is the raison d’etre at the Smog. Despite what many would class as a Sisyphean task—the work of policing prejudice in a post-Brexit world—John has somehow succeeded in carving out a beautiful space amidst grisly times." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

We're on the big papers' radars & we're only getting stronger! We need 1000 subscribers by the end of 2026. Your support will enable Pellicle to: • Build a new independent website • Move confidently into print • Increase the number of stories we publish per month www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

We're on the big papers' radars & we're only getting stronger! We need 1000 subscribers by the end of 2026. Your support will enable Pellicle to: • Build a new independent website • Move confidently into print • Increase the number of stories we publish per month www.patreon.com/pelliclemag?...

As the far-right continues to rise it’s people like John who are doing the frontline work to stop them. An uplifting read in dark times

The North East needs more people like John Christie and more pubs like the Smog. A bright spot in these dark times.

“I’m an egotist in a way: I know best! But once you start doing what people want, you end up with a fruit machine in the corner.” - John Christie, The Golden Smog www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

Pleasure to give an amazing pub such a great platform

Oh, you are going to love our latest story. The Golden Smog in Stockton-on-Tees, lovingly and faithfully placed into prose by @davidjesudason.bsky.social www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/5/...

Our Ed. In Chief bagged himself a regular byline in the excellent Mancunian publication @manchestermill.bsky.social 🍀🇮🇪🍺🐝

“I understand fully that they’re difficult beasts to work with… But the romanticism of brewing a beer and then treating it in the same way as they were in the 1800s? That was just too good an opportunity to miss.” — Simon Webster, Thornbridge www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

“I understand fully that they’re difficult beasts to work with… But the romanticism of brewing a beer and then treating it in the same way as they were in the 1800s? That was just too good an opportunity to miss.” — Simon Webster, Thornbridge www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Happy 7th Birthday to us! 🎂🎈🎁🎉🕯️ Seven years of making independent food and drinks journalism, paying our contributors fairly and winning awards while we do it. Become a Patreon subscriber and make sure this year is the year we start the printing presses 📰 www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

Kicking butts and taking names for 7 years 😤

Happy 7th Birthday to us! 🎂🎈🎁🎉🕯️ Seven years of making independent food and drinks journalism, paying our contributors fairly and winning awards while we do it. Become a Patreon subscriber and make sure this year is the year we start the printing presses 📰 www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

We love to see it.

"Being part of the project of bringing it in and coming up with recipes for it has revitalised my own love for making beer in the first place." - Dominic Driscoll, Thornbridge Brewery www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Catch up with my latest piece for Pellicle, a long read all about how Thornbridge came to own an original Burton Union system.

….and if anyone hasn’t sampled a “new” Burton Union beer yet, then head up to Clitheroe Beer Festival 14-16th may and sample that very @thornbridge.bsky.social / @trackbrewingco.bsky.social American Brown Ale that Matt mentioned.

The story of The Burton Union would be very different without the loving interference of some key figures in the beer world. Now @thornbridge.bsky.social are using theirs to make some of the best beer in the country. @totalcurtis.bsky.social heads to Bakewell. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Our beer festival gets a mention in this article from @totalcurtis.bsky.social. Looking forward to stocking lots more wonderful beer like the Thornbridge Strong Dark Mild at this year's event!

The story of The Burton Union would be very different without the loving interference of some key figures in the beer world. Now @thornbridge.bsky.social are using theirs to make some of the best beer in the country. @totalcurtis.bsky.social heads to Bakewell. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Some extreme Kermiting going on in Pellicle Towers this morning

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My housemate performed a blind, dramatic reading of this article in our living room, with gusto and props. We framed this quote and it’s been on the mantel ever since

Revisiting Rachel Hendry's conclusive piece on scampi fries after a week of pork scratchings. Cut To The Feeling — The Anatomy of Smith’s Scampi Fries — Pellicle share.google/wzesgmdt50Vq...

This one is particularly excellent.

Call us biased but David Bailey's Pellicle cartoons are genuinely one of beer culture's finest offerings, in our opinion. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Scary Dark Impenetrable to many Usually, words used to describe the kind of music Adam writes about But also, how I feel about his latest subject, pork scratchings! I worked for a restaurant in cork in mid 80s as was tasked with getting some over from england. They did not take

Tish IPA? Haven't heard that name in years www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Tish IPA? Haven't heard that name in years www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

Valuable insight

"The production of scratchings is a tough, messy, high-heat operation, as George confirms: “It’s the slipperiest place, there are handrails everywhere, like human curling.”" www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

CRUNCH! That's the sound of us biting into today's story, a deep dive into the pork scratching origin story. We can't imagine English pubs without them, but why? www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

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/...

There’s are proper one of these in town near the railway station — bar, cafe, tabac and betting shop all in one, plus lodgings upstairs for seasonal workers.

“the only part of a pig you can’t eat is the oink.”

Pork Scratchings! 🐖🍿 "...sheer salt, rich fat, and bold as brass umami forge a complementary explosion of taste, edging into the Maillard reaction of faint smokiness, bold, bristly and full of bite." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...

"Pork Scratchings....enduring popularity as a curious cornerstone of the British pub experience."- another great article from @pelliclemag.com! www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/4/...