BATTLE OF THE BEERMATS
Each month we pick 4 of our favourite designs and pit them against each other in a voting battle over on our Instagram page.
Voting is easy — just comment 1, 2, 3 or 4 on the post.
The mat with the most votes that month qualifies for the big one! The end of year Battle Finale where the winner gets £500 in luxury spa vouchers.
LET BATTLE COMMENCE!
#BOTB
November 2024
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Four absolute banging designs for the final heat round of the year, First contender is Hand Brew Co https://www.handbrewco.shop/ a veteran of the Battle of the Beer Mats another stunning design with their brightly coloured bird illustration. Taking up number two spot is the quirky design from The Wonky Donkey Micro Pub https://www.facebook.com/p/The-Wonky-Donkey-Micro-Pub-100057257717321/ any mat with a donkey's bottom on has to make the cut right? We loved the very arty Apple design from Aeble https://aeble.co.uk/?srsltid=AfmBOooEEWtX2dx_3J0A8he7zCpDNW3u8VWs08dr5WKZkNJLoyxWQvKu that promotes their Cider club. Following up the rear in 4th spot, we had to feature the very festive design from the guys over at Craft Brew Festival https://craftbrewfestival.co.uk/. Who gets the last place in the grand final? Only you can decide, best of luck get voting.
Winner!
Aeble
Hand Brew Co
The Wonky Donkey Micro Pub
Craft Brew Festival
October 2024
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Octobers battle is a corker, straight from the off we have the brightly coloured design from https://www.lotemgraphics.co.uk/ we loved the wicked illustrations and the high energy vibes from this beer mat. Second spot is a very quirky wedding beer mat from https://www.instagram.com/ltoast/ and “No crotch shots please” on the reverse of this card had us in stitches. Next up we have an aggressive Octopus from https://www.microbus.pub/ how could we not feature an angry looking Octopus in orange black. Following up the rear is the psychedelic but super cool looking beer mat from https://www.viandsly.com/
Winner!
Vi & Sly
Lotem Graphics
Laura Thomas
Microbus Gateshead
September 2024
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This month has been a real eye opener with the realisation that we only have three more heat rounds to go until the final! Another first for BOTB we’ve had so many cool designs ordered this month Nathan and Charlie couldn’t decide who made the cut, after a heated discussion we finally decided. (Nathan just did what Charlie told him) First up we have https://www.tapstone.co.uk/ another on trend beer mat design in stunning black and white. We loved what https://www.refurb-hub.com/ do on their social media and loved that they were utilising the benefits of advertising on beermats for their business. Next up we have https://www.urbanchickenale.co.uk/, come on what’s not to like, wicked logo, wicked name, cock a doodle do vote for them! Following up the rear we have the super cool illustrations from https://www.anthonyoram.com/ we loved his beer mat design and all his other artwork on his Instagram page.
Winner!
Urban Chicken Ale
Refurb Hub
Tapstone
Mr O (Anthony Oram)
August 2024
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Here we go! August battle is here and what a battle we have. It seems current fashion in the beer mat world is delicious rich blacks and vibrant yellows and whites. First up we have the simple yet effective typewriter style font design from https://www.instagram.com/aworkinprogress.uk/. Number two spot belongs to collaboration between https://www.instagram.com/planetwaxuk/ and https://www.instagram.com/deyabrewery/ we loved the illustration and the great use of yellow and black. Number three is the no messing about, we’ve got information and we’re gonna tell you beer mat from https://www.instagram.com/billericaybrew/ nice bold font, love it. Sometimes keeping it simply makes the biggest statement. The clean use of black and white with bold font on one side and script font the other is stunning from https://www.instagram.com/drinknewtheory/ in the Number 4 spot.
Winner!
Deya Brewery X Planet Wax
A Work In Progress
The Billericay Brewery
New Theory
July 2024
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Here we go! July already. An Olympic sized battle this month! First contestant is https://faberrestaurants.co.uk/ an elegant and simple design that we absolutely loved. Number two is an awesome collaboration with https://www.shinybrewing.com/ and prideinbelper in belper the really vibrant colours reproduced excellently on beer mat material, and it’s for a good cause. We had to feature number 3 https://www.instagram.com/tinyduckuk/ our Marketing Manager Nathan has a thing for a rubber duck (Don’t ask) really cool idea and love their social media posts. Holding up the rear in the number 4 spot is https://fiercebeer.com/ we loved the retro chic feel to this mat and thought they looked super cool
Winner!
Tiny Duck
Faber Restaurants
Shiny Brewing / Pride in Belper
Fierce Beer
June 2024
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We reach the half way stage of the second season of Battle Of The Beer Mats! Incredible! 4 belters this months. https://www.sevenbro7hers.com kick things off with their awesome design. Then we have the uber cool dark illustration of https://www.howlinghops.co.uk Smash! From out of nowhere, https://www.drop-project.co.uk brightly coloured ‘Dough” beer mat really makes a statement. Last but not least the Northern News mat from https://www.plosive.co.uk/podcasts/northern-news that really has got us “Chunked out of our beans”
Winner!
Seven Brothers
HOWLING HOPS
DROP PROJECT
NORTHERN NEWS
May 2024
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Three breweries and a coffee shop going head to head this month. A selection of bright colours and gradients have kept our machine minders on their toes but the results speak for themselves. A very clever use of a water colour design from https://www.southeybeershop.com. An awesome design featuring a really bright gradient from https://mootbrew.co.uk A very funky pattern design from https://www.twistedanklebrewco.com. Is it Happy or Sad or maybe both? From https://www.instagram.com/regularjoscoffee/
Winner!
Twisted Ankle
Moot Brew Co
Southey Brewing
Regular Jo's Coffee Shop
April 2024
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Complete mixed bag this month, 4 awesome designs that cover the full spectrum of emotion. The bold profanity from https://hausofnige.com The beautiful sadness from https://www.instagram.com/wymsicals/ a tribute beer mat used at a celebration of life. Then on to the delicious looking https://paradisetapandtaco.co.uk representing a hunger inducing taco shop in Harrogate. Following up the rear the imposing figure of https://www.cappaespada.com
Winner!
Wymsicals
Cappa e Spada
Paradise
Haus of Nige
March 2024
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https://www.thequeerbrewingproject.com slot into the number 1 spot for March's battle, a brightly coloured beer that we fell in love with. The super cute branding of https://www.lostandgrounded.co.uk with a collaboration with a local bakery. https://pintofscience.co.uk are the only square mat in this months battle. A donkey shooting rainbow lasers out of its eyes it just had to make the cut https://deaddonkeybar.co.uk
Winner!
Dead Donkey
Queer Brewing
Lost And Grounded
Pint of Science
February 2024
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Kicking off February we have the wicked design from https://altgrain.co.uk really cool looking design. Then we have the joke on a beer mat from https://www.schofieldsbar.com who doesn’t like a good joke? In number 3 slot we have a traditional looking beer mat from https://shop-uk.shankyswhip.com/products/shankys-whip. Following up the rear we have a really cool use of dark colours from https://www.therebelinn.com
Winner!
Alt Grain Co
Schofields
Shanky's Whip
The Rebel Inn
January 2024
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https://arborales.co.uk Kick off 2024 with a very snazzy Dry Run beer mat, Next up is FFresh from https://www.glamorganbrewing.co.uk a cool carton a nice summery design to blast away those winter blues. Then a very special Beer Mat from one of our longest serving customers https://www.everards.co.uk who celebrate 175 years of brewing this year only fitting them made the cut. Number 4 slot was taken up by https://www.killthecat.co.uk we love the yellow and black combo on a beer mat!
Winner!
Kill the cat
Arbor
Glamorgan Brewing
Everards