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
December 2023
Such a strong field, but there is only one winner.
November 2023
We won’t beat around the bush, we loved the name https://www.handbrewco.com/home/wienerdawg and had to put it in. We are always nervous when customers require almost neon green colours as they are incredibly hard to replicate on beer mat material but we nailed it with https://nortons.bar beer mats. We loved the clean design of Margaux from https://www.littlebigbrewco.com. Then on to one of our favourite mats of the year, an absolute must for the Star Wars fan beer drinker https://www.originalstormtrooperbeer.com/collections/best-craft-beer-sellers
October 2023
We’ve always had a soft spot for https://www.instagram.com/gridbeerproject/?hl=en-gb local lads that we’ve watched go from strength to strength we had to feature their first batch of beer mats. https://fiercebeer.com tag line is “Your new favourite Beer” well these are “Our new Favourite beer mat”. It was the detail in the print that drew us to https://linktr.ee/headofzeus this London based publishing house are always watching. The more you look at https://linktr.ee/strangerthanparadise Beer Mat you notice more things in the design like the skeletal fingers hidden in the leaves on the front.
September 2023
A very cool wedding design kicks us off this month from http://www.lamptissue.com/links Up next the super kitch design of https://www.villagebutty.com really cool looking mat. https://www.geipel.co.uk take the number three slot this month with a simple but very effective logo designed mat. We couldn’t leave out the no messing design bro from https://www.brewbrosshop.co.uk
August 2023
The retro looking mats from https://www.facebook.com/SpiralCityBarnsley/?locale=en_GB had to be in there this month. Following the retro theme we loved these retro looking tattoo designed mats from https://www.instagram.com/ctptattoo/. On to https://www.millhillbrew.co.uk Paul in sales is a massive “Lesta” fan so they had to make the cut. We just loved the very simple black and white design of https://www.torquemotocafe.co.uk
July 2023
We fell in love with https://danielhalksworth.com art from the moment we saw it, and couldn’t wait to see it on a Beer Mat and it did not disappoint. A pub quiz in a church what’s not to like https://www.bay.church. We’ve done https://www.burgerism.co.uk mats for quite some time and their designs are always as good as the food they produce. A nice informative design from https://didsburybeerfestival.org.uk/#!/
June 2023
A very classy start to this month with the elegant-looking mat from https://www.angelabergavenny.com then the very cool fabric design from https://www.jiddlerstipple.com. We just loved the colours and the cool illustrations from https://mrscruff.bandcamp.com/album/trouser-jazz. Some of these Beer Mats from https://www.goodfolksbarbershop.co.uk have made it halfway round the world they had to make the “Cut”
May 2023
‘May’ the best mat win. A brewery fest this month starting with the retro design of https://staustellbrewery.co.uk against the beautifully design of https://fellbrewery.co.uk. We loved the elegant design of https://whiterabbitbeer.com.au/agegate/ and the super colourful design of https://cloudwaterbrew.co has to make the cut
April 2023
No April fools here, a beautiful simplistic design from the design agency https://pwfstudio.com Then the psychedelic beer mat design from https://g3brewery.com A very cool illustration beer mat from the art project guys at https://www.canscorpionssmoke.com/wtfeb/ Following up the rear the very snazzy looking sea-based beer mat from https://neptunebrewery.com
March 2023
The Battle of the beer mats really started to gain traction this month. Straight off the bat we meant business with https://www.adornthecommon.com who doesn’t want to have a great fucking day?! Followed by the super super cute https://flocbrewing.com. The the dark and moody https://www.sixdnorth.co.uk with its enticing black design. Then a beer mat that looks good enough to eat https://yardsalepizza.com
February 2023
Numbers 1 we have @lydiawooddrawings, we just loved the fact Lydia was using the beer mats as business cards leaving them in every pub she was drawing around London. Next Up we have https://www.hobsons-brewery.co.uk/ a very stylish cool looking beer mat. Then boom the bright pink mat from https://www.wyevalleybrewery.co.uk/ you wouldn’t miss this on the table of your local. Following up the rear the awesome style of https://www.larkins.beer/ a colourful Gorilla with super cool glasses looking slick.
January 2023
The first ever Battle of the beer mats, The OG. Where it all started. To kick things off https://www.alamy.com/ a stock photo catalogue. We loved the simplicity of one side with the striking image on the other.https://sureshotbrew.com/ the vibrant colours, the cool montage what’s not to like? We had to feature https://www.scarboroughathletic.com/ as our financial controller is a massive fan, we also loved the idea of using the back as a fixture list. https://www.craftwerkbeers.com/ really cool almost graffiti style artwork looked stunning on a beer mat.