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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!

October 2024

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/  

September 2024

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.

August 2024

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.

July 2024

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

June 2024

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”

May 2024

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/

April 2024

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

March 2024

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

February 2024

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

January 2024

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!