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Phil Mellows

@philmellows.bsky.social

Freelance journalist and co-author of Beer Breaks in Britain: www.philmellows.com, @BeerBreaks.bsky.social, @drinkingstudies.bsky.social, @britbeerwriters.bsky.social

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Pete Brown@petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 2w ago

Heard yesterday that the barley harvest here in Norfolk was dreadful this year. Also weeks earlier than usual. Grim. We’re cooking the planet.

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com · 2w ago

The heatwave that swept across Europe in June is estimated to have cost the continent’s grain farmers €2bn (£1.7bn) in lost revenue and destroyed 9m tonnes of crops, sparking concern about the impact on the price of food. #TheContinentalBreakfast www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Phil Mellows@philmellows.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Adults with disabilities had higher than three times the rate of AUD diagnoses compared to adults without disabilities" - so, once again, it's not just the drink that's the problem.

Drinking Studies Network (DSN)@drinkingstudies.bsky.social · 2w ago

'Alcohol use disorder diagnoses among commercially insured US adults from 2016 to 2023, by disability status and sex' | @medexpress.bsky.social via @drugwise.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Pellicle@pelliclemag.com · 2w ago

Nostalgia in droves, and pints of Bass too. The Mumbles Mile was once a place of debauchery and a rite of passage for younger drinkers. But what is it like now? William Ham Bevan takes to the streets to find the pubs of his past. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/7/...

The End of the Mumbles Mile — Tracing the Footsteps of a Legendary Pub Crawl — Pellicle

Across the road from the White Rose, a pair of neatly dressed women hand us a phone. “Could we be cheeky and get a picture?” It strikes me as an unremarkable request: a quick souvenir of the first pub...

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Phil Mellows@philmellows.bsky.social · 4w ago

Fascinating stuff from @boakandbailey.bsky.social on pubs during the 1966 World Cup. We were at the seaside on holiday and I remember watching the final in a pub, the children's room, on a tiny screen in the corner - while playing table-tennis, my preferred sport boakandbailey.com/2026/07/pubs...

Pubs and the 1966 football World Cup | Boak & Bailey's Beer Blog

Sixty years ago England was hosting the football World Cup and pubs were very much part of the story.

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Phil Mellows@philmellows.bsky.social · 4w ago

This, in the event that you’re interested, is one of my favourite beers. Moot Ales Giddy Edge, brewed on site at the Red Lion in Matlock. I haven’t seen it anywhere else so perhaps rarity plays a part in its appeal. It’s definitely good, though. Hoppy and strong yet refreshing.

A pint of deep golden cask ale, pub scene in the background.
Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · last mo.

ICYMI, here's the most striking finding from our new paper on reformulation in the British off-trade alcohol market: This graph shows the proportion of beer sales which are below 3.5% ABV. The dashed line shows the date that duty rates for 2.8-3.4% beer was cut. 1/4 of beer sold in 2025 was <3.5%!

A line chart with 3 separate lines showing the proportion of beer sales coming from products below 3.5% ABV (excluding no/low alcohol products) measured in terms of: 1) the volume of beer, 2) the volume of alcohol and 3) the amount of money spent. All three measures are very low (less than 3% of the market) and falling between 2018 and mid-2023 when taxes were cut on 2.8-3.4% beer. Immediately after this change the volume of lower-strength beer jumps to 10-15% and then continues to rise, eaching 15-20% for alcohol volume and sales value and almost 25% for product volume.
Colin Angus@victimofmaths.bsky.social · last mo.

New paper klaxon: Our analysis of reformulation (when alcohol producers change the strength of their products) in the British alcohol market 2018-2025 has just been published in @apsad-dar.bsky.social. I think some of our findings are pretty striking... doi.org/10.1111/dar....

An image of the head of the journal article: How have alcohol producers changed the alcohol content of their products? A descriptive analysis of reformulation in the off-trade alcohol market in Great Britain, 2018-2025
Phil Mellows@philmellows.bsky.social · last mo.

Just got around to reading this one in @pelliclemag.com. Always been a bit of a fan of AK, and it’s remarkable it’s survived, considering no one is quite sure what it is - though I’ve tended to think of it as a kind of light mild. www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/6/...

Don’t Go Far Off — McMullen’s Historic AK Mild — Pellicle

The glimmering edifice of McMullen’s Victorian tower brewery catches the evening sunlight like a gilded dovecote. Like other breweries of similar design, its structure allows for a gravity-fed product...

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