Matthew Curtis

My latest book, the second, definitive edition of Manchester's Best Beer, Pubs & Bars is available now. It features 220 pubs across the entirety of Greater Manchester, plus a detailed history, maps, and more! Order you copy here: shop1.camra.org.uk/product/manc...

Hey! Yesterday @pelliclemag.com once again had the privilege of sharing some award-winning work. This is only possible thanks to the readers who choose to support us, meaning we can support our writers and editors financially. Please help us thrive with a subscription: Www.patreon.com/pelliclemag

Massive congratulations to Catherine, Attic's Brand & Business Development Manager, who has been crowned #IndustryChampion at the @womeninbeer.bsky.social Awards! Very well deserved! 📷 @totalcurtis.bsky.social

Two things are true about the state of beer journalism in 2026: it has never been harder and less remunerative to cover the beer industry, and we’ve never seen a corps of journalists do as good a job. Yesterday, the North American Guild of Beer Writers honored the best. (Beervana won best blog!)

I almost didn't apply for the @nagbw.bsky.social awards this year. Only did so because @pelliclemag.com covered the fees for their stories. I sent two and got two wins (and a first place!!!) 🥺🥺

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Good luck to everyone in this evening's @nagbw.bsky.social awards, and thanks so much to all the Pellicle contributors who've worked so hard for us this year. I've got my fingers crossed for all of you!

For 13 years, Provision our beloved farmhouse beer has only been available in bottles. Now iin cans as well, making it beer to have to yourself rather than sharing. This beer is the DNA of our mixed fermentation project and has been shaped by our unique yeast culture. Available on webshop now

Fair play to The Os 👌

We are still on the hunt for shops who would like to sell Pellicle - Issue 1: Joy in the following locations: - London - Liverpool - Glasgow - Birmingham - Nottingham - Sheffield - Wherever you live Please tell shops you want to buy us, or tell us who to contact! Thank you! xox

I've actually got an 80 shilling in my top ten beers of the year list that's in the next issue of Craft Beer & Brewing... but you'll have to wait for it to be published to find out which one it is...

Really loved this week’s @pelliclemag.com story about 80 Shilling from Imran Rahman-Jones. Well worth giving a few minutes of your attention today: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/10...

What a fantastic event, congrats to all the winners! See you at the seminars later this afternoon if you’re heading down.

Saw Caspian play the academy on Friday and now listening to their new record which came out on the same day. Might just be their best yet.

I haven't written an article in three weeks and now I have to write three articles and it appears I've completely forgotten how to write

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Our 2026 WiB Festival starts today! Don’t forget to visit our website for more information about the Awards, Seminar, Beers & Big Meet-Up:

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Here’s a fresh bit of industry-focused writing for me over on the @geterbrewed.bsky.social blog. Why it’s time to add an easy-drinking stout to your core range. Read it here: www.geterbrewed.com/blog/2026/09...

I finally got round to reading that Allsopps press release about their new IPA, and… it’s like a Gen AI hallucination? Facts are invented, dates are incorrect, the beer is just… a new beer and not a genuine historical interpretation… I’m struggling to see the point.

relatedly: just opened another preorder on these after selling out the previous two batches. $5 gets you 4 mailed anywhere in the us, all purchases support ai-free independent journalism, come get some: dinfontay.bigcartel.com/product/no-c...

And in case you haven’t read it yet: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/9/...

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The northern English jambon beurre growing up was always Yorkshire ham and maybe a smear of mustard in a well-buttered [whatever you call your roll]. Anyway, this is a lovely piece on the taxonomy of it all: www.pelliclemag.com/home/2021/2/...

"Great Yarmouth, like many British seaside towns, is all too often associated with poverty...however, this is a place that’s home to friendly, welcoming people, with a gentle—if sardonic—sense of humour. A session in the Red Herring re-enforces this impression." www.pelliclemag.com/home/2026/10...

Very sad to discover Suki at the Vine has died. There’s a photo of the lovely man I took for my book here. He (probably) was the first to popularise Indian food in pubs. RIP www.bbc.com/news/uk-engl...

No, Sally Rooney’s books are not ‘banned’ from the UK ft.trib.al/rNtZ1MF | opinion

Two weeks in a row for features in @pelliclemag.com. I had a lovely day trip to photograph this story by Anthony Bennett.

Great Yarmouth is such a fascinating, historic place and a couple of its pubs are absolute gems, so great to see it get the Pellicle treatment

A little boost for my weekend column. TL;DR, the real reason people (of all ages) are drinking less is because they’re broke!