Michael Deakin
@maristhotter.bsky.social
Pan 🏳️🌈 Lefty ⬅️ Nerdy 🎮📚 Beer boy 🍻 Co-presenter of "Does It Shandy?"
It's my turn to host the Harlequin pub quiz tonight. 8:30PM, pull up xoxo
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
It's my turn to host the Harlequin pub quiz tonight. 8:30PM, pull up xoxo
ICYMI at the weekend x
📢 NEW BLOG POST 🐦⬛
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
As The Crow Flies - Ed.10 - A Guide to Derby City Centre's Best Watering Holes
Now the nights are drawing in, we are firmly into cosy pubs season, which makes Derby the perfect place for a beery day out.
www.thecrowinn.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
ICYMI at the weekend x
📢 NEW BLOG POST 🐦⬛
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
As The Crow Flies - Ed.10 - A Guide to Derby City Centre's Best Watering Holes
Now the nights are drawing in, we are firmly into cosy pubs season, which makes Derby the perfect place for a beery day out.
www.thecrowinn.co.uk
November 8, 2025 at 12:58 PM
📢 NEW BLOG POST 🐦⬛
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
If you're looking for a winter day trip, full of cosy pubs, then Derby is the perfect destination. Here I suggest a pub crawl around some of the highlights, including a pub that is in the conversation for my top 5 pubs in the UK 🤫
www.thecrowinn.co.uk/post/a-guide...
Reposted by Michael Deakin
GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest news, nuggets and longreads, with notes on pub etiquette, the evolution of lager yeast, antique beers in deep snow, and a bunch of other stuff, too. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 8 November 2025: Spotted Hemlock
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got etiquette, lager yeast and snow.
boakandbailey.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:21 AM
GOOD MORNING! Here's the latest news, nuggets and longreads, with notes on pub etiquette, the evolution of lager yeast, antique beers in deep snow, and a bunch of other stuff, too. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
Very sad I didn't get tickets for Lily Allen in Sheffield 😭
November 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Very sad I didn't get tickets for Lily Allen in Sheffield 😭
My life is such, that hand on heart, the biggest news I have is that I've changed my usual cob order at The Alex in Derby from cheese and onion to cheese and pickle.
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
My life is such, that hand on heart, the biggest news I have is that I've changed my usual cob order at The Alex in Derby from cheese and onion to cheese and pickle.
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're not selling enough cask beer, then take lines off! It's better to pace through a small selection in great condition than to try and soldier on with a load of beers that have seen better days.
November 6, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I don't know who needs to hear this, but if you're not selling enough cask beer, then take lines off! It's better to pace through a small selection in great condition than to try and soldier on with a load of beers that have seen better days.
I was typing up a blog post this morning when I found myself searching for a collective noun for a group of regulars in a pub.
I settled on an installation. Would anyone else like to put forward a suggestion?
I settled on an installation. Would anyone else like to put forward a suggestion?
November 6, 2025 at 10:35 AM
I was typing up a blog post this morning when I found myself searching for a collective noun for a group of regulars in a pub.
I settled on an installation. Would anyone else like to put forward a suggestion?
I settled on an installation. Would anyone else like to put forward a suggestion?
My favourite part of this was reading each individual section and seeing how quickly I could guess which author it was. @rachelhendry.bsky.social we clearly spend too much time together because I got both of yours at the start of the second sentence 😂
The Pellicle Essential Guide to Pub Ettiquette!
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
Already noted as curmudgeonly by @boakandbailey.bsky.social, we prefer "righteously bothered."
Table rezzies, bogey-filled tissues in empty glasses, rounds and more, all documented for posterity.
www.pelliclemag.com/home/2025/10...
The Essential Guide to Pub Etiquette — Pellicle
It was the writer and politician Hilaire Belloc (1870–1953) who famously said, “ Change your hearts or you will lose your inns and you will deserve to have lost them. But when you have lost your inns ...
www.pelliclemag.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
My favourite part of this was reading each individual section and seeing how quickly I could guess which author it was. @rachelhendry.bsky.social we clearly spend too much time together because I got both of yours at the start of the second sentence 😂
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I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends @helenannesmith.bsky.social Otto Taylor-Rickard and @gergemanson.bsky.social I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live!
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
J'adore Le Plonk — BURUM COLLECTIVE
www.burumcollective.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:51 AM
I sent out my last ever j'adore le plonk on Friday. In memoriam I've turned it into a zine with the help of my friends @helenannesmith.bsky.social Otto Taylor-Rickard and @gergemanson.bsky.social I think we've made something very beautiful - pre order's are now live!
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
www.burumcollective.com/jlp
Resharing this for the Monday crowd. I'm really pleased with this piece of writing. Any shares/reposts are appreciated xo
📢 NEW BLOG POST
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Don’t Look Down
When your work demands that you shift between several different versions of yourself every day, how do you remember which version is really you when it comes to spending time away from the bar?
8bitsandbobs.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Resharing this for the Monday crowd. I'm really pleased with this piece of writing. Any shares/reposts are appreciated xo
Reposted by Michael Deakin
📢 NEW BLOG POST
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Don’t Look Down
When your work demands that you shift between several different versions of yourself every day, how do you remember which version is really you when it comes to spending time away from the bar?
8bitsandbobs.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📢 NEW BLOG POST
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
📢 NEW BLOG POST
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Don’t Look Down
When your work demands that you shift between several different versions of yourself every day, how do you remember which version is really you when it comes to spending time away from the bar?
8bitsandbobs.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 2:40 PM
📢 NEW BLOG POST
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
Very overdue return for my personal blog.
An exploration of identity and the struggle to hold onto a sense of self when hospitality work requires that you spend a large part of your life shifting your persona to suit the needs of the customer.
8bitsandbobs.co.uk/2025/11/01/d...
I know I've banged this drum a million times, but The Last Time I Saw Richard is one of the most perfect and beautiful songs ever written.
In my happy place (in the bath, drinking red wine, and listening to Joni Mitchell)
October 30, 2025 at 9:59 PM
I know I've banged this drum a million times, but The Last Time I Saw Richard is one of the most perfect and beautiful songs ever written.
In my happy place (in the bath, drinking red wine, and listening to Joni Mitchell)
October 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In my happy place (in the bath, drinking red wine, and listening to Joni Mitchell)
Long time delayed book and pint! I've actually just finished the book, which I would massively recommend to anyone and everyone. It is a beautiful story of reverence and the value we ascribe to ordinary items.
October 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Long time delayed book and pint! I've actually just finished the book, which I would massively recommend to anyone and everyone. It is a beautiful story of reverence and the value we ascribe to ordinary items.
Ok, but why am I low-key obsessed with Lily Allen's new album.
October 28, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Ok, but why am I low-key obsessed with Lily Allen's new album.
My favourite regulars have made me pistachio and cherry amaretti and my hangover has been cured by kindness and sweet treats 💚
October 25, 2025 at 1:00 PM
My favourite regulars have made me pistachio and cherry amaretti and my hangover has been cured by kindness and sweet treats 💚
I somehow managed to drink every beer that was on last night and both cocktails/shandies.
I have felt better.
I have felt better.
When you host a dark beer event and commit to the bit a little too hard 🖤
October 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
I somehow managed to drink every beer that was on last night and both cocktails/shandies.
I have felt better.
I have felt better.
I have received far too many compliments tonight about my dyed black hair. I was already very close to entering a second emo phase, and I am being tempted to tip into it.
October 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
I have received far too many compliments tonight about my dyed black hair. I was already very close to entering a second emo phase, and I am being tempted to tip into it.
When you host a dark beer event and commit to the bit a little too hard 🖤
October 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
When you host a dark beer event and commit to the bit a little too hard 🖤
putting on sparkly nail varnish before having to do a full line clean and keg change was a pointless endeavour, wasn't it.
I am too glam for this industry I stg.
I am too glam for this industry I stg.
October 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
putting on sparkly nail varnish before having to do a full line clean and keg change was a pointless endeavour, wasn't it.
I am too glam for this industry I stg.
I am too glam for this industry I stg.
come one, come all!
October 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
come one, come all!
In case you don't already have enough reason to come, I made imperial stout brownies using Bellwoods' I'm Not Dead 😏
October 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
In case you don't already have enough reason to come, I made imperial stout brownies using Bellwoods' I'm Not Dead 😏
Very excited for our Donnie's and Dark Beer Event tomorrow. Such a fun variety of styles, really showcasing the versatility of the darker side of beer.
October 23, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Very excited for our Donnie's and Dark Beer Event tomorrow. Such a fun variety of styles, really showcasing the versatility of the darker side of beer.