Michael Deakin
@maristhotter.bsky.social
Pan 🏳️🌈 Lefty ⬅️ Nerdy 🎮📚 Beer boy 🍻 Co-presenter of "Does It Shandy?"
Made fruit cake for the first time yesterday, with a cognac buttercream icing. Very pleased with the results.
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Made fruit cake for the first time yesterday, with a cognac buttercream icing. Very pleased with the results.
My toxic bartending trait (one of many) is that I have conditioned myself so stringely to rotate stock that I now stock rotate items completely unnecessarily.
Paper straws? Newest to the back.
PDQ rolls? Newest to the back.
Blue rolls? Oh, you better believe newest to the back.
Paper straws? Newest to the back.
PDQ rolls? Newest to the back.
Blue rolls? Oh, you better believe newest to the back.
November 23, 2025 at 2:54 PM
My toxic bartending trait (one of many) is that I have conditioned myself so stringely to rotate stock that I now stock rotate items completely unnecessarily.
Paper straws? Newest to the back.
PDQ rolls? Newest to the back.
Blue rolls? Oh, you better believe newest to the back.
Paper straws? Newest to the back.
PDQ rolls? Newest to the back.
Blue rolls? Oh, you better believe newest to the back.
Reposted by Michael Deakin
GOOD MORNING! Here's this morning's round up of good writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with a common thread about *doing it right*. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
News, nuggets and longreads 22 November 2025: Modern Times
Every Saturday we round up the best writing about beer from the past week. This time, we’ve got production value, community, and inclusive beer festivals.
boakandbailey.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
GOOD MORNING! Here's this morning's round up of good writing about beer and pubs from the past week, with a common thread about *doing it right*. 🍺🍻
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
boakandbailey.com/2025/11/news...
bartending expectation: Tom Cruise in Cocktail.
bartending reality: spending an entire hour trying to unclog a massive drain blockage armed with nothing but a mop and 15-foot drain rod.
bartending reality: spending an entire hour trying to unclog a massive drain blockage armed with nothing but a mop and 15-foot drain rod.
November 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
bartending expectation: Tom Cruise in Cocktail.
bartending reality: spending an entire hour trying to unclog a massive drain blockage armed with nothing but a mop and 15-foot drain rod.
bartending reality: spending an entire hour trying to unclog a massive drain blockage armed with nothing but a mop and 15-foot drain rod.
But I DID get tickets to see Hayley Williams in Manchester next year so really I am the winner here.
Very sad I didn't get tickets for Lily Allen in Sheffield 😭
November 18, 2025 at 8:04 AM
But I DID get tickets to see Hayley Williams in Manchester next year so really I am the winner here.
Reposted by Michael Deakin
📢 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
BURUM X HEEDAYAH LOCKMAN ‼️✨
We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷
www.burumcollective.com/store
We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷
www.burumcollective.com/store
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 AM
BURUM X HEEDAYAH LOCKMAN ‼️✨
We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷
www.burumcollective.com/store
We’ve got two new teeas available to pre-order; both designed by the insanely talented Heedayah Lockman who we are thrilled to be working with again. A perfect gift for yourself or maybe you have a friend who thinks we’re kinda neat 🩷
www.burumcollective.com/store
These guides are an incredible asset and we should be very grateful for the work that goes into them.
𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗮𝗼 🇪🇦 is the 23rd and latest city featured in our Days Out section where we don't just show you the good bars but design a route around the best in town, joining up the sights as you go! 🗺️ 👍
theeuropeanbarguide.com/pub-crawls/
theeuropeanbarguide.com/pub-crawls/
November 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM
These guides are an incredible asset and we should be very grateful for the work that goes into them.
Going out for a few beers with mates is good. Going out for a few beers with mates, who would also quite like to be in bed by 10PM, is god tier.
November 15, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Going out for a few beers with mates is good. Going out for a few beers with mates, who would also quite like to be in bed by 10PM, is god tier.
Reposted by Michael Deakin
theeuropeanbarguide.com/a-day-out-in-bilbao
We are delighted to reveal a brand new edition of our 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 feature!
Join us on a tour of Bilbao 🇪🇦!
Her most spectacular cafés, authentic pintxos bars and fun night time hangouts! 🍷 🍢 🪩
We are delighted to reveal a brand new edition of our 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 feature!
Join us on a tour of Bilbao 🇪🇦!
Her most spectacular cafés, authentic pintxos bars and fun night time hangouts! 🍷 🍢 🪩
A Day Out In Bilbao
Join us as we explore the best of Bilbao's bar scene in our Day Out feature! Pinxtos, wine, craft beer, sidra, historic taverns and local life!
theeuropeanbarguide.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:14 AM
theeuropeanbarguide.com/a-day-out-in-bilbao
We are delighted to reveal a brand new edition of our 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 feature!
Join us on a tour of Bilbao 🇪🇦!
Her most spectacular cafés, authentic pintxos bars and fun night time hangouts! 🍷 🍢 🪩
We are delighted to reveal a brand new edition of our 𝗗𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗢𝘂𝘁 feature!
Join us on a tour of Bilbao 🇪🇦!
Her most spectacular cafés, authentic pintxos bars and fun night time hangouts! 🍷 🍢 🪩
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)