Hello, we’re Pellicle.

We’re your favourite drinks magazine and podcast, all about beer, cider, wine, pubs and more. Reader supported, proudly free to read.

Established in 2019 by writer Matthew Curtis, and brewer Jonny Hamilton, Pellicle is an independent online magazine and podcast based in Manchester, England. Our primary aim is to capture the joy we so often find within our favourite drinks cultures. This might be at a favourite pub or bar, adjacent to a steaming brewhouse, or even within an orchard or vineyard. Here at Pellicle, we hope to take you there with us.

In 2021, as our ambitions for the magazine grew, we expanded our team and welcomed Katie Mather and Lily Waite on board as associate editors. Collectively our focus is on producing features that provide insight into the world of food and drink, be they celebratory, philosophical, or critical. Our goal is only ever to ensure our next feature is as good as our last.

To us, the worlds of beer, wine, cider—or whatever you love drinking—are as similar as they are different. Our aim is to bring people into these cultures by sharing our enthusiasm for them, all while hopefully bringing these worlds closer together in the process.

All of our contributors are paid for their work. Pellicle is funded primarily by our readers who opt to become Patreon subscribers, plus our sponsor, Loughran Brewers Select. If you’re interested in pitching Pellicle or wish to see our present rates, please read our pitching guide before contacting us.

Matthew Curtis

Editor-in-Chief
Based in Manchester, Matthew is an award-winning freelance writer, broadcaster, photographer, and the co-founder of Pellicle. He’s the author of three books, including Modern British Beer and Manchester’s Best Beer Pubs and Bars. He is as deeply enamoured with a glass of fresh West Coast IPA as he is with a nice pint of Bitter, and is obsessed with pubs and their culture.
matthew@pelliclemag.com

Katie Mather

Deputy Editor
Based in Clitheroe, Lancashire, Katie is an award-winning writer and editor. She lives in the rugged northern countryside with Tom, and enjoys hiking, old pubs full of stories, motorbikes, and drinking sparkled bitter.
katie@pelliclemag.com

Jonny Hamilton

Editor-at-Large
Based in Edinburgh, Jonny is head brewer at Newbarns Brewery in Leith. His passion for eating, drinking, and photography has taken him all around the world to explore food and drink culture. Obsessive collecting and reading of magazines led to a desire to bring Pellicle to life. Always down to dine. Never not ranting.
Jonny is currently taking a break from Pellicle, please contact one of our other editors if you wish to get in touch.

Lily Waite

Associate Editor
Based in London, Lily is a beer writer, photographer, ceramicist, and the founder of Queer Brewing. She’s won a number of awards for her writing, is the youngest-ever winner of the British Guild of Beer Writers’ Beer Writer of the Year award, and was named Imbibe Trailblazer of the Year for 2020. She enjoys cooking, music, and walking her small dogs, Teddy and Pickle.
lily@pelliclemag.com

Reader supported, proudly free to read.

Pellicle is only made possible thanks to the support of our readers who subscribe via Patreon and our current sponsors, Loughran Brewers Select. Thanks to this we’re presently able to:

• Produce six to eight features per month.

• Produce a monthly comic strip and quarterly homebrew recipes.

• Release a new podcast episode every three to four weeks.

• Provide our editorial team with a small monthly retainer, allowing them to dedicate more time to the magazine.

But we want to do more. Our current goal is to increase the rates we pay our contributors, commission longer, costlier, and more challenging to produce features, and eventually increase the retainers of our staff so that they can spend more time working on the magazine and podcast. We can only do this with your help.

From as little as £1 (plus local taxes) per month you can directly fund the content we create. We're paying writers, photographers and illustrators to produce what we think is some of the most compelling and uplifting content in food and drink. With your support we can commission the highest calibre of talent, and ensure that the rates we pay are fair and reflective of the work that's being produced.

Pellicle is a labour of love, but one we also want to stand alongside the most well-respected food & drink publications out there. With your support we can produce more of the content we think you'll enjoy, while paying some incredibly talented people to do so—all for the price of a pint. Sounds like a no brainer to us.