Business Details
Boost your brand, deliver your message, inspire your customers or simply protect your table-tops. Below are just some of the fantastic wood-pulp coaster designs that we have had the privilege to print for our customers. We use pulp board from FSC Certified sources, vegetable based inks and the mats are 100% recyclable after use.
We use a tracked 24 hour courier service to send smaller quantities and reputable logistics companies for larger quantities. We print beer mats for many of the UK's biggest name craft brewers, as well as major branding and merchandising companies, government organisations and well-known charities. We use the highest quality specialist beer mat board available.
We use a tracked 24 hour courier service to send smaller quantities and reputable logistics companies for larger quantities. We print beer mats for many of the UK's biggest name craft brewers, as well as major branding and merchandising companies, government organisations and well-known charities. We use the highest quality specialist beer mat board available.
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What We Do
We are one of only a small handful of companies globally that prints genuine beer mats (or drip mats, bar coasters, bar mats or whatever else you want to call them) on a sustainably sourced and thoroughly absorbent pulp board. We have been printing custom mats using our own four-colour litho-printing press for over 15 years, here in the heart of England.
The Difference
There are numerous online retailers out there selling custom beer mats, but only a very small number of these (including Thirsty's of course) produce the real thing themselves. Our beer mat board is extremely absorbent and can be soaked and dried numerous times without losing its shape or bleeding colours.
Litho-Printing
We have our very own offset-litho printing press which has been specially modified to print on super-absorbent beer mat board. This type of printing gets its name from the lithographic limestone that was once used as the plate from which an image was transferred on to paper or any other printing material.
Special Shapes
Our sister company BHS-FastFinish has a wealth of expertise in producing new cutting dies (or cutting formes to those in the industry) for a wide range of clients and purposes. Because they are literally next door to Thirsty's, we are able to provide an unrivaled service when it comes to delivering unique shaped beer mats with a rapid turn-around.
Artwork and Proofs
We advise on colour specifications, font sizes and styles, cut lines and bleed areas. Even experienced designers should familarise themselves with these guidelines as printing beer mats is not the same as printing on other media. If you need more help in designing your beer mats, then we offer a design service for only 50+VAT.
Extra Services
Take a look at our foiling, spot-colour and stringing options and give us a call to talk it through. Have your logo or design hot foiled onto one or both sides of your mat in a single colour. This is not limited to gold or silver foil either; you can have just about any colour you want.
The process involves "stamping" the foil design onto the mat using a pattern block in specially modified platen machine, the result of which is an beautiful and eye-grabbing embossed effect for your mat.Offset litho printing can produce just about any colour by combining the three primary colours and key/black (CMYK).
The process involves "stamping" the foil design onto the mat using a pattern block in specially modified platen machine, the result of which is an beautiful and eye-grabbing embossed effect for your mat.Offset litho printing can produce just about any colour by combining the three primary colours and key/black (CMYK).
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