Four event posters for The Victorian, hanging side by side, each in a different style
The Victorian Craft Beer Cafe

Posters and beer mats as full of character as the pub

No two posters alike

The problem

The Victorian is a Halifax institution with an atmosphere so thick you can chew it: dark wood, wingback chairs and floor-to-ceiling bookshelves. Its events run all year, from Burns Night to Oktoberfest, and every one needs a poster, and the bar needs beer mats.

What Lewis designed

The pub’s identity is so well established that its print doesn’t need a rigid set of brand rules. That gives Lewis the freedom to treat every poster and beer mat as its own piece, matching the style to the mood of the event: traditional Victorian lettering for the tenth anniversary, louder and more modern layouts elsewhere.

Each piece still carries the pub’s name the same way, so the variety reads as one place with a lot going on. It’s work as eclectic as the pub itself, and it has been going since 2024.

  • Belgian Beer and Cheese Weekend poster: a beer bottle shaped like a cheese board, 4 to 7 September 2025
  • Burns Night poster in red and white: beer, haggis and whisky, 23 to 25 January
  • Oktoberfest poster shared with København: live music line-up, beers and food
  • Two cream beer mats with The Victorian’s round badge, on red
  • A dark poster for The Victorian’s tenth birthday party
  • Oktoberfest poster in Bavarian blue and white diamonds: beer, bratwurst and music
  • Tenth anniversary beer mats in purple and black, established 2014
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