If you've ever tried to throw a beer mat in the pub, you'll know they only glide for a few feet before flipping in the air and falling to the ground. Now, a group of scientists in Germany have ...

Flying beer mats always flip onto their side, unlike frisbees which can achieve stable flight. Now physicists think they know why. Beer mats are close to the hearts of many readers of the Physics ...

Beer mats protect tables from unsightly condensation rings. However, they are sometimes also misused as projectiles. Usually with little success: after just a short time, the cardboard coaster leaves ...

Many a pub crawler has engaged in the time-honored tradition of throwing beer mats—those round cardboard coasters that are ubiquitous in bars—as if the mats were frisbees, often competing to see who ...

I work at the Dark Star brewery and this year we made some mosaic style beer mats. Each one is part of a puzzle. Much to our surprise, we were awarded the title of beer mat of the year by the British ...

A man has built up a collection of more than 900 beer mats, after starting to collect back in the 1980s. Rob Derry, from Uphill, Weston-super-Mare, picked up the hobby, known as tegestology, from his ...

Engineering experts have come up with a way of improving one of the favourite pub games enjoyed by British drinkers - beer mat flipping. Through a series of experiments, engineers have come up with a ...

Do not believe the rumours that you need a Panama hat. Then it's a simple case of following these steps... 1. Line up the beer mat overhanging the edge of the table, you want around 55-60% of the beer ...

Anyone who has ever failed to throw a beer mat into a hat should take note: physicists have discovered why this task is so difficult. However, their study also suggests how to significantly increase ...