The Pint Printers

The Pint Printers hire out a compact drinks printer that prints photos, logos and monograms straight onto the foam head of a drink. Guinness and stout, espresso martinis, foamy cocktails and coffee all work. Guests pick a photo, press a button, and watch it appear on their drink in around six seconds. The bar queue turns into the photo booth. It works anywhere in the UK. The machine arrives by tracked DPD courier two working days before the event, sets up on any bar or table in about five minutes, and plugs into a normal socket. No operator and no staff on site. Afterwards it goes back in the box with the pre-paid return label provided. Designs are prepared in advance by the team, so monograms, wedding dates, couple photos and logos are ready to print from the first pour. Packages include up to 600 prints. The edible ink is food safe, flavourless and certified vegan, gluten free, halal and kosher, with FDA, EU and SGS food-safety testing. Wedding packages from £495, parties from £395, corporate events from £750. Run by co-founders Luke and Sam, with same-day replies to every enquiry.

We're Luke and Sam, a couple originally from Ireland, and like most people we first saw printed pints in the viral videos coming out of Irish weddings. When we looked into hiring one for an event over here in the UK, we found you mostly couldn't, not without paying for an operator to travel with the machine. So we built the service we wanted to use: the printer arrives by courier, you set it up yourself in five minutes, and it goes back with a pre-paid label. No staff at your venue and no travel costs hidden in the price. We're planning our own wedding too, so we know exactly what couples are juggling, and we run every hire the way we'd want ours run.

We launched The Pint Printers in 2025 to bring foam printing to events across the whole of the UK. Every machine is tested before dispatch, every set of designs is checked by our team before your event, and every hire includes tracked courier delivery both ways. We keep our process simple and well documented, with a step-by-step setup guide in every box and phone support on event days. We have hosted numerous events and weddings around the UK with every customer delighted about the offering. Their feedback is that the guests could not stop talking about it the next day!

Mostly couples planning their wedding who want something guests haven't seen before, the moment the first photo appears on a pint of Guinness, the bar queue becomes the entertainment. We also work with companies putting their logo on drinks at launches, parties and conferences, and hosts of milestone birthdays and celebrations. Because everything ships by courier and sets up in five minutes, our clients are anywhere in the UK, from city venues to rural barns with nothing but a bar and a plug socket.

Our edible ink is food safe, flavourless and certified vegan, gluten free, halal and kosher, with FDA registration, EU food contact compliance and SGS food safety and hygiene testing. Every hire is covered by public liability insurance and our equipment is PAT tested. We're happy to provide insurance and food-safety documentation directly to your venue on request.