Same Old Same Old Great British Beer Festival
In which I slag off the hoary old institution of the Great British Festival. But really, it’s not quite as simple as that…
Find out moreOther Writing
A selection of articles I’ve written for other publications.
Why it’s time to say no to bad cask beer
Have a terrible confession to make – terrible for someone with my CV anyway. I’ve mostly stopped drinking cask ale. This may seem tantamount to a betrayal from someone who has championed cask ale via the Cask Report for nine years, but I’ve had enough.
Find out moreI empty the bins, she cooks. And that makes us both happy.
It’s dismaying that women still spend more time on household chores than men. But divvying the work up along gender lines may be the recipe for domestic bliss.
Find out moreIt IS About Where You’re From
Pete Brown has been lied to. This has rattled his cage somewhat. He doesn’t like being lied to, and nor, he suggests, do beer consumers. Especially when it comes to the small matter of provenance.
Find out moreThe Cask Report
The annual guide to the state of UK cask ale market, written by Pete Brown and supported by CAMRA, SIBA, Cask Marque, the IFBB and various cask ale brewers.
Find out moreBeer’s Future: Good? Bad? Good? Bad?
Pete Brown is caught in two minds this month. Whilst looking at the global beer landscape he can’t decide whether the outlook is either good or bad. That’s not because he can’t make his mind up; that’s because he thinks it is both.
Find out moreTrouble brewing: how craft beer fomented a battle for the soul of booze
Craft beer has become so popular that the ONS are using it to calculate inflation. Its rise should be good news for drinkers – but some purists aren’t happy. So what happens now the big breweries want a piece of the action?
Find out moreCelebrating a fruitful cause
Of all the ways to promote your pub and get more people in, having a bunch of locals paint their faces black and stand outside might not seem the wisest at first glance.
Find out moreWhy the London Beer Flood is the strangest tragedy in London’s history
Last week saw the anniversary of the one of the strangest and little-known tragedies in the history of London. It’s difficult to discuss sensibly: often, when people first hear of it, they can’t help laughing at the circumstances in which eight people – all women and children – met violent deaths. Time has helped dull the
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