It 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.
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A selection of articles I’ve written for other publications.
The 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
Find out moreWhy Guinness is late to the craft beer party
It’s a little-known fact (outside beer geek circles) that stout, the beer that defines Ireland, has its origins not in Dublin but London.
Find out moreWhy beer (and NOT wine) goes with everything
If I asked you what you wanted to drink with a really great meal, unless you’re teetotal I’m guessing your decision-making process would largely centre around the question, ‘red or white’?
Find out moreIn praise of lager
As I’ve said before in this column, one of the biggest misunderstandings I encounter in my career is that people assume – what with me being a beer writer – that I hate lager and anyone who drinks it. Many – even some close to the industry – will make a distinction between ‘beer’ and
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