I regularly do talks, speeches, readings and other events, both for the public and bespoke for corporate clients, across the UK and sometimes internationally. Check back here to see if I’ve added any near you!
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October 2017
Miracle Brew with Aeronaut Brewing
From the publisher: Beer is the third most popular drink on the planet, yet few people know the full story behind its four ingredients. In his new book Miracle Brew, Pete Brown—an award-winning British beer writer who has been called the “beer drinker’s Bill Bryson” by the Times Literary Supplement—presents a complete natural history of beer and emphasizes the importance of place—or terroir—that each ingredient brings to the finished glass. He travels from the vast hop gardens of the Yakima…
Find out more »Miracle Brew with Henderson Brewing
From the publisher: Beer is the third most popular drink on the planet, yet few people know the full story behind its four ingredients. In his new book Miracle Brew, Pete Brown—an award-winning British beer writer who has been called the “beer drinker’s Bill Bryson” by the Times Literary Supplement—presents a complete natural history of beer and emphasizes the importance of place—or terroir—that each ingredient brings to the finished glass. He travels from the vast hop gardens of the Yakima…
Find out more »Adventures in the Nature of Beer
From the publisher: Beer is the third most popular drink on the planet, yet few people know the full story behind its four ingredients. In his new book Miracle Brew, Pete Brown—an award-winning British beer writer who has been called the “beer drinker’s Bill Bryson” by the Times Literary Supplement—presents a complete natural history of beer and emphasizes the importance of place—or terroir—that each ingredient brings to the finished glass. He travels from the vast hop gardens of the Yakima…
Find out more »Miracle Brew at Off The Shelf Festival
This book explores the nature and science of each of beer’s main four ingredients, and why each one is truly special in ways you’ve probably never thought about. At this talk I’ll be going through each ingredient, and we’ll be tasting beers that show the character of each one.
Find out more »September 2019
Miracle Brew at the Tenby Arts Festival
Miracle Brew is a globetrotting adventure through the nature of beer. Recent research shows that only 22% of people know what beer is made of, which is bizarre when you consider it is the third most popular drink in the world – after tea and coffee. Pete Brown, an award-winning writer who has been called the “beer drinker’s Bill Bryson”, presents a complete natural history of the drink, emphasising the importance of place – or terroir – to each of beer’s…
Find out more »June 2022
Miracle Brew at the Ashbourne Festival
We’ve been brewing and drinking beer for thousands of years, without understanding how or why the brewing process works. In the Middle Ages, yeast was called ‘godisgoode’ because no one had any idea what fermentation was. Malting barley, too, has for centuries seemed genuinely wondrous: it’s only in the last 200 years that science has identified and understood how man and yeast work together to gently (or not so gently) persuade this humble grain to give up its sugary stash…
Find out more »June 2024
Miracle Brew – Adventures in the Nature of Beer, at the Rise, Norwich, for City of Ale
Miracle Brew is a globetrotting adventure through the nature of beer. Recent research shows that only 22% of people know what beer is made of, which is bizarre when you consider it is the third most popular drink in the world – after tea and coffee. This talk and tutored tasting is a natural history of beer, emphasising the importance of place – or terroir – to each of beer’s main four ingredients. Each beer will bring out the characteristics…
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