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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September 2022
The Greatest Hits of Welsh Craft Beer at the Abergavenny Food Festival
Pete Brown guides you through a tutored tasting of the best beers around in Wales today.
Find out more »October 2022
Desert Island Beers: The London Pub as a Cultural Institution
Talk about London pubs and tasting of some of the classic beer styles born in the Capital, in association with Five Points Brewing. More details TBC.
Find out more »Beer for Wine Drinkers
Join us in welcoming Pete Brown, award-winning beer writer and broadcaster, as he hosts a very special beer tasting. Come for an evening of discovering the palate connections between delicious craft beers and sumptuous wine, perfect for lovers of both! Described as ‘The beer drinker’s Bill Bryson”, we know you will enjoy Pete Brown’s expertise and guidance in this fascinating evening of discovery.
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…
Find out more »July 2025
Tasting Notes: Official Book Launch at the Green Man Festival
My new book wouldn’t exist without Green Man. I’ve done an event at every festival for about twelve years now, and it’s the enthusiasm and passion of the Green Man audience that have helped make it what it is. If it wasn’t for the support of that audience, the book would never have been commissioned. This August, the book comes home to the festival that spawned it. I’ll be pairing the acts playing various stages over the weekend with the…
Find out more »August 2025
This Beer Tastes Like Sound: A Multi-sensory Tasting Adventure, at the Great British Beer Festival
Your brain is lying to you. You have more than five senses. And yes—you really can hear the difference between an IPA and a stout. Join award-winning beer writer and broadcaster Pete Brown for a one-of-a-kind audio-visual beer tasting experience, based on the fascinating research behind his latest book - Tasting Notes: The art and science of pairing beer and music. Blending neuroscience, storytelling, fandom, and a healthy dose of humour (we promise at least three good jokes), this immersive…
Find out more »September 2025
Tasting Notes at the Abergavenny Food Festival
Tasting Notes: The Art and Science of Pairing Beer and Music is the long-awaited story behind Pete Brown’s popular pairings of beers and music, a regular top-ticket at the Green Man Festival and other places.
Find out more »Beat The Experts – Matching beer and cheese with Pete Brown, Ned Palmer, Luke Manifold and Carwyn Adams
We invite you to match fine Welsh beers with fine Welsh cheeses and we are going to see how your views compare with our in-house experts. The beers are from Luke Manifold’s Lucky 7 Beer Co in Hay-on-Wye and the cheeses are from Carwyn Adams’ Caws Cenarth dairy in West Wales. Additional expertise comes from Pete Brown, Sunday Times Beer Columnist, and from Ned Palmer, author of A Cheesemonger’s Compendium of British & Irish Cheese.
Find out more »Tasting Notes at the Mannington Book Bash
Exploring the art and science of pairing beer with music.
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