Blog - Pete Brown

Clubland: my new book drops on Thursday 9th June

7th June 2022 | Books, Clubland, Working men's clubs

Can I have order all around the room? Thank you, please. The book I've been wanting to write for eighteen years is finally here....

BEER INDUSTRY CAMPAIGN REIGNITES CONVERSATIONS ABOUT CASK ALE

2nd August 2023 | Cask ale

I’ve been working for the last six months on the cross-industry ‘Drink Cask Free’ campaign, which aims to make cask ale more relevant to...

Harry Belafonte’s near miss with Barnsley Clubland

25th April 2023 | Clubland, Working men's clubs

Just saw the news that the legendary Harry Belafonte has died. He was the subject of one of my favourite stories I was told...

New campaign to boost the image of cask ale

10th March 2023 | Uncategorised

Finally, the beer industry has come together to promote cask ale. And I find myself right in the thick of it. This week, the...

Who Really Owns/Brews Your Favourite Beer?

16th December 2022 | AB InBev, Bass Ale, Beer, Beer Marketing, Brewing, Brooklyn Brewery, Cask ale, Craft Beer, Dark Star, Fuller's, Goose Island, Lager, The Business End

Is that craft beer really from a small independent brewer? Is that leader really imported from some sunny Mediterranean idyll? Not if it's mentioned...

How the Guild of Beer Writers judges its annual awards

28th November 2022 | Beer Writing, British Guild of Beer Writers, Writing

The British Guild of Beer Writers Awards always attract a lot of comment online - mostly, positive, some negative. Much of the negative is...

What is beer? No, seriously.

21st November 2022 | Beer, Brewing, Water, Yeast

I've been writing about it for twenty years and drinking it for forty. But after a mind-bending dive into ancient beer history, I'm not...

New Book: ‘The London Pub’ – out today!

3rd November 2022 | Books, Pubs

Hoxton Mini-Press collects beautiful old photos thematically. I was delighted to be asked to write the intro for a gorgeous new collection on London...

Six Reasons Cask Ale-Loving Publicans Should Immediately Whack the Price Up*

13th October 2022 | Beer, Cask ale, Pubs, Real Ale

It sounds counter-intuitive. Especially when drinkers face the prospect of losing any disposable income we may have had. But all the available market data...

Sheffield’s legendary Kelham Island Brewery saved from closure

29th September 2022 | Beer, Dave Wickett, Kelham Island, Thornbridge

Back in May, the announcement of the closure of Sheffield's oldest brewery felt too awful to contemplate. Now, a group including Thornbridge Brewery have...