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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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If you love cask ale… set it free.

28th September 2022 | Beer, Cask ale, Pubs, Real Ale

Last week, at the launch of Cask Ale Week, I was asked to present a summary of all the market data and research that...
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The 2022 Beer and Cider Marketing Awards: Winners Revealed!

27th September 2022 | Beer, Beer Marketing

The results of the 2022 UK Beer and Cider Marketing Awards, returning for the first time since 2018.
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Why we should all be raising a glass to the 160th birthday of the working men’s club movement – even if they aren’t.

15th June 2022 | Books, Clubland, Working men's clubs

Like one of those aged celebrities who hits the news on their birthday when you thought they'd died a long time ago, the working...
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Pete Brown is a British writer who specialises in making people thirsty. He is the author of nine books and writes widely in the drinks trade press and consumer press.

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