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Why do we care about pubs so much?

12th April 2021 | Pubs, Southwark, The George Inn

Putting aside the arguments over restrictions, passports and David versus Goliath, now we do most of our drinking at home (even before Covid) why...

Introducing the Pete Brown Online Beer Book Club!

8th April 2021 | Beer By Design, Book Club, Books, Craft - An Argument, Hops & Glory, Man Walks into a Pub, Miracle Brew, Pie Fidelity, Shakespeare’s Local, The Apple Orchard, The Pub: A Cultural Institution, Three Sheets to the Wind

Most people who follow me online do so because they enjoy my books. So I thought I'd organise some Zoom events to revisit my...

Happy Birthday William Morris – the Godfather of Craft Beer

24th March 2021 | Beer, Craft - An Argument

In the late nineteenth century, a Romantic textile designer from Walthamstow invented the modern concept of "craft". Yeah, it's all his fault.

Rebranding the baby out with the bathwater

29th January 2021 | Beer, Beer By Design, Books, Marketing, The Business End, US Craft Beer

Beer – it doesn’t matter what the marketing is like, it’s the taste that counts, right? Not according to the outcry that’s greeted the...

If you do want to write that book, there’s never been a better time.

20th January 2021 | Books, Writing

My latest project is a book written in lockdown about writing books in lockdown, written specifically to help anyone deciding - or trying to...

Why there’s no point trying to define a “substantial meal.”

1st December 2020 | Covid, Food, Media bollocks, Neo-prohibitionism, Pubs

As new Covid tier rules in England threaten to decimate the pub industry, there's no neo-prohibitionist conspiracy here: just an indifferent government that's too...

Beer By Design: My new book out now

25th November 2020 | Art of Beer, Beer Books, Beer By Design, Books, CAMRA, Marketing, Writing

With around 2500 breweries in the UK, many of whom sell core ranges, seasonals, limited editions and collabs, it's never been harder to stand...

Tom Kerridge: sharing the plight of pubs in a way everyone can relate to

13th November 2020 | Pub closures, Pubcos, Pubs

Saving Britain's Pubs with Tom Kerridge started its four-week run on BBC2 last night. I was asked to interview Tom about the series for...

Covid resurgence: why pubs are not the problem

22nd September 2020 | Covid, Pubs

As numbers rise, so do emotions surrounding the pandemic. So let's look at hard data, shall we?

Why do we care about pubs so much?

Introducing the Pete Brown Online Beer Book Club!

Happy Birthday William Morris – the Godfather of Craft Beer

Rebranding the baby out with the bathwater

If you do want to write that book, there’s never been a better time.

Why there’s no point trying to define a “substantial meal.”

Beer By Design: My new book out now

Tom Kerridge: sharing the plight of pubs in a way everyone can relate to

Covid resurgence: why pubs are not the problem

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