Pete Brown
@petebrownbeer.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, consultant, mainly on beer, pubs, food, drink, social history.
http://petebrown.net
http://patreon.com/petebrownbeer
Agent Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates.
http://petebrown.net
http://patreon.com/petebrownbeer
Agent Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates.
Trying to imagine what this party would be like and am almost inspired to start writing short stories again.
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Trying to imagine what this party would be like and am almost inspired to start writing short stories again.
Made my own blinis for the first time this morning and I would just like to apologise to anyone on whom I ever inflicted a supermarket-bought blini. Merry Christmas!
December 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Made my own blinis for the first time this morning and I would just like to apologise to anyone on whom I ever inflicted a supermarket-bought blini. Merry Christmas!
Waitrose at 7am. Spartacus at 3pm. Fino at 3.30pm. It’s only the 23rd and I feel like I’ve already won at Christmas.
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Waitrose at 7am. Spartacus at 3pm. Fino at 3.30pm. It’s only the 23rd and I feel like I’ve already won at Christmas.
This is great. I’m regularly asked to check something I’ve written because some AI bullshit doesn’t agree with it, and have to explain that I’ve used sources that are not online. My writing is richer when I get my hands dirty.
When we say "no, everything hasn't been digitized," I need you to understand that we really mean is that virtually nothing has been digitized. This is because the realm of primary sources that historians use is incomprehensibly large.
Seems like it's worth posting this one again.
December 22, 2025 at 8:33 AM
This is great. I’m regularly asked to check something I’ve written because some AI bullshit doesn’t agree with it, and have to explain that I’ve used sources that are not online. My writing is richer when I get my hands dirty.
Today in @thetimes.com, for my last column of 2025, here are the six new (or new to me) beers that have impressed me the most over the last 12 months (paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
My favourite new beers of 2025 — from pale ales to porters
Whether launched this year or simply new to him, Pete Brown picks the brews that made his year
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December 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Today in @thetimes.com, for my last column of 2025, here are the six new (or new to me) beers that have impressed me the most over the last 12 months (paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
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December 19, 2025 at 5:08 AM
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Why are some Norfolk seal pups abandoned?
Because people get too close.
Amaya, 11, explains how simple actions can protect them ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Because people get too close.
Amaya, 11, explains how simple actions can protect them ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Young Norfolk activist fights to protect grey seal pups
Eleven-year-old wildlife activist Amaya Edwards urges beachgoers to protect Norfolk’s grey seal pups by keeping safe distances
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Why are some Norfolk seal pups abandoned?
Because people get too close.
Amaya, 11, explains how simple actions can protect them ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Because people get too close.
Amaya, 11, explains how simple actions can protect them ⤵️
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
As “Black Eye Friday” bears down on the pub trade, this week’s @thetimes.com column discusses Christmas pub etiquette - or how no to be a dick on your office Christmas do. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
The 10 pub rules of Christmas (no espresso martinis please!)
Get a round in and take it slow… If you want to be the most popular person at the bar this month, follow Pete Brown’s festive commandments
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December 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
As “Black Eye Friday” bears down on the pub trade, this week’s @thetimes.com column discusses Christmas pub etiquette - or how no to be a dick on your office Christmas do. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
This is an important Christmas tradition. It would be wrong if a Christmas Wonderland experience were anything other than a port cabin with some fairy lights and a dog with some antlers stapled to its head.
[Hammers fist down on the Underwhelming Christmas Wonderland KLAXON]
WE GOT ONE!!!
WE GOT ONE!!!
'it just felt like it was just some port-a-cabins with festive lights in them'
'My 11-year-old told me I’d been scammed'
www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is an important Christmas tradition. It would be wrong if a Christmas Wonderland experience were anything other than a port cabin with some fairy lights and a dog with some antlers stapled to its head.
“Starmer urges Europe to give far right exactly what it wants in order to curb rise of far right.” Doesn’t make sense when you put it like that, does it? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“Starmer urges Europe to give far right exactly what it wants in order to curb rise of far right.” Doesn’t make sense when you put it like that, does it? www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
Ghastly new Coca Cola “Holidays are coming” ad, entirely AI generated, makes me want to vomit all over Christmas. Why can’t we have nice things?
December 7, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ghastly new Coca Cola “Holidays are coming” ad, entirely AI generated, makes me want to vomit all over Christmas. Why can’t we have nice things?
This week in @thetimes.com - it’s Christmaaaas! The Twelve Beers of Christmas, and when to drink them. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
My 12 beers of Christmas
There’s no one brew that will pair with everything you eat on the big day, so why not open one with each course, says our expert
www.thetimes.com
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
This week in @thetimes.com - it’s Christmaaaas! The Twelve Beers of Christmas, and when to drink them. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Reposted by Pete Brown
A flash survey undertaken by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) in the wake of the Budget shows the devastating impact of broken promises destroying the pub sector beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/04/b... #pubs #businessrates
‘Fewer than one in 10 pubs will be profitable by April’ - Beer Today
A survey undertaken by the British Institute of Innkeeping in the wake of the Budget shows the devastating impact of broken promises destroying the pub sector
beertoday.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A flash survey undertaken by the British Institute of Innkeeping (BII) in the wake of the Budget shows the devastating impact of broken promises destroying the pub sector beertoday.co.uk/2025/12/04/b... #pubs #businessrates
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"If you were trying to destroy the pub, you’d struggle to come up with a more effective plan than the one we’re living under" - www.lbc.co.uk/article/camp...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
Is there a deliberate campaign to destroy the British pub, writes Tom Swarbrick | LBC
It’s beginning to feel as though there is something more deliberate going on
www.lbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 9:11 AM
"If you were trying to destroy the pub, you’d struggle to come up with a more effective plan than the one we’re living under" - www.lbc.co.uk/article/camp...
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social - this industry will be decimated! Do something positive for pubs! #positiveforpubs
This week in @thetimes.com we look at minikegs and minicasks - what the difference between them is, how to know which one you’ve got and how to get the most out of it (paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
The 6 best mini casks and kegs for party season
Roll out the barrel: our expert’s pick of the pints to pour at home (just remember to let them settle)
www.thetimes.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
This week in @thetimes.com we look at minikegs and minicasks - what the difference between them is, how to know which one you’ve got and how to get the most out of it (paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Manchester - listen up.
November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Manchester - listen up.
I’m a gobshite. I enjoy speaking in public. Occasionally people enjoy listening to me, which makes it even better. Here’s my riffing on the theme of “premiumisation” at the Brewers’ Journal lectures in September. www.brewersjournal.info/198-pete-bro...
November 25, 2025 at 9:40 AM
I’m a gobshite. I enjoy speaking in public. Occasionally people enjoy listening to me, which makes it even better. Here’s my riffing on the theme of “premiumisation” at the Brewers’ Journal lectures in September. www.brewersjournal.info/198-pete-bro...
This week in @thetimes.com we're off to Burton on Trent! Green shoots are appearing in the world’s most important beer town after decades of neglect and destruction: www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
It’s the world’s best beer town — and home to my favourite pub
The pubs, the breweries, the beers — our expert has the ultimate guide for a pilgrimage to Burton upon Trent
www.thetimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 10:52 AM
This week in @thetimes.com we're off to Burton on Trent! Green shoots are appearing in the world’s most important beer town after decades of neglect and destruction: www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Reposted by Pete Brown
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
November 20, 2025 at 9:49 AM
As we move into “foreigners are cancelling Christmas in the name of political correctness” season it’s worth remember that Christmas was indeed once banned in England, by Christians and the man who enforced the ban has a statue in his honour outside the Houses of Parliament.
Brilliant.
November 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Brilliant.
I love the first dayn of proper cold! The first time in eight months where you put your Really Big Coat on and find all the stuff in the pockets that you thought you’d lost.
November 18, 2025 at 8:46 AM
I love the first dayn of proper cold! The first time in eight months where you put your Really Big Coat on and find all the stuff in the pockets that you thought you’d lost.
Today in @thetimes.com I break down the price of a pint and explain why it costs so much. Over half of all job losses in the last year have been in hospitality - pubs need help. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
How much is too much for a pint?
The £5 barrier was breached long ago and at some London bars you could pay £10. When will drinkers just stop buying beer? And what do struggling landlords want to see in the budget?
www.thetimes.com
November 16, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Today in @thetimes.com I break down the price of a pint and explain why it costs so much. Over half of all job losses in the last year have been in hospitality - pubs need help. www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...
Reposted by Pete Brown
Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible!
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Thanks to @petebrownbeer.bsky.social for a brilliant talk last night at Small Bar. Great to bring your research & your new book to our lovely Bristol crowd. Thanks @beinghumanfest.bsky.social for the funding that made it possible!
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
Photo credits @dominicalder.bsky.social & @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
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Looking forward to our Think While You Drink event with @petebrownbeer.bsky.social tonight as he'll be talking us through some of his research for his brilliant new book, Tasting Notes including some music-themed tastings. @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
www.petebrown.net/2025/02/07/s...
www.petebrown.net/2025/02/07/s...
Say hello to “Tasting Notes: The Art and Science of Pairing Beer and Music." - Pete Brown
I’ve got a new book coming out. Oh, come on, don't be like that. It’s been three long years since the last one.
www.petebrown.net
November 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Looking forward to our Think While You Drink event with @petebrownbeer.bsky.social tonight as he'll be talking us through some of his research for his brilliant new book, Tasting Notes including some music-themed tastings. @kellywasgcb.bsky.social
www.petebrown.net/2025/02/07/s...
www.petebrown.net/2025/02/07/s...
On my way home from Richmond, Virginia, my Mounjaro appetite just loves this novel interpretation on the idea of a “chef’s salad” at the airside Sam Adams bar.
November 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
On my way home from Richmond, Virginia, my Mounjaro appetite just loves this novel interpretation on the idea of a “chef’s salad” at the airside Sam Adams bar.