Gotta love a #BottleShare! Always massive fun with this bunch of beery legends sampling a variety of styles incl IPAs, smoothie sours, Baltic porters and Bourbon Barrel aged imperial stouts amongst others! Shout out to Brewery Market, Twickenham for hosting us! 🍻😍🍻

Super-honoured to attend a meeting with US Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, at the US Embassy to discuss US agricultural exports. US beer first arrived here in 1990s, and now the UK is the #3 export market globally and #1 in Europe for US craft beer! 💪👏🇺🇸🍺

It’s officially #Americancraftbeerweek in the States (yes, there is such a thing!) and what could be more classic than the OG of them all: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale! 45 years young and still going strong! 💪🇺🇸🍻

En route to Indianapolis to judge World Beer Cup and my flight to Chicago is almost empty! 😮

Seriously can’t wait for the US Craft Beer Showcase Tour this week! Four epic US craft breweries are coming over: Allagash, Magnify, Other Half and Hudson Valley pouring at The Rake, Ghost Whale, Beer Merchants and Cafe Beermoth. Come join, entry’s free! (Except GW)

Super-excited to see a national newspaper publishing articles on beer/pubs with the launch of @petebrownbeer.bsky.social ‘s new column in the Sunday Times magazine! Excellent work, Pete! 👏👏👏

Back from a busy week in Rimini judging Birra dell’Anno and developing US craft beer exports with #BrewersAssociation at #Beer&FoodAttraxtion An inspirational and productive week and was excited to sample Italian Grape Ale (which was delish!) 🍻🇮🇹🍻

Judging Birra dell’Anno (Beer of the Year!) in Rimini, an Italian-only competition now in its 20th year! 2,092 beers from
257 breweries are being judged in
45 categories! Pix show the UK contingent!

Helped brew a GF West Coast pale ale for #IWCBD at Five Points Brewery y’day and it was great fun! 🍻

Thrilled to bits to be judging World Beer Cup in Indianapolis this year! It’s my third time judging and each invite is a massive honour 😊 The judging process is incredibly robust so I need to hone my skills by practicing a lot! 🍻🤩

Chuffed to see my article on US craft beer trends at Great American Beer Festival in Brewers Journal today! 😊

The Brewers Association Export Development Programme (the part I work in) is funded by a grant from the USDA which means visiting the US Embassy in London for meetings now and then!

Barr Watson has been appointed new President/CEO of the Brewers Association, taking over from Bob Pease. He was the chief economist & VP of strategy at the BA and is a hugely respected figure in the US craft beer world! Congrats Bart! 👏👏👏

In Sweden the retail govt monopoly for alcohol forbids any link between alcohol and sport so this little dude on the label of AleSmith .394 has to be removed! Beer is so-named after baseball legend, Tony Gwynn’s career high batting average! (This can’s from Beer Merchants, btw!)

Love our little SW London #BottlesShare that’s been going for 8+years now! A fantastic bunch of beery pals and always a superb range of beers from all over the world! Highlights were a lambic cider & a 15%Bourbon Barrel-Aged Barley Wine! 😋🤤 💪 🔥 Thanks to Brewery Market for hosting! 🥰💛

Enjoyed a few fine Sierra Nevada beers at Beer Merchant’s Tap last night including Celebration and a Wet Hop IPA! Superb! Even met Brian, son of Ken, Grossman, who’s the chief brewer/owner! 🇺🇸🍻🇺🇸