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.
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.
Brewers! Are yo making a special Christmas beer and if so what is it please?
October 29, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Brewers! Are yo making a special Christmas beer and if so what is it please?
As the sun sets on the last day of British Summertime 2025, one last hurrah.
October 25, 2025 at 4:54 PM
As the sun sets on the last day of British Summertime 2025, one last hurrah.
Reasoinably pleased with the outcome of last night’s North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards - three second place awards and one third place. Best thing was Tasting Notes being runner-up for best book, pipped by @jonnygarrett.bsky.social's excellent The Meaning of Beer!
October 13, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Reasoinably pleased with the outcome of last night’s North American Guild of Beer Writers Awards - three second place awards and one third place. Best thing was Tasting Notes being runner-up for best book, pipped by @jonnygarrett.bsky.social's excellent The Meaning of Beer!
Anyone else had your new favourite band dedicate their final song to you in front of a hometown sell-out crowd tonight? No? Just me? Ah well.
September 26, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Anyone else had your new favourite band dedicate their final song to you in front of a hometown sell-out crowd tonight? No? Just me? Ah well.
House of Guinness on Netflix. Fuck me. They should think about entering that into Best Audio or Video Beer Communication, sponsored by Fuller, Smith & Turner, at next year’s Guild of Beer Writers Awards. Would easily get highly commended.
September 25, 2025 at 9:27 PM
House of Guinness on Netflix. Fuck me. They should think about entering that into Best Audio or Video Beer Communication, sponsored by Fuller, Smith & Turner, at next year’s Guild of Beer Writers Awards. Would easily get highly commended.
Look: these fuckers are now actually trying to look like cyborgs from the shit sci-fi telly they watched when they were kids. That tells you all you need to know.
September 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Look: these fuckers are now actually trying to look like cyborgs from the shit sci-fi telly they watched when they were kids. That tells you all you need to know.
Tasting Notes comes to the Abergavenny Food Festival! Just a few tickets left for my show this Saturday. Price includes four fantastic Welsh beers. But will I find four classic Welsh tunes to pair with them? booking.bookinghound.cloud/fe/booking?o...
September 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Tasting Notes comes to the Abergavenny Food Festival! Just a few tickets left for my show this Saturday. Price includes four fantastic Welsh beers. But will I find four classic Welsh tunes to pair with them? booking.bookinghound.cloud/fe/booking?o...
Proof that time travel exists! Lillie Langtry's, Nottingham. Established 92 years before Lillie Langtry was born...
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Proof that time travel exists! Lillie Langtry's, Nottingham. Established 92 years before Lillie Langtry was born...
Five days. 260 miles driven. 40 pubs visited. 50 half-pints drunk and evaluated. It’s not easy. If it was, it wouldn't be work. The Lake District is a tricky place to get around, but I’ve now got my eight best pubs there and you can read about them in @thetimes.com on 5th October.
September 5, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Five days. 260 miles driven. 40 pubs visited. 50 half-pints drunk and evaluated. It’s not easy. If it was, it wouldn't be work. The Lake District is a tricky place to get around, but I’ve now got my eight best pubs there and you can read about them in @thetimes.com on 5th October.
Coming up to two years after I moved to Norfolk, an old magazine found in an antique shop in Bungay articulates the question on everyone’s mind:
August 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Coming up to two years after I moved to Norfolk, an old magazine found in an antique shop in Bungay articulates the question on everyone’s mind:
Hello Brum! There are still just a few tickets left for Great British Beer Festival Special edition of my beer and music pairing show tonight! If you’re at the festival today but can't make the show, I’m also doing a book signing at 4pm at the CAMRA Books stand. tckty.camra.org.uk/e/374/great-...
August 7, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Hello Brum! There are still just a few tickets left for Great British Beer Festival Special edition of my beer and music pairing show tonight! If you’re at the festival today but can't make the show, I’m also doing a book signing at 4pm at the CAMRA Books stand. tckty.camra.org.uk/e/374/great-...
Say, who's that near the bottom, sandwiched between the UK Poster Association and the pop quiz? It’s only my @greenmanfest.bsky.social beer and music matching, which this year launches Tasting Notes, the book of the event! If you’re not at Green Man, check out petebrown.net for more events.
July 22, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Say, who's that near the bottom, sandwiched between the UK Poster Association and the pop quiz? It’s only my @greenmanfest.bsky.social beer and music matching, which this year launches Tasting Notes, the book of the event! If you’re not at Green Man, check out petebrown.net for more events.
Delighted to see Clubland recommended in the Summer Reading List for Parliamentarians! I feel very grown up. Thank you @kirstymcneill.bsky.social
July 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Delighted to see Clubland recommended in the Summer Reading List for Parliamentarians! I feel very grown up. Thank you @kirstymcneill.bsky.social
This has been one of the happiest days of my life. Today is the 5th consecutive day I have thought this. Norfolk: you’re alright.
July 13, 2025 at 8:11 PM
This has been one of the happiest days of my life. Today is the 5th consecutive day I have thought this. Norfolk: you’re alright.
It’s been lovely. Mildrid was named the Second-Best Bitch in Saxlingham Nethergate at their annual fete this aft. This is now her official title.
July 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It’s been lovely. Mildrid was named the Second-Best Bitch in Saxlingham Nethergate at their annual fete this aft. This is now her official title.
After 18 months in our new home, I just spotted our sycamore tree’s lovely face.
June 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
After 18 months in our new home, I just spotted our sycamore tree’s lovely face.
I really appreciate it when a pub gives you such good advance warning.
June 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I really appreciate it when a pub gives you such good advance warning.
Delighted to be representing beer in the top 25 most influential people in drinks, according to Drinks Retailing magazine! (Tiny niggle - if they doubted my “claim”, as journalists they could have, I dunno, gone and checked it?) Anyway - very chuffed indeed. I’m going to make myself a special hat.
May 15, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Delighted to be representing beer in the top 25 most influential people in drinks, according to Drinks Retailing magazine! (Tiny niggle - if they doubted my “claim”, as journalists they could have, I dunno, gone and checked it?) Anyway - very chuffed indeed. I’m going to make myself a special hat.
We’re no strangers to pubs… look who I interviewed for @thetimes.com! Rick Astley’s life in beer, mainly with Mikkeller, running 8th June.
April 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
We’re no strangers to pubs… look who I interviewed for @thetimes.com! Rick Astley’s life in beer, mainly with Mikkeller, running 8th June.
Anyone in the UK hospitality industry know who this "Tony Carvery" bloke is? He sounds like a right bastard.
April 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Anyone in the UK hospitality industry know who this "Tony Carvery" bloke is? He sounds like a right bastard.
This woman is literally feeding her family with her own flesh, and they think it’s OK to advertise this on the tube??? I feel sick.
March 26, 2025 at 10:01 PM
This woman is literally feeding her family with her own flesh, and they think it’s OK to advertise this on the tube??? I feel sick.