Pete Brown
Biography
Pete is a former advertising agency planner and brand consultant, and is now the author of several books on beer, pubs and drinking culture. He also works as a marketing consultant to the brewing industry.
Pete writes regularly about beer and pubs for the Publican and is marketing editor of the Brewers' Guardian, and his work has appeared in national press titles including The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and the Mail on Sunday. He appears on TV and radio, and sits on the committee of the British Guild of Beer Writers, having been named Beer Writer of the Year by the Guild in December 2009.
Pete is the author of the Cask Report, which covers the British cask ale market.
His latest book, Hops and Glory, charts his journey from Burton to Calcutta with a cask of traditionally-brewed IPA, and is out now.
Pete’s blog on beer, brewing and pub industry issues can be viewed here.
Articles by Pete Brown
Comment - Beer - Feeling Down on the Up Escalator
20 November 2012
It's time for a little bit of politics, ladies & gentlemen. Pete Brown takes a look at the success - or not - of a petition in the UK against rising alcohol duty.
Comment - Beer - It IS About Where You're From
25 October 2012
Pete Brown has been lied to. This has rattled his cage somewhat. He doesn't like being lied to, and nor, he suggests, do beer consumers. Especially when it comes to the small matter of provenance.
Comment - Beer - Beer's Future: Good? Bad? Good? Bad?
17 September 2012
Pete Brown is caught in two minds this month. Whilst looking at the global beer landscape he can't decide whether the outlook is either good or bad. That's not because he can't make his mind up; that's because he thinks it is both.
Comment - Beer - London 2012: The Lesson for Sponsors
14 August 2012
Comment - Beer - Nationalised vs Privatised
21 June 2012
Comment - Beer - Twitter: Small Beer for Brewers
1 June 2012
Comment - Beer - It's a Cider the Times
29 March 2012
Comment - Beer - Cutting abv Only Half the Solution
8 March 2012
Comment - Beer - Is 2012 a FMCG/Craft Beer Tipping Point?
2 February 2012
Comment - Beer - R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Find Out What it Means to Me
17 November 2011
Comment - Beer - Festivals Are The Future
1 September 2011
Comment - Beer - The (Mis)Appliance of Science
14 July 2011
Comment - Beer - The Failings of the Global Beer Brands
21 April 2011
Comment - Beer - China: Global Brewers, Local Ideas
24 March 2011
Comment - Beer - Marketing For All: A Guide
24 February 2011
