Pete Brown

What an absolute fuckwit.

Britain Lost 14,000 Third Places. They Were Called Pubs. Is Your Local Next? How private equity reshaped the local and the postcode tool that shows the pubs most at risk.

This is quite astonishing. Can’t pretend I understand it all, and am not sure I 100% agree with conclusions, but a social studies academic analyses pub closures in a totally different way from anyone else ever has and comes up with some extraordinary insights. laurenleek.substack.com/p/britain-lo...

They live in a house in Norwich. Every Christmas they open it to the public and do gigs in their living room. The first time I heard this I was standing between the grand piano and the drums and it utterly destroyed me.

Release Radar

Shut up. Listen. Nothing you or I want to say is as urgent as what the Neutrinos have to say. Open a barrel-aged imperial stout and be quiet, you twat. Seriously. Shut up and listen. Don’t forget the imperial stout … wait… see, I told you, there it is. That bit.
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Love that place! Somewhere on YouTube there’s a video of me doing beer reviews in there when I was very young…

TASTING NOTES - OST

Why, yes there is! open.spotify.com/playlist/5aP...

Thanks!

Think you’re probably right. Glad you enjoyed the piece!

Thank you.

No idea! Really good question.

Thanks - glad you’re enjoying it! Sadly publisher declined to let me write an updated version but a new book along similar lines is in the works!

OPINION: BrewDog are the punk pioneers who went out of tune Pete Brown looks at BrewDog’s rise, rebellion and rapid decline that mirrored punk’s brief chaos, leaving staff, fans and the craft beer scene to reckon with its legacy.

The Morning Advertiser asked me for an opinion on BrewDog. I turned to Tasting Notes for inspiration. www.morningadvertiser.co.uk/Article/2026...

Tom Lehrer said satire died when Kissinger was awarded the Nobel Piece Prize. What would he have made of a “Labour” minister of Asian descent being the most racist ever UK cabinet minister while DELIBERATELY cosplaying a Netflix Nazi?

I agree with you 100%, and would love to get my hands on this but… ALL whisk(e)y is beer turned into whisk(e)y.

They're usually quite pale, bright, (English) hoppy - evocative taste of hedgerows and fields and sunnier days!

Thanks!

UK Brewers! Anyone doing a spring seasonal ale? DM me if you are. Cheers!

Just been announced that Tilray Brands, currently the fourth-largest craft beer brewer in the US, has acquired the bulk of BrewDog, for circa £33m.

The women breaking into the boys’ brewing club Some of Britain’s best brewers are now women. Pete Brown salutes them — and picks their best beers

A week today it’s International Women’s Day. In @thetimes.com today, we spotlight six brilliant female brewers. (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

I just feel like, ideally, the Labour response to yesterday's result would have tried to talk people *out* of detecting to the Greens, rather than, y'know, the opposite?

Sounds legit.

Perfectly put.

I say this with very heavy heart, and no joy whatsoever, but Keir Starmer is a loathsome fucking twat

You being too kind with your choice of words

Blimey. Seems inordinately stupid to me but what do I know?

That and half a dozen oysters.

Ooh! Just went there for the first time on Sunday. Perfect.

Barnsley friends and family - in over twenty years of doing book events, I don't think I’ve ever done one in Barnsley. That *almost* changes tonight. Not quite in Tarn, but I’m doing my Clubland talk in Penistone. Please do come if you can. www.penistoneparamount.co.uk/news/21140

“Trump today did a temper tantrum and screamed till he was sick and threw his rattle on the floor.” The most powerful man in the world. Every day. For ever and ever. Fuck this. Sort it out, America.

Isn’t that the whole point??