Pete Brown

THE CASK PROJECT

OPINION: What does Marston’s sale mean for cask?

16-Jul-2024 By Pete Brown, beer author

The announcement last week that Marston’s has sold its 40% stake in Carlsberg Marston’s Brewing Company (CMBC) to its Danish partner for £206m has deepened the gloom around the already beleaguered cask ale category.

The Cask Project

Pete Brown: difficult to find why cask is doing so badly

29-Sep-2023 By Gary Lloyd

Pete Brown has told an audience of beer experts customers see cask beer as a premium product and say it should be priced as high as any ‘premium lager’ at the bar.

Pete Brown scores Guild of Beer Writers’ top award for fourth time

03-Dec-2021 By Amelie Maurice-Jones

Author Pete Brown was crowned Beer Writer of the Year 2021 for the fourth time at the British Guild of Beer Writers’ annual awards ceremony yesterday (2 December).

Guild of Beer Writers appoints Pete Brown as chair

02-Jul-2018 By Emily Hawkins

The Guild of Beer Writers has chosen food and drink writer Pete Brown as its new chair. He succeeds Tim Hampson, who held the position for 12 years.

CAMRA boss defends cask quality in face of Brown's snub

16-Jan-2017 By Nicholas Robinson

Beer writer Pete Brown’s shocking confession that he’s mostly stopped drinking cask ale has drawn fire from Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) national chairman Colin Valentine.

Is atmosphere in a pub more important than beer or food?

17-Sep-2015 By Pete Brown

Creating the right atmosphere in a pub is rated as more important than the beer, the food or the prices, according to Pete Brown. Here he looks at the difficulty in finding that balance.

Editorial

Sexism: Let's end beer name shame

23-Apr-2015 By Ed Bedington

It's not about feminism or political correctness - it's about business.

Future pubs special

Pete Brown: Pubs will always have a role

05-Mar-2015 By Pete Brown

With a history spanning a thousand years, Pete Brown argues it’s unlikely we’ll drop the idea of the pub community any time soon.

BUSINESS BOOSTER

Money makers: Event and promotional ideas for your pub

23-Nov-2014 By Alison Baker and Sheila McWattie

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Cask Report says pubs need culture change to capitalise on ‘beer revolution’

25-Sep-2014 By James Wallin

The annual Cask Report has called on the pub trade to abandon ‘outdated stereotypes’ about ale drinkers and end the war with craft beer.

Pete Brown: What is craft cider, and is it the new craft beer?

23-Sep-2014 By Pete Brown

As the craft-cider movement follows the craft-beer movement, we begin to see parallels in its development. Pete Brown looks at a selection of the very best craft ciders available and defines the term and the category from a range of industry perspectives.

PMA columnists top Beer Writer of the Year Awards

07-Dec-2012 By Michelle Perrett

PMA columnist Pete Brown was named as Beer Writer of the Year 2012 by the  British Guild of Beer Writers last night.

Renata Pankova: We should regard beer bloggers as allies

19-Jan-2011

There is a feeling that many bloggers are simply geeks in danger of getting carried away by their undisciplined enthusiasms. This can lead, among...

Exclusive: top ale writer says beware of complacency in market

26-Nov-2010 By Ewan Turney

Beware of complacency — that was the message delivered by Pete Brown, author of The Cask Report, at last week's SIBA conference.

Pete Brown: Publicans invented the notion of multi-tasking

28-Oct-2010

One of the most curious phrases in the English language is: "One day I'd like to retire and run a pub." I hear it fairly often, and yet it makes no...

Publican columnist is Beer Writer of the Year

04-Dec-2009 By Matt Eley Matt

Author and Publican columnist Pete Brown was last night crowned Beer Writer of the Year at the British Guild of Beer Writers Awards. As well as...

Comment: Onwards and upwards with cask's good news

08-Oct-2009

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