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Where and what to drink in London's pubs and bars

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Brown's beer: Love London's craft beer craze? This weekend is unmissable...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013

Beer guru Pete Brown invites you to behold the capital’s craft renaissance

Barman serving a pint of beer

Brown's beer: Big beer brands, stop pretending you were crafted by a guy in a shed!

Thu, 7 Mar 2013

Beer guru Pete Brown lambasts beer brands for passing themselves off as “craft”

Pints of beer

Brown's beer: Stop pushing extras onto us, we aren't fat cash cows!

Thu, 21 Feb 2013

Beer guru Pete Brown makes an impassioned plea for publicans to treat their customers like humans

Cheese

Brown's Beer: What London pubs could learn from a Welsh plate of cheese

Wed, 30 Jan 2013

Beer guru Pete Brown sings the praises of a plucky Welsh pub’s cheesy social experiment

A man drinking a pint of lager, Pete Brown, the booze burden is hugely inaccuate

Brown's beer: Alcohol Concern is wrong. We're not a nation of binge drinkers

Wed, 16 Jan 2013

Beer guru Pete Brown slams the national agency for being “both hypocritical and morally repugnant”

Ice cider can deliver celestial flavours

Festive ales and ciders to have you singing Hallelujah

Mon, 17 Dec 2012

Tasting Francois Pouliot’s Neige ice cider should be #1 on your New Year’s Resolution list says Pete Brown

Brew Dog's Underdog bar

I absolutely refuse to drink beer cocktails. Er, apart from these astonishing creations

Fri, 7 Dec 2012

A trip to the Brew Dog Underground bar obliterates Pete Brown’s prejudices

Jennifer Ellison launched the Axe the Beer Tax Campaign in 2008. She was not successful

The government seems to hate beer. Here's how it can prove me wrong

Thu, 22 Nov 2012

At official functions you’ll find Chilean wine, but never any honest British beer or cider. It’s got Pete Brown tearing his hair out

Movember cocktail

Cocktail Masterclass: Movember cocktail with AniseVideo

Fri, 9 Nov 2012

‘Tis the season for the tash! Anise cocktail bar give us a private lesson on how to make their Almond & Pistachio Moustache Tickler. Mmm….

The George Inn, Southwark

Brown's beer: Westminster Council are heartless morons

Tue, 6 Nov 2012

Beer writer Pete Brown laments the persecution of London’s pubs by authorities

Dodgy pints could be a toxic smear on the craft beer come-back

Brown's beer: Dodgy pints are the Achilles heel of the craft beer revival

Mon, 22 Oct 2012

Pete Brown laments the unfortunate recurrence of badly maintained beers and ales

Lily Allen sips a can of Strongbow on stage

Brown's beer: From cider to lager, the UK's mass market misdeeds

Wed, 10 Oct 2012

Pete Brown laments the standard of our cheapest beer and cider options when compared to high standards in Europe and North America

Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall pictured sampling the UK's first carbon neutral beer during a visit to an up-market seaside resort.

Brown's beer: What I would do if I were CEO of Britain PLC

Mon, 24 Sep 2012

Historian and writer Pete Brown laments the loss of Britain’s institutions