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Pete Brown

@petebrownbeer.bsky.social

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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.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 6h

What an absolute cunt.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 12h

Barbarians.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 3d

This week in @thetimes.com, after an exhausting week there in early September, it’s my best Lake District pubs! Online only this week I think. Many locals disagree with my choices. Do you? (Paywall) www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

Eight of the best Lake District pubs — chosen by our expert

Pete Brown drove 260 miles and tried 50 beers to whittle down his list of Lakeland pubs. These are the brilliant boozers that came out top

www.thetimes.com

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 10d

Worry away. There are six beers there, by the way.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 10d

Today in @thetimes.com we're off to Oktoberfest! My three favourites from the classic Big Six Munich festbiers, and three British takes that are slightly different but just as good. (paywall) Please click, dwell and comment! www.thetimes.com/life-style/f...

The six best beers for Oktoberfest — including three that aren’t German

The UK has finally worked out how to join in the festival fun. Our expert picks the best seasonal brews from Bavaria and Britain

www.thetimes.com

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 11d

The Neutrinos. Norwich’s finest.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 11d

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.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 12d

East Anglia! Last chance to get tickets for my beer and music matching shnow based on my new book, Tasting Notes, at Mannington Book Bash tomorrow, 2pm. Tickets available here: www.tickettailor.com/events/thema...

Buy tickets – Pete Brown: Beer Man! – Mannington Hall

Pete Brown: Beer Man! – Mannington Hall, Sat 27 Sep 2025 - Pete Brown is the beer man! Author, broadcaster and writer of the only regular beer column in a national newspaper, Pete is truly an authorit...

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 12d

Ooh!

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 12d

I did see that. But in a production that starts with the disclaimer “This fiction is based on true stories,” where the script, acting and direction are gloriously camp and over the top, I’m really not expecting detailed discussions of authentic recipes from the time.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 13d

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.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 13d

The difference being, you're not compelled by law to have a Facebook account.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 13d

Nope.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 13d

Well they can stick it up their arse.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 13d

Help David push! David Holliday of Norfolk’s @moongazerale.bsky.social is saving lives. He’s doing 7 ultra-marathons in 7 days, and making it more interesting by pushing a 75kg beer barrel the whole way, in aid of testicular cancer. Please help this beery legend. moongazerale.co.uk/beer-push-20...

Beer Push 2025.. how you can help and join in | Norfolk Brewhouse

moongazerale.co.uk

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 19d

Any other drnk with some sharpness/acidity would do!

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 19d

It goes with a fruit sour - not too puckering but all that dissonance is totally sour, but a nice bit of fruity sweetness helps the relief of the chorus.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 21d

Just looked it up and it’s defined as communication "for the purpose of causing distress or anxiety”. Surely everyone writing for the Daily Mail should be behind bars then?

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 21d

They were arrested “on suspicion of malicious communications.” Huh? Sounds a bit like “wearing a loud shirt in a built-up area” to me.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 21d

I liked “very one” to be fair. Teasingly poetic.

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Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 21d

She’d have jumped herself if she hadn’t made the mistake of becoming leader.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 22d

Fascism.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 22d

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.

Pete Brown @petebrownbeer.bsky.social · 22d

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...

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 24d

"I said they are just ordinary people with legitimate concerns, peacefully protesting. What did I say Roy?"
"You said they're a bunch of far right racist twats"

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