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Today’s guest is one of those serendipitous run-ins I sometimes have with a
fellow writer, in this case someone I’ve followed for some time, but never
had the chance to meet in person. Pete Brown, who lives in London, has
written numerous books over the years, including Three Sheets To The Wind:
One Man's Quest For The Meaning Of Beer. And lately his writing has taken
him into both the history and contemporary culture of cider making in the
UK. And that’s what brought him to Chicago, which was the host of CiderCon
this year.
I met up with Pete at the Map Room over some Alpha Kings where he quickly
got sucked into some roiling debate about cask ales with the locals (at
their behest, not his) and after calling it a night, we met up at GBH
Studio the next morning to record a conversation about English craft beer,
cider, and Pete’s larger realm of work, which much like mine stretches
across beer writing as well as consulting with breweries, as he stitches
together a career using the skills he has as a former advertising writer
and a beer expert.
He’s chock full of insight and a joy to chat with.
Thanks to Matthew Curtis for the portrait. |