Tasting Notes: The art and science of pairing beer and music
This item will be released June 12, 2025.Tasting Notes combines popular science with the appreciation of beer and music, and does so in a way that’s entertaining and engaging for the general reader. It explains how our senses work, how we appreciate flavour, sound, and the world around us, and shows us how our senses interact in ways we don’t even realise.
So, pour yourself a glass of your favourite beer, cue up one of the tracks featured in the book, switch on your mind, relax and float downstream…
Features 45 pairings of songs and beers, with QR codes that give you instant access to the full playlist.
£16.99
Available for pre-ordering
About The Author
Pete Brown
Pete Brown is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink, especially the fun parts like beer, pubs, cider, bacon rolls and fish and chips. Across nine books, his broad, fresh approach takes in social history, cultural commentary, travel writing, personal discovery and natural history, and his words are always delivered with the warmth and wit you’d expect from a great night down the pub. He writes for newspapers and magazines around the world and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio 4’s Food Programme. He was named British Beer Writer of the Year in 2009, 2012 and 2016, has won three Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, and has been shortlisted twice for the Andre Simon Awards. Pete is Chair of the British Guild of Beer Writers. He lives in London with his wife Liz, and dog Mildred.