Phil Mellows

Phil Mellows is a freelance journalist who has written about beer and pubs for industry and consumer titles for more than 35 years. He has been a judge for The Publican Awards, and later the Great British Pub Awards, since 1998. As a journalist fo the Brewery Manual he has closely followed the dramatic developments in the UK beer market during the past decade.

Phil is a founding member of the British Guild of Beer Writers, serves on the committee of the Drinking Studies Network, and has written a chapter on brewery tap rooms for Researching Craft Beer. His Politics of Drinking blog helps satisfy his obsession with alcohol policy and he has lately become a regular columnist for the hospitality industry newsletter Propel.