Tommy Barnes

• Brewing beer

• South West

• GCB

• I’m quite funny.

What is the one thing you'd like to tell visitors to the Guild's website?

Author of A Beer in the Loire and Trouble Brewing in the Loire, both shortlisted for Fortnum and Mason awards.

What you can offer as a writer/beer lover?

A master in everything not to do when brewing. Fine tuned ineptitude.

What do you like most about being a Guild of Beer Writers member?

The prestige. The glamour. The red carpets. The private jets. This was how it was sold to me.