Guild Member Profile
Will Hawkes
Journalist
- Full member
- author
- beer-writer
- journalist
- writing
- London
What is the one thing you'd like to tell visitors to the Guild's website?
Beer Writer of the Year 2013, Fortnum and Mason Drink Writer of the Year 2021 & 2023, ‘B’ in GCSE French.
What you can offer as a writer/beer lover?
I’ve worked as a journalist for 20 years, during which time I’ve written for publications around the world, including The Washington Post, The Observer, The Melbourne Age and many more. I am reasonably adept at producing clean, elegant copy and can distill complex ideas into easily-understood words.
What do you like most about being a Guild of Beer Writers member?
It’s how I met Adrian Tierney-Jones