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.

Pete Brown is a British author, journalist, broadcaster and consultant specialising in food and drink. Across 12 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 radio and podcasts. He was named British Beer Writer of the Year in 2009, 2012, 2016 and 2021, has won three Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards, been shortlisted twice for the Andre Simon Awards, and in 2020 was named an "Industry Legend" at the Imbibe Hospitality Awards.