Something Brewing in Cornwall

Awards:   Runner-up for Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Award 2019 Runner-up for Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Award 2022
Author:   Tommy Barnes
Publisher:   Muswell Press
ISBN:  

9781919247120


Pages:   226
Publication Date:   11 June 2026
Format:   Paperback
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Something Brewing in Cornwall


Awards

  • Runner-up for Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Award 2019
  • Runner-up for Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Award 2022

Overview

Four years after establishing Braslou Bière, a British microbrewery in the heart of French wine country, Covid hits and Tommy and Rose Barnes are forced to make the agonising decision to return to England. Landing in a cramped cottage in scenic Padstow, their animals are rehomed, and their children confused. Tommy mourns the loss of his old life. After winning and losing several jobs, not least at the legendary St Austell Brewery, he realises that he is in trouble. In fact, he is depressed. With that insight, and the kindness of friends, and a rival brewer he sets about launching Braslou Bière in Cornwall. Yes, there are disasters aplenty, but with his new self-knowledge and energy, life begins to look up. He launches Surfer Beer to celebrate. Told with biting wit and poignant reflection, this is a story of escape and exile, of finding freedom and losing it again, and of how the places we leave behind often haunt us more than we expect. It’s a deeply human tale about identity, home, and the weight of nostalgia—laced with beer, animals, and a truly indestructible dog.

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Author:   Tommy Barnes
Publisher:   Muswell Press
Imprint:   Muswell Press
ISBN:  

9781919247120


ISBN 10:   1919247122
Pages:   226
Publication Date:   11 June 2026
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Not yet available   Availability explained
This item is yet to be released. You can pre-order this item and we will dispatch it to you upon its release.

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Reviews

  ‘A candid, brilliantly human book full of laugh out loud moments. And lots of beer’   Rosie Birkett, Sunday Times ‘Tommy’s antics are hilarious. Like Brewing meets Bake Off in rural France’  James Dowdeswell   ‘Delicious’ Daily Telegraph 


Author Information

Author Website:   http://https://www.brasloubiere.com

Tommy Barnes worked as a graphic designer before taking redundancy and moving to France where he set up Braslou Bierè, the subject of his two previous books. Forced by Covid to return to the UK, he now lives in Padstow with his family.

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Author Website:   http://https://www.brasloubiere.com

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