In 1988 he founded the British Guild of Beer Writers and was chairman of the Guild 2000-2003.

The book was named 2002 Food Book of the Year by the British Guild of Food Writers.

It picked up joint third prize in the British Tourism Awards made annually by the British Guild for Travel Writers.

I AM pleased to bring the glad tidings that the British Guild of Beer Writers cricket team have at last won a match.

In 2010 the book won the British Guild of Travel Writers award for Best Narrative Travel Book.

Brown was named the British Guild of Beer Writers' "Beer Writer of the Year" in 2009.

In 1975 he became the first President of the newly founded British Guild of Glass Engravers.

Capt. John Guntrip, a senior official in the British Guild of Air Pilots, said that "the odds of this happening are astronomical."

The British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) was formed in 1960.

Since 2009, the British Guild of Travel Writers has run an annual travel writing competition to encourage new writing talent.