Beer: The Story Of The Pint is the chronicle of Britain's favourite drink, a river that stretches back to the sacred brews of the first Neolithic farmers and forward another six millennia to today's megabreweries. It tells the story of our national obsession with brewing and answers such questions as: when did bitter and mild originate? What is the true story of porter and stout? What herbs did medieval brewers use before hops? How did lager get to be the most popular beer in Britain, rising from 2 per cent of sales to nearly 50 per cent in just 40 years? What was a Victorian brewery like? And what are the stories behind the great breweries? The British Isles have always had a beer culture, with beer drunk everywhere from ploughman's hut to palace. At last, this impeccably researched and highly original book does justice to its fascinating story. This is the last word on beer and its history - no one interested in the subject will need any other book.
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"An all-round interesting and informative read that should be compulsory reading for anyone connected to beer." -- Glenn Payne, chief beer buyer, Safeway
"One of the best beer books I've ever read." -- Cloudesley Hobbs, The National Pist, Canada
"This is a magnificent contribution to the history of beer and should be on every aficionado's bookshelf." -- Roger Protz, What's Brewing September 2003
'A rollicking, densely fact-packed affair . . . Beer is a book for beer-lovers and they're in for a good time' -- Independent on Sunday
"One of the best beer books I've ever read." -- Cloudesley Hobbs, The National Pist, Canada
"This is a magnificent contribution to the history of beer and should be on every aficionado's bookshelf." -- Roger Protz, What's Brewing September 2003
'A rollicking, densely fact-packed affair . . . Beer is a book for beer-lovers and they're in for a good time' -- Independent on Sunday
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Martyn Cornell has been writing for 20 years on the history of beer, breweries and brewing for national newspapers and specialist beer publications. In 2000 he was the winner of the British Guild of Beer Writers Award. He is a regular judge in beer tastings for Tesco.
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By Will Duffay
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This is a quite wonderful book. Despite its slender size and its frankly rather poor cover, it is a serious and in-depth history of beer in Britain. No period is given too much or too little detail, and areas of contention or mystery, such as how the first beer was discovered and brewed and the origins of Porter, are dealt with. There's even a section at the back of brewing myths and a handy glossary. I made the mistake of reading it on the train into work each day, and longing for a lovely pint of strong, hoppy IPA at 7.25 is a strange experience! The sad tale of the distructive conglomerates in the mid-20th century obviously gets some coverage (and continues: see what's happening right now to George Gale & Co - established in 1847; closed down in 2006?), but let's hope CAMRA has saved Britain's favourite drink. A must-read book for beer drinkers.
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a "barrel" of a book!!!!
27 Dec 2004
By El Zahrul
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The book touches lightly on the world history of beer and from then on plunges into the depts of beer making history of Britain.. the research is impeccable and will bowl you over!!!!
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Very Informative, Well researched
19 April 2008
By Adam Hopkins
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The author of this book certainly put in a lot of effort to research and organize his material for this extremely fascinating look at beer. Many interesting stories are brought into this book that make it a great read from cover to cover. I find myself constantly referring back to its pages ofr its great nuggets of information.
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