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Beer - The Story of the Pint: The History of Britain's Most Popular Drink (Hardcover)

by Martyn Cornell (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Book Publishing (4 Aug 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755311647
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755311644
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 734,162 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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This 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 mega breweries. 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 2per cent of sales to nearly 50per cent in just 40 years? What was a Victorian brewery like? The UK has always had a beer culture, with beer drunk everywhere from ploughman's hut to palace. At last, this impeccably researched book does justice to its subject.


Hampstead & Highgate Express 29 August 2003

A fabulous book that no one should be without … A highly readable history of the Universe's Greatest Product
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5.0 out of 5 stars Watch out: it'll make you thirsty!, 3 Mar 2006
This review is from: Beer: The Story of the Pint (Paperback)
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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