Beer - The Story of the Pint by Martyn Cornell
This chronicle of Britain's favourite drink is 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 princely palace and this book aims to do justice to this venerable story.
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 breweriesIt 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.
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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| ISBN 13 | 9780755311644 |
| ISBN 10 | 0755311647 |
| Title | Beer - The Story of the Pint |
| Author | Martyn Cornell |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Headline Publishing Group |
| Year published | 2003-08-04 |
| Number of pages | 320 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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