Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer
Editorial Reviews
The Times Literary Supplement
“Pete Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies, and pub–related urban phenomena.”
Book Description
In Man Walks Into A Pub, Pete Brown takes us on a well-lubricated pub-crawl through the amazing story of beer, from the first sacred sip of ancient Egyptian bouza to the last pint of lager on a Friday night. It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the dringking habits of a nation. It's also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic, thousand-year struggle to survive misunderstanding, bad government and misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism and an awful lot of hangovers.
Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer
Man Walks into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer,Pete Brown,Pan Books Limited,0330412205,Bartending,Beverages - Beer,Cooking,Cooking / Wine,BARS (DRINKING ESTABLISHMENTS),BEER,Beers,Cooking / Beer,DISTILLING INDUSTRIES,Social history,United Kingdom, Great Britain
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