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Books > Food & Drink > Beverages > Alcoholic beverages > Beers
Meet Pete Brown: beer jounalist, beer drinker and author of an
irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub. One day,
Pete's world is rocked when he discovers several countries produce,
consume and celebrate beer far more than we do. The Germans claim
they make the best beer in the world, the Australians consider its
consumption a patriotic duty, the Spanish regard lager as a trendy
youth drink and the Japanese have built a skyscrapter in the shape
of a foaming glass of their favourite brew. At home, meanwhile,
people seem to be turning their back on the great British pint.
What's going on? Obviously, the only way to find out was to on the
biggest pub crawl ever. Drinking in more than three hundred bars,
in twenty-seven towns, in thirteen different countries, on four
different continents, Pete puts on a stone in weight and does
irrecoverable damage to his health in the pursuit of saloon-bar
enlightenment. 'A fine book. . . the exact tone that a work on this
social drug requires.' The Times 'Over 300 bars later and the man
still manages to make you laugh.' Daily Mirror 'Carlsberg don't
publish books. But if they did, they would probably come up with
Three Sheets to the Wind...' Metro 'A marvellous book which is as
enlightening about the countries he visited as any travel guide.'
Adventure Magazine
Since its inception in 1996, Stone Brewing Co. has been the fastest
growing brewery in the country--Beer lovers gravitate to its unique
line-up which includes favorites such as Stone IPA and Arrogant
Bastard Ale. This insider's guide focuses on the history of Stone
Brewing Co., and shares homebrew recipes for many of its celebrated
beers including Stone Old Guardian Barley Wine, Stone Smoked
Porter, and Stone 12th Anniversary Bitter Chocolate Oatmeal Stout.
In addition, it features recipes from the Stone Brewing World
Bistro & Gardens like Garlic, Cheddar, and Stone Ruination IPA
Soup, BBQ Duck Tacos, and the legendary Arrogant Bastard Ale Onion
Rings. With its behind-the-scenes look at one of the leaders of the
craft beer scene, "The Craft of Stone Brewing Co." will captivate
and inspire legions of fans nationwide.
This book investigates the birth and evolution of craft breweries
around the world. Microbrewery, brewpub, artisanal brewery,
henceforth craft brewery, are terms referred to a new kind of
production in the brewing industry contraposed to the mass
production of beer, which has started and diffused in almost all
industrialized countries in the last decades. This project provides
an explanation of the entrepreneurial dynamics behind these new
firms from an economic perspective. The product standardization of
large producers, the emergence of a new more sophisticated demand
and set of consumers, the effect of contagion, and technology
aspects are analyzed as the main determinants behind this
'revolution'. The worldwide perspective makes the project
distinctive, presenting cases from many relevant countries,
including the USA, Australia, Japan, China, UK, Belgium, Italy and
many other EU countries.
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