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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
Traditional craft-brewed beer can transform a meal from everyday to
extraordinary. It's an affordable, accessible luxury. Yet most
people are only familiar with the mass-market variety. Have you
tasted the real thing? In The Brewmaster's Table, Garrett Oliver,
America's foremost authority on beer and brewmaster of the
acclaimed Brooklyn Brewery, reveals why real beer is the perfect
partner to any dining experience. He explains how beer is made,
relays its fascinating history, and, accompanied by Denny Tillman's
exquisite photographs, conducts an insider's tour through the
amazing range of flavors displayed by distinct styles of beer from
around the world. Most important, he shows how real beer, which is
far more versatile than wine, intensifies flavors when it's
appropriately paired with foods, creating brilliant matches most
people have never imagined: a brightly citric Belgian wheat beer
with a goat cheese salad, a sharply aromatic pale ale to complement
spicy tacos, an earthy German bock beer to match a porcini risotto,
even a fruity framboise to accompany a slice of chocolate truffle
cake. Whether you're a beer aficionado, a passionate cook, or just
someone who loves a great dinner, this book will indeed be a
revelation.
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Brewing in Maine
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Tom Major; Introduction by David Geary
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In the twelfth century the abbots of Burton began to produce beer.
The dissolution of the abbey in the sixteenth century saw inns and
alehouses appear, with many selling beer brewed on-site. The first
recognisable brewery was Benjamin Printon's, which was established
on Horninglow Street around 1708. The Trent & Mersey Canal,
built in 1774/75, allowed further expansion to the industry, but it
was the coming of the railway in 1839 that led to massive growth -
by 1888 there were thirty-one breweries employing over 8,000 men
and producing over 3 million barrels a year. In this collection of
images, local author and historian Terry Garner illustrates the
history of this famous east Staffordshire town and provides a
fascinating insight into the many lost breweries that made
Burton-on-Trent the brewing capital of the world.
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