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.

This book is a complete step by step beer brewing guide for total beginners. It assumes you have no previous knowledge, skills or equipment and will take you on a voyage of discovery through different techniques and arguments into how to brew the perfect pint After reading this book you will be able to impress your friends with your newly acquired skills as a beer brewer, take them through the whole brewing process, commenting on different styles and impressing them by the taste of your final product - a fresh, tangy, amber delight --------------- This book is also available in Spanish. Please see: La buena botella: Haciendo cerveza en casa --------------- Disclaimer: This book is aimed at the total novice and gives instructions and best practices for kit brewing, if you are looking for information regarding all grain or extract brewing, you may need a more advanced book. --------------------------- If you want to find out more about Jan, beer and his other hobbies, you can join his blog janthebeermaker.com

Beer tasting has come into its own. The goal of this book is not to make you a beer expert. It's to make drinking beer more fun - more fun for you and more fun for the people drinking with you. People who don't know beer appreciate it when there is someone who can help them navigate around all the selections that are available. People who really know a lot about beer appreciate it when there is someone who can ask them interesting questions. And when people appreciate you, it's fun to drink beer with them.
That's the plan. Diabolical, I know.
Thanks to the craft beer craze over the last couple of decades, beer drinkers have a vast variety of quality beers to enjoy. That's great But unfortunately all that abundance can make things a whole lot more complicated. All that choice can be overwhelming. Just picking out something you will probably like can be challenge.
Selecting beer is kind of like selecting wine: to do it right you really need some understanding. That's what this book is about. Reading and using this book will give you a solid foundation in beer. It will show you how to explore all those beers with complete confidence. More than that, you'll understand why a given beer tastes the way it does. You will learn the various ingredients that come together to make beer and how each affects its flavor. You will be able to take beer apart and understand better why certain beers appeal to you. And based on your particular preferences, you will be able to select new beers that are well worth exploring. With this knowledge you will win friends and influence people - all while drinking beer.

We are blessed to live in an era in which superb beers are available in abundance to anyone with the wisdom to drink them.