Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire
Author(s): Pete Brown
India Pale Ale is pure gold in a glass: a semi-mythical beer that was specially invented, in the 18th Century, to travel half way around the world, through storms and tropical sunshine, and arrive in perfect condition for a long, cold drink on an Indian verandah. For the men and women of the British Raj, sick of warm madeira wine and the questionable local water, IPA was a safe, clean drink - and a morale-boosting taste of home. For the first time in 140 years, a keg of unfermented Burton IPA has been taken to India by canal and tall ship, around the Cape of Good Hope; and the man carrying Britain's best beer is Pete Brown, Britain's best beer writer. Weaving first-class travel writing with assured comedy, a raucous history of the hard-partying Raj and a fantastic sense of adventure, "Hops and Glory" is, quite simply, one man's quest for the beer that built the British Empire.
Product Information
Pete Brown used to advertise lager for a living, until he realized that writing books about beer was even more fun, and entailed drinking even more beer. He appears regularly on television as a beer expert, writes on beer for a variety of publications and is the author of Man Walks into a Pub and the award-winning travel book Three Sheets to the Wind. He lives in London.
General Fields
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- : Pan Macmillan
- : Macmillan
- : 01 June 2009
- : 216mm X 135mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Pete Brown
- : Hardback
- : 1
- : 910.4
- : 288
- : Travel writing; Beers