Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer That Built the British Empire by Pete Brown
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- ISBN 10 0230740472
- ISBN 13 9780230740471
- Published Aug 11 2011
- Format eBook
- Language English
- Countries United Kingdom
- Publisher Pan Macmillan (Digital)
- Imprint Pan Books
Publishers Text
The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass; a semi-mythical beer specially invented, in the 19th century, to travel halfway around the world, through storms and tropical sunshine, and arrive in perfect condition for a long, cold drink on an Indian verandah. But although you can still buy beers with 'IPA' on the label they are, to be frank, a pale imitation of the original. For the first time in 140 years, a keg of Burton IPA has been brewed with the original recipe for a voyage to India by canal and tall ship, around the Cape of Good Hope; and the man carrying it is the award-winning Pete Brown, Britain's best beer write. Brazilian pirates and Iranian customs officials lie ahead, but will he even make it that far, have fallen in the canal just a few miles out of Burton? And if Pete does make it to the other side of the world with 'Barry' the barrel, one question remains: what will the real IPA taste like? Weaving first-class travel writing with assured comedy, "Hops and Glory" is both a rollicking, raucous history of the Raj and a wonderfully entertaining, groundbreaking experiment to recreate the finest beer ever produced.Other cookbooks by this author
- The Apple Orchard: A story of our most English fruit
- Clubland: A Radio 4 Book of the Week
- The Guide to Welsh Perry and Cider
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