Man Walks into a Pub
A Sociable History of Beer

By Pete Brown
December 2003
Macmillan
ISBN: 1-4050-0553-X
399 pages, 5 ¼" x 8 ½"
$22.95 Paper Original

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In this book, the author takes us on a well-lubricated pub-crawl through the amazing story of beer, from the first sacred sip of ancient Egyptian bouza to the last pint of lager on a Friday night. It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fueled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the drinking habits of a nation. It's also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic, thousand-year struggle to survive misunderstanding, bad government and misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism and an awful lot of hangovers. About the author: Pete Brown was born in 1968 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He escaped to university in 1986 to avoid having to go down the pit (though they were all closed, so he needn't have bothered). Since 1991 he has worked in advertising, specializing in "beer" accounts such as Heineken and Stella Artois. He has appeared regularly on television as a beer expert and writes for the beer industry press.


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