Beer : The Story of the Pint,

This entertaining chronicle of Britain"™s favorite drink stretches back to the sacred brews of the first Neolithic farmers and forward another six millennia to today"™s mega-breweries. It tells the story of Britain"™s national obsession with brewing and answers questions like: When did bitter and mild originate? What herbs did medieval brewers use before hops? What was a Victorian brewery like? The British Isles have always had a beer culture, embracing ploughmen and princes alike; Beer: The Story of the Pint does ample justice to this venerable story.