Man Walks Into A Pub: A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition)It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled 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 dringking 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. |
Contents
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My liver is full of luck | 13 |
Pissing under the board as they | 29 |
An oblivion of care | 57 |
The universal Cordial of the Populace | 84 |
Pubs in the nineteenth century | 115 |
The greatest of these deadly foes | 133 |
All the culture that is most truly native | 167 |
You will be crushed whether you like it or not? | 226 |
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis | 246 |
A diet of Pot Noodles Mothers Pride and Harp lager | 278 |
Drinking the advertising | 304 |
It was like anywhere and nowhere? | 352 |
Havent you got homes to go to? | 388 |
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Keep the bar open well be down in twenty minutes | 197 |