SIX thousand years and still going strong - the history of beer must constitute the world's biggest booze-up.
The author traces, with obvious relish and love of the beverage, the tale of Britain's great drink through its origins in the Middle East, through the Roman Empire, the Saxon invasions and the great porter brewers of London up the giant mega-breweries of today.
There's some fascinating social history all the way through, plus a wealth of detail about changing laws, tastes, ingredients and strength of ales and beers.
One can imagine home brewers everywhere reading this then trying to produce ale from soggy bread with clumps of heather thrown in. That's one way they used to do it. Cheers!
Beer: The Story of the Pint by Martyn Cornell (Headline, £7.99)
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