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Title | Hops and Glory | Height | 13 mm |
Author | Pete Brown | Width | 3 mm |
ISBN-13 | 9780330511865 | Binding | PAPERBACK |
ISBN-10 | #0330511866 | Spine Width | |
Publisher | Pan Macmillan India | Pages | 480 |
Edition | Availability | In Stock |

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Hops and Glory
Author: Pete Brown
One mans search for the beer that built the British Empire: the original IPA 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 bu One mans search for the beer that built the British Empire: the original IPA 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, Britains 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. About The Author: Pete Brown was born in 1968 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Since 1991 he has worked in advertising, specializing in beer accounts. He is a committee member of the The British Guild Of Beer Writers, writes regularly for the beer press and frequently appears on television to talk about - you guessed it - beer. He lives in London.