I found this UK-edition softcover in this Little Free Library in Milford NH while dropping off some books of my own.

I like a nice beer, myself, though my tastes have shifted over time; I used to focus almost exclusively on porters and stouts (hello, Guinness!), while more recently I've become fond of hoppy IPAs - of which I'm spoiled for choice, with the rise in popularity of microbreweries. My town alone has three or four, and there's hardly a town of any size in New England that doesn't have a brewery or taphouse. And I have fond recollections of trips to England and Wales, with stops at local pubs and an appreciation for the house bitter...

This book goes into the history of the beverage, dispelling some common misconceptions but extolling the very long history of grain-based brews. From experiments designed to demonstrate how beer might first have been discovered (with some amusing failures along with the successes) to changes in tastes to the rise in advertising, it's an entertaining and informative look at a nice pint.

The appendices are fun too, from the "short and entirely wrong history of beer" to the glossary that ends with "zythophilia", the love of beer!

I'm adding this to the Biographies of Things bookbox (bookbox journal here). Hope someone enjoys it!

Rec'd as part of MaryZee's Biographies of Things Book Box (Link) but I won't be keeping this one and it will be sent on to the next participant.

☺ Happy Traveling, Book! ☺

Released as part of MaryZee's "Biographies of Things" Book Box (Link). On its way to DebNance in Texas!

USPS Tracking # 9549 0154 1316 9163 2598 45

☺ Happy Traveling, Book! ☺

Ha, just know that this will be from my fellow beer-connoisseur GoryDetails. Cheers!