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Hops and Glory

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Description for Hops and Glory Paperback. One man's search for the beer that built the British Empire: the original IPA Num Pages: 356 pages, map. BIC Classification: WBXD2; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 350.

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, Britain’s 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.

Product Details

Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
Number of Pages
480
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780330511865
SKU
V9780330511865
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50

About Pete Brown
Pete Brown was born in 1968 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Since 1991 he has worked in advertising, specializing in marketing beer. He has appeared regularly on television as a beer expert, writes on beer for a variety of publications and is the author of Man Walks into a Pub and the award-winning travel book Three Sheets to the Wind. He lives in London.

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