Three Sheets to the Wind: One Man's Quest for the Meaning of Beer - Softcover

Brown, Pete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330442473 ISBN 13: 9780330442473

Publisher: Pan Books, 2008

Synopsis

Meet Pete Brown—beer journalist, beer drinker, and author of an irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub. One day, Pete's world is rocked when he discovers several countries produce, consume, and celebrate beer far more than the British do. The Germans claim they make the best beer in the world, the Australians consider its consumption a patriotic duty, the Spanish regard lager as a trendy youth drink and the Japanese have built a skyscraper in the shape of a foaming glass of their favorite brew. At home, meanwhile, people seem to be turning their backs on the great British pint. What's going on? Drinking in more than 300 bars in 27 towns, through 13 different countries and four continents, Pete puts on 10 pounds and does irrecoverable damage to his health in the pursuit of saloon-bar enlightenment.

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If we’re living in the global village, where’s it’s pub?

Meet Pete Brown: beer journalist, beer drinker and author of an irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub. One day, Peter’s world is rocked when he discovers there are several countries that produce, consume and celebrate beer far more than we do. The Germans claim they make the best beer in the world, the Australians consider its consumption a patriotic duty, the Spanish regard lager as a new trendy youth drink and the Japanese have built a skyscraper in the shape of a foaming glass of their favourite brew. At home, meanwhile, people seem to be turning their back on the pleasures of the great British pint. What’s going on?

Obviously, the only way to find out was to go on the biggest pub crawl ever. Drinking in more than three hundred bars in twenty-seven towns in thirteen different countries on four different continents, Pete puts on a stone in weight and does irrecoverable damage to his health in the pursuit of saloon bar enlightenment. Attitudes to beer and its drinking provide unique insight into the off-duty, celebratory soul of nations. In the course of his quest, Pete meets a wild cast of bleary eyed eccentrics and samples legendary brews in legendary establishments from Sydney to Munich to Barnsley.

Three Sheets To The Wind is a joyous, hilarious life changing adventure to the heart to beer.

Praise For Man Walks Into A Pub:

‘... a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies and pub-relates urban planning phenomena... hilarious’ Times Literary Supplement

‘Packed with bar-room, bet-winning facts and entertaining digressions, this is a book which every pub-goer will want’ Express

‘It’s doubtful whether previous round have managed to convey so much history and information... with such wit, entertaining personal insights, and occasional laddish crudity’ Yorkshire Post

About the Author

Pete Brown was born in 1968 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. He escaped to university in 1986 to avoid going down the pit (though they were all soon closed, so he needn't have bothered). Since 1991 he has worked in advertising, specializing in marketing beer. He has appeared regularly on television as a beer expert and writes on beer for a variety of publications. He lives in London.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0330442473
• ISBN 13: 9780330442473
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 460