Brewing Britain: The Quest for the Perfect Pint and How to Make It - Hardcover

Hamilton, Andy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0593076575 ISBN 13: 9780593076576

Publisher: Bantam Press, 2015

Synopsis

Andy Hamilton travels the length of Britain in a quest to uncover new and unusual beers and to find that elusive perfect pint.
     
     When bestselling UK Homebrew author Andy Hamilton began work on his new book, Brewing Britain, he embarked on a quest to discover whether there could be a perfect pint in the UK. After two years of (arduous) study of hundreds if not thousands of beers from aroud the country -- visiting brewers, tasting beer kits and, of course, brewing his own -- he found that in fact there were many perfect pints.
     Buy Brewing Britain and:
-Discover lagers that are not loutish, beers that will win over the wine lovers, the ideal temperature for serving ale, and the best glass to drink it from
-Experiment with forty recipes from ancient times to the modern day and really get to know your ingredients with an in-depth account of many of the hops and malts available
-Hone your tasting skills at sessions in local pubs, breweries and beer festivals near you
Brewing Britain: the essential companion for our beer drinking nation in its search for that elusive perfect pint.

About this title

About the Author

ANDY HAMILTON lives in Bristol where he is founder of the Bristol Brewing Circle and runs brewing workshops and an allotment. He forages and regularly takes groups on wild food walks, sharing his extensive knowledge of edible wild foods, plant folklore and herbal medicine. Andy is a co-creator of the hugely successful website: selfsufficientish.com and writes a wild drinks blog for Guardian.co.uk. He also writes a foraging column for Home Farmer magazine, writes the brewing and foraging features for the BBC's Countryfile magazine and writes features for the Guardian, the Ecologist, Tow Path Talk, Kitchen Garden magazine, selfsufficientish.com and the New York based website Civil Eats. He has also written a survivalist column for Wired.co.uk. He has been a consultant survival/wild food expert for various TV Shows and makes regular TV and Radio appearances both in the UK and abroad on shows which include the BBC's 'Countryfile' and 'Autumnwatch'. Andy is co-author of The Self-Sufficientish Bible.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bantam Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0593076575
• ISBN 13: 9780593076576
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 432