BOOKS on BEER

Recommended reading on beer and brewing

Three texts that have been written documenting the history of beer and pubs are:

An Inebriated History of Britain by Peter Haydon

This charts the history of beer drinking in Britain from AD361. Rich with detail and anecdotes it is a fascinating read.

The Local: A History of the English Pub by Paul Jennings

The evolution of the pub since 1700 set in the wider context of social change

The English Pub: A History by Peter Haydon

From the alehouse to 1990

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Five relatively recent and very entertaining books that lay out the long and interesting story of beer are:

  • Beer: Story Of The Pint by Martyn Cornell

    An entertaining journey through the history of beer. It promises to tear down the myths and tell the real story of the pint

  • Britain's Beer Revolution by Roger Protz & Aidrian Tierney-Jones

    Charting the recent transformation of Britain's brewing industry.

  • Brew Britannia:The Strange Rebirth of British Beer by Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey

    Beer in Britain from the 1950s

  • A Man Walks Into A Pub by Pete Brown

    A pub crawl through the amazing story of beer from ancient Egyptian bouza to your last pint. Highly readable and amusing.

  • Amber, Gold and Black by Martyn Cornell

    The history of Britain's greatest beers

Pulling A Fast One by Roger Protz (1978)

What the brewers have done to your beer. A Golden oldy from the early days of rising concern about brewers and their actions. You think it is bad now!

Three Pete Brown books on beer

  • Hops and Glory

  • Three Sheets to the Wind

  • Miracle Brew

    Hops, barley, Water and Yeast and the nature of Beer

Pub Jukebox:

Alcohol themed music to listen to while you browse.

silver tongued devil and I - Kris Kristopherson

PUB QUIZ

What colour are Bond St, Oxford St and Regent St on a Monopoly Board  ?

Answer at foot of page

Beer to Drink

  • United Kingdom of Beers

  • Beer Bucket List

“Let Me Tell You About Beer: A beginner's guide to all things brewed” by Melissa Cole

Brewing and Breweries

  • BEER NATURALLY

  • THE FAMILY BREWERS OF BRITAIN

  • BURTON ON TRENT

  • BASS

  • BRITAIN'S LOST BREWERIES

  • BUILT TO BREW by Lynn Pearson

    DescriptiThe History and heritage of the Brewery

  • Good Company: The Story of Scottish & Newcastle

  • The Red Barrel: A History of Watney Mann

Beer Today

  • BREW BRITANNIA by Jessica Boak & Ray Bailey

    The strange rebirth of British beer

  • BRITAIN'S BEER REVOLUTION by Roger Protz & Adrian Tierney-Jones

    Behind the scenes with the people, breweries and beer inspiring a nation

More History

  • DOWN BEER STREET

  • THE BREWER'S TALE by William Bostwick

  • A NATURAL HISTORY OF BEER by Rob DeSalle & Ian Tattersall

  • GONE FOR A BURTON by Bob Ricketts

    Memoirs from a Great British Heritage

The Oxford Companion to Beer

ed Garrett Oliver

The Economics of Beer

ed Johan F M Swinnen

ANSWER: Green