num_pages: 304
description: At the start of the twentieth century Britain was home to over 6000 breweries. By 1960 this number had dwindled to 358 and with the Big Six increasingly dominant the prospects for British beer looked weak yellow and fizzy. In 2012 however UK breweries topped 1000 for the first time since the Great Depression. Moreover they are now producing and exporting more varied and inventive ale than ever before. Across the country evidence of this national brewing renaissance is easy to find: the Campaign for Real Ale has more members than the Conservative Party; beer festivals proliferate with every passing month; the Camden Brewery and Meantime have become international brands producing acclaimed lagers and IPAs; the ultra-fashionable BrewDog dispenses shots of strange 40%-proof liquids to hipster media types; and cyberspace plays host to hundreds of thousands of beer enthusiasts all debating and virtually savoring the merits of New Zealand hops or the latest chocolate stout. The Strange Rebirth of British Beer will tell the story of this remarkable reversal. Following a disparate group of Trotskyite hacks eccentric City bankers hippie micro brewers and a lot of men in pubs the writers behind the acclaimed Boak &amp; Bailey blog promise to reveal how punter power pulled the British pint back from the brink.
language: English
title: Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer
publisher: Aurum Press