num_pages: 208
description: Did you know that the Mayflower abandoned its journey and landed in Plymouth because it had run out of beer? That in ancient Sumeria women dominated the art of brewing operating under the protection of Siduri goddess of the brewery? That 20 people literally drowned in beer in 1814 when a vat in a London brewery exploded creating a tidal wave of beer? Or that alewives in colonial America brewed a high-test groaning ale for a mother-to-be to swig while in labor? This fascinating and eclectic compendium comes from Alan Eames beer's foremost historian who has traveled the world uncovering the untold stories of one of the world's favorite beverages.
language: English
title: Secret Life of Beer: Legends, Lore & Little-Known Facts
publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC