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Barcode33333003370612
Circ StatusAvailable
LibraryBeaver
TitleThe meaning of beer : how our pursuit of the perfect pint built the world / Jonny Garrett.
AuthorGarrett, Jonny, author.
Call No663.42 Garrett
CollectionNon-Fiction
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663.42 Garrett AvailableBeaverNon-Fiction   333330033706122024

Catalog Details

International Standard Book Number 9781335230836 : HRD
International Standard Book Number 1335230831 : HRD
Personal Name Garrett, Jonny, author.
Title Statement The meaning of beer : how our pursuit of the perfect pint built the world / Jonny Garrett.
Imprint Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Hanover Square Press, 2024.
Physical Description 319 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography, Etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (page 299) and index.
Summary, Etc. "What's the oldest and most consumed alcoholic beverage on earth? Beer, of course. And it might just be one of our more important inventions. Since its creation thirteen thousand years ago, our love of beer has shaped everything from religious ceremoniesto advertising, and architecture to bioengineering. The people who built the pyramids were paid in ale; the first fridge was built for beer, not food; bacteria was discovered while investigating sour beer; Germany's beer halls hosted Hitler's rise to power; and brewer's yeast may yet be the answer to climate change. In The Meaning of Beer, award-winning beer writer Jonny Garrett tells the stories of these incredible human moments and inventions, taking readers to some of the best-known beer destinations in the world--Munich and Oktoberfest, Carlsberg Brewery's historic laboratory, St. Louis and the home of Budweiser--as well as those lesser known, from a five-thousand-year-old brewery in the Egyptian desert to Arctic Svalbard, home to the world's most northerly pub. Ultimately, this is not a book about how we made beer, but how beer made us"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Beer History.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Beer.
Subject Added Entry - Topical Term Beer Social aspects.