Man Walks Into a Pub: A Sociable History of Beer

In "Man Walks into a Pub, Pete Brown takes us on a well-lubricated journey through the amazing history of beer, from the first sacred sip of ancient Egyptian "bouza to the last pint of lager on a Friday night. It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotaling prime ministers; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket, and a Canadian who changed the drinking habits of a nation. It's also the story of the rise of the British pub, from humble origins through an epic, thousand-year struggle to survive bad government and misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism, and, yes, hangovers.