Category: Book Reviews

Seven Stars: Ancient Astronomy and the English Public House by Hugh Kolb Unicorn Publishing (March...

Susanna Forbes hand-picks 100 of the world’s best craft ciders – and perries – that are worth seeking out and drinking now. 

A Natural History of Beer by Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersal £20 Yale University Press (April 2019)...

Ian Clayton embarked on a lifelong love affair with local pubs in the middle of the 1970s. His stories are intertwined with quests to find perfect pints and peoples’ palaces and about joining in with the joy he finds in the unique gathering place we call the public house.

Thirsty for more? Roger Protz presents another 300 beers worth searching for across the world. 

From Belgian fruit beers to hoppy cask ales, small-production microbrews to Czech Republic lagers, 300 Beers to Try Before You Die! is a personal and comprehensive portfolio of international beers compiled by one of the world’s leading beer writers.

50 topics, divided under seven chapter headings, offer short, witty summaries, whether covering the basics or uncovering trade secrets. 

Fully updated and in a new hardback format, this perennial best-seller contains more than 200 entries that cover the serious, the silly and the downright bizarre in beer.