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Amber, Gold and Black, the definitive book on British beer styles

Amazingly, there’s never been a book devoted solely to the development of British beer styles, from bitter to porter, covering every aspect of their history, what they were when they started and what they are today.

Until now. But Amber, Gold and Black, The Story of Britain’s Great Beers is that book. Whether you’re a beer beginner or a buff, I guarantee you’ll learn things you never knew about both beers you’re familiar with, and beers you’ve never heard of. And thanks to the economies of the internet you can download it now, for just £5 (approximately $10) from thecornerpub.co.uk, rather than the £18 or £20 it would cost you in a bookshop as a hardback.

This is the ebook companion for anybody interested in beer, the most complete and comprehensive study of British beer styles ever, with 16 chapters looking at the roots of the styles we enjoy today, as well as those ales and beers we have lost, and a study into how the liquids that fill our beer glasses, amber gold and black, developed over the years.

The beers covered in Amber, Gold and Black include not only porter, bitter, mild and stout, IPA and brown ale, but Burton ale and old ale, barley wine and stingo, golden ale, gale ale, honey ale, oak-aged beer, herb beers and heather ale. It’s a book for beer lovers, brewers, drinks stores and pubs and bars: 220 pages of solid, in-depth information about your favourite drink, and mine. (And some of the illustrations are pretty cool, as well …)

The questions asked – and answered – include

• Who really developed porter? (Not the man most other books tell you did it)

• How did India Pale Ale – IPA – really come about? (Not the way most other books tell you it happened)

• Is pale ale the same as bitter? (The definitive answer, with historical proof)

• What’s the difference between porter and stout? (A full and proper explanation)

• What exactly is mild? And what was it? (Not necessarily what you thought it was)

• What were daucus, Dr Butler’s ale, mum, audit ale, O Be Joyful, OK, gill ale and dozens of other obscure beers, some still around, others vanished that once filled the pint pots of Britain? (Never heard of Cornish white ale? Learn all about it,)

The power of the internet, which dramatically lowers the cost of distributing information, means a book I have spent four years researching and writing can be yours for the price of just a couple of pints. Learn more at thecornerpub.co.uk, or buy it straight away.

Good reading!

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