Jonny Garrett

Desde su creación hace 13.000 años, nuestra pasión por la cerveza ha influido prácticamente en todo, desde la religión hasta la publicidad, pasando por la arquitectura y la bioingeniería. La cerveza fue moneda de pago para los constructores de las piramides de Egipto; la primera nevera se construyo para conservar la cerveza, no la comida; las bacterias se descubrieron investigando la cerveza agria y la levadura de cerveza podria ser la respuesta al cambio climatico.En El sentido de la birra, el galardonado escritor Jonny Garrett nos cuenta con su inigualable sentido del humor estos increibles eventos e inventos que moldearon nuestra historia, llevandonos a algunos de los destinos cerveceros mas famosos Munich y el Oktoberfest, el laboratorio Carlsberg y la cuna de Budweiser, asi como a otros menos conocidos, desde una fabrica de cerveza de 5.000 años de antiguedad hasta la artica Svalbard, donde se encuentra el bar mas al norte del planeta.En definitiva, este no es un libro sobre como hicimos la cerveza, sino sobre como ella nos hizo a nosotros.Garrett comparte su inmenso conocimiento sobre la cerveza y su historia con entusiasmo e ingenio. Este libro te hara reir, te hara mas inteligente y te dara ganas de beber mas cerveza.Ned Palmer, autor del bestseller A Cheesemongers History of the British IslesTentador, revelador y la mejor razon para levantar otra jarra de cerveza.Olly Smith, presentador de TV, columnista y autorEste es uno de los libros mas importantes que se han escrito sobre la cerveza.Mark Dredge, presentador de TV y autor de A Brief History of Lager

Tantalising enlightening and the best reason to raise another glass of beer Olly Smith This is one of the most important books ever written about beer Mark Dredge What s the oldest and most consumed alcoholic beverage on earth BEER of course And it might just be our more important invention Since its creation 13 000 years ago our love of beer has shaped everything from religious ceremonies to 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 5 000 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

Tantalising enlightening and the best reason to raise another glass of beer Olly Smith This is one of the most important books ever written about beer Mark Dredge Since its creation 13 000 years ago beer has shaped everything from architecture and advertising to religion and 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 and it was the beer halls of Germany that hosted Hitler s rise to power In this highly entertaining beer lover s guide to world history award winning drinks writer Jonny Garrett recounts the incredible human moments and inventions in pursuit of the perfect pint This book will make you laugh it will make you smarter and it will make you want to drink more beer Ned Palmer As fascinating as it is funny full of revelations about beer s vital role in the world Robbie Knox

THE PRIZE-WINNING BOOK EVERY BEER-LOVER MUST READTantalising, enlightening and the best reason to raise another glass of beer Olly SmithThis is one of the most important books ever written about beer Mark DredgeWINNER, BEST DRINK BOOK AT THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2025Whats the oldest and most consumed alcoholic beverage on earth? BEER, of course. And it might just be our most important invention.Since its creation 13,000 years ago, our love of beer has shaped everything from religious ceremonies to 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, Germanys beer halls hosted Hitlers rise to power, and brewers 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 Brewerys historic laboratory, St Louis and the home of Budweiser - as well as those lesser-known, from a 5,000 year old brewery in the Egyptian desert to Arctic Svalbard, home to the worlds most northerly pub.Ultimately, this is not a book about how we made beer, but how beer made us.