Three Sheets To The Wind: One Man's Quest For The Meaning Of Beer - Softcover

Brown, Pete

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330442473 ISBN 13: 9780330442473

Publisher: CE/OP, 2010

Synopsis

Meet Pete Brown - beer journalist, beer drinker, and author of an irreverent book about British beer, Man Walks Into A Pub. One day, Pete's world is rocked when he discovers several countries produce, consume, and celebrate beer far more than the British do. The Germans claim they make the best beer in the world, the Australians consider its consumption a patriotic duty, the Spanish regard lager as a trendy youth drink and the Japanese have built a skyscraper in the shape of a foaming glass of their favorite brew. At home, meanwhile, people seem to be turning their backs on the great British pint. What's going on? Drinking in more than 300 bars in 27 towns, through 13 different countries and four continents, Pete puts on 10 pounds and does irrecoverable damage to his health in the pursuit of saloon-bar enlightenment.

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Review

It's a much repeated refrain for many of us: where's the pub? Pete Brown's Three Sheets to the Wind is subtitled One Man's Quest for the Meaning of Beer -- and that subtitle alone will mean that many women will be buying it for the men in their lives (or even, of course, for themselves!) Pete Brown is a beer journalist, and has written a much-loved tome on the subject, Man Walks Into A Pub. It was, he says, a revelation to him when he discovered that many countries produce, drink and pay homage to beer more than the British. He noted that the Australians, Germans and other nations consider that they have the best beer in the world, and he was similarly bemused by other beer-related topics (such as the fact that the Japanese constructed a building in the shape of a glass of beer with a foaming head, and that the Spanish have very different ideas from the British about what social classes drink beer.) As all this beer-related information rushed in, Brown wondered why the national drink of the UK appeared to be losing its favoured status. The answer – for him – was to set out on the biggest pub crawl that the UK had ever seen (a dirty job, but someone had to do it). Putting both his health (and waistline) at risk, Brown has put together the definitive book on subject. And while the tone and title may be tongue in cheek, Three Sheets to the Wind is actually a fascinating piece social history that tells us as much about ourselves as it does about a certain refreshing drink. And, let's face it, it is no mean achievement to impart so much useful information as Pete Brown does -- while still making us laugh. --Barry Forshaw

Review

"an epic pub crawl across the globe." --"Booklist"

"In the end, "Three Sheets to the Wind "demonstrates how, even though we enjoy beer differently, we're all fundamentally the same." "Freetime Magazine""

an epic pub crawl across the globe. "Booklist""

"In the end, Three Sheets to the Wind demonstrates how, even though we enjoy beer differently, we're all fundamentally the same." --Freetime Magazine

"an epic pub crawl across the globe." --Booklist

Edition details

• Publisher: CE/OP
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0330442473
• ISBN 13: 9780330442473
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 474