Arnot, C: Britain's Lost Breweries and Beers Thirty Famous Homes of Beer That Have Brewed Their Last Pint

The best Christmas present we can recommend for anyone with even a passing interest in the heritage of brewing. It is elegiac without being nostalgic, immensely informative and equally entertaining beer-pages.com 'A lovely book, nostalgic in its recollection of breweries and their beers long gone, but on the other hand it's not dewy-eyed.' Called to the Bar Chris's efforts are impressive. He uses his journalist's skills to wrinkle out former brewery executives and workers and listen to their stories Protz on Beer A must for anyone who has ever visited a pub and wondered about the beers and breweries that have vanished. Nottingham Drinker When these 30 classic homes of beer brewed their final pint, a significant part of a proud heritage that had stood for centuries was lost forever. Arnot was right to mark its passing. The Times 'We get a sense of what we have lost in our globalised but blander world.' Good Book Guide 'Read Chris's book and then place it on your coffee table; it will perhaps give those who browse it an easy introduction into why you are a brewery historian.' Brewery History