We like beer in Canada. We really, really like it. And it's not just a fly-by-night, sordid little affair. We're in it long term. We spend something like $8 billion a year on beer. From barley growers to label designers, more than 170,000 Canadians owe their fulltime jobs directly or indirectly to beer. The rest of us just do what we can to help.
In the long-awaited follow up to Notes on a Beermat, Pashley explores beer in Canada, covering many salient points, including chapters on:
Frère Ambroise, Who Started It All (Unless He Didn't) - Us Against Them: Canadians and Our Neighbours to the South - When Canadians Knew Squat: The Stubby in Our Lives - Beer: Isn't It Bad for You and Bad for the Planet? - Ale or Lager? East Is East and West Isn't - Barkeep! Gimme Another Light Dry Low-Carb Ice Beer with No Aftertaste - Are You a Beer Geek? (There's No Right Answer) - The Future of Beer: Can I Afford to Drink Beer? (Can You Afford Not To?)
The Canadian brewing industry predates Confederation by two hundred years; Canada boasts the oldest, continuously operating brewery in North America. Canadian brewers have survived the persecution of the Temperance Movement and Prohibition, the Great Depression, two World Wars and the challenge of Free Trade. Today, brewing in Canada is a 10 billion dollar business whose one constant is change.
From its colonial past to the microbrewery renaissance, Brewed in Canada is a passionate narrative of individual power, colourful characters, family rivalries and foreign ownership. Individual stories tell of personal success and failure, bankruptcies, takeovers, consolidation and rationalization. As men of influence, these brewers made significant contributions to their local communities and the country.
Beyond the day-to-day operation of their brewing business, some would make their mark in politics, while others built churches, hospitals and helped establish universities. A commitment to community service - and to brewing excellence - continues today.
During and after the American Revolution, Americans of British descent who chose to remain faithful to the crown moved North to Canada -- and Ontario in particular. These 'United Empire Loyalists' laid the foundations of English Canadian culture. First and foremost, they dotted the landscape with pubs -- not sports bars or neighborhood eateries, but true British, Irish and Scottish style pubs.
To this day Ontario has more pubs per capita than any other jurisdiction in North or South America. Some, like 'The Angel' in Niagara-on-the-Lake, are approaching their third century of continuous operation. Others, such as the Dora Kia on Toronto's stylish Danforth Avenue, offer devotedly authentic traditional Irish fare, in a setting that perfectly captures the environment of a rural Irish pub, right down to the hand pump beer taps.
Compiled with loving detail, Bill Perrie's Pub Lover's Guide to Ontario not only gives a brief vivid description of each pub listed, but also clearly indicates location, lists the beers poured and menu specialties. Add to this the fact that our pubs are among the finest in the world and you have a valuable guide book indeed.
Covering over 163 breweries in Canada, Beaumont provides basic information such as address, phone and fax numbers and web sites, a short history of the business, and tasting notes on over 800 different beers.
Each beer across the country is rated using Beaumont's four star system.
Roger Protz's World Beer Guide covers every facet of the world's favourite alcoholic drink, from the 'spontaneous fermentation' beers and the fruit beers of Belgium to the revivalist porters and stouts of the Britain and United States and the 'designer' beers of Mexico and Japan. There is also extensive coverage of the rapidly expanding beer markets of Russia, Eastern Europe and China.
It provides essential information on what beers to drink country by country, covering the best products of the major brewers and the exciting output of the independents and microbreweries. Hundreds of the world's great brews are described and evaluated, with a guide to their alcoholic content.
Originally developed as the final installment in an Epicurean Trilogy the book stands on its own as a collection of essays on beer and its place in history its role in our lives and contributions to humanity. Beer & Philosophy is a post exam tonic for those normally immersed in academic texts and a delightful diversion for your average post grad beer nerd” (Yankee Brew News)
It turns out that not only have reputable psychologists at well-respected institutions done experimental studies on this effect, but it also serves as a kind of foul point for various philosophical questions. The works set out to address the intersection between philosophy and areas of everyday general concern: food, wine, and beer.
Ever wonder where the bubbles in your beer came from, which way they are going, and why? Have you considered the physical differences among ales, lambics, and lagers? Do you contemplate your pint?
Accomplished homebrewer and physicist Mark Denny has crafted a scientifically sound and witty investigation of the physics and chemistry of beer. He recounts and explains the history of and key technological advances in brewing, provides basic instructions for making your own -- including a scientific-yet-accessible account of the changes in appearance during each stage of the process -- and looks at the fascinating physical phenomena contained within a pint of beer.
Along the way he defines the main concepts and terms involved in the process and shows how you can subject the technical aspects of brewing to scientific analysis. If you've ever been curious about how beer is made, why it froths so well, and what makes different types... well... different, then Froth! is for you.
The history of Guinness, one of the world's most famous brands, reveals the noble heights and generosity of a great family and an innovative business.
It began in Ireland in the late 1700s. The water in Ireland, indeed throughout Europe, was famously undrinkable, and the gin and whiskey that took its place was devastating civil society. It was a disease ridden, starvation plagued, alcoholic age, and Christians like Arthur Guinness-as well as monks and even evangelical churches-brewed beer that provided a healthier alternative to the poisonous waters and liquors of the times. This is where the Guinness tale began.
Now, 246 years and 150 countries later, Guinness is a global brand, one of the most consumed beverages in the world. The tale that unfolds during those two and a half centuries has power to thrill audiences today: the generational drama, business adventure, industrial and social reforms, deep-felt faith, and the beer itself.
