Description
"Effervescent and informative . . . This chronicle will intoxicate both beer nerds and history buffs." --Publishers Weekly
A book for both the beer geek and the foodie seeking a better understanding of modern food and drink
On the night of April 17, 1945, Allied planes dropped more than a hundred bombs on the Burghers' Brewery in Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, destroying much of the birthplace of pilsner, the world's most popular beer style and the bestselling alcoholic beverage of all time.
Still, workers at the brewery would rally so they could have beer to toast their American, Canadian, and British liberators the following month. It was another twist in pilsner's remarkable story, one that started in a supernova of technological, political, and demographic shifts in the mid-1800s and that continues to unfold today anywhere alcohol is sold.
Tom Acitelli's Pilsner: How the Beer of Kings Changed the World tells that story, shattering myths about pilsner's very birth and about its immediate parentage.
A character-driven narrative that shows how pilsner influenced everything from modern-day advertising and marketing to immigration to today's craft beer movement.Author: Tom Acitelli
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 08/04/2020
Pages: 304
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.92lbs
Size: 9.00h x 5.90w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9781641601825
ISBN10: 1641601825
BISAC Categories:
- Cooking | Beverages | Alcoholic | Beer
- Cooking | History
- Business & Economics | Infrastructure
About the Author
Tom Acitelli is the author of The Audacity of Hops, Whiskey Business, and American Wine. He has written about alcohol for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, and Eater, among many others, and was the history columnist for several years for All About Beer magazine. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.