Book description
The original India Pale Ale was pure gold in a glass; a semi-mythical
beer specially invented, in the 19th century, to travel halfway around
the world, through storms and tropical sunshine, and arrive in perfect
condition for a long, cold drink on an Indian verandah. But although you
can still buy beers with 'IPA' on the label they are, to be frank, a
pale imitation of the original. For the first time in 140 years, a keg
of Burton IPA has been brewed with the original recipe for a voyage to
India by canal and tall ship, around the Cape of Good Hope; and the man
carrying it is the award-winning Pete Brown, Britain's best beer write.
Brazilian pirates and Iranian customs officials lie ahead, but will he
even make it that far, have fallen in the canal just a few miles out of
Burton? And if Pete does make it to the other side of the world with
'Barry' the barrel, one question remains: what will the real IPA taste
like? Weaving first-class travel writing with assured comedy, Hops and
Glory is both a rollicking, raucous history of the Raj and a wonderfully
entertaining, groundbreaking experiment to recreate the finest beer ever
produced.
Pete Brown was born in 1968 in Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Since 1991
he has worked in advertising, specializing in marketing beer. He has
appeared regularly on television as a beer expert, writes on beer for
a variety of publications and is the author of Man Walks into a
Pub and the award-winning travel book Three Sheets to the
Wind. He lives in London.
