Drink

A Tippler's Miscellany

Jane Peyton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

208 Seiten

2015
Summersdale Publishers (Verlag)
978-1-84953-755-1 (ISBN)

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Drink! is packed with fascinating miscellany and curious facts about everything you've ever wanted to know about alcohol, from how to make absinthe to the cultural history of zythos (beer). Bottoms up!

Did You Know...

A piece of toast was dropped into wine in ancient Rome to toast someone for good health?

The word ‘bridal’ originated from ‘bride ale’, a special alcohol brewed for a marriage feast?

Rum was so important in New England that a contract wasn’t considered sealed until a glass had been drunk?

Drink contains everything you have ever wanted to know about alcohol, from how to make absinthe to the cultural history of zythos (beer), and is packed with fascinating and curious facts about life’s ‘second greatest pleasure’ (according to essayist Samuel Johnson). Bottoms up!

Jane Peyton is an author, after-dinner speaker, and Principal of School of Booze, an events company, where she produces and presents beer, cider, and wine tasting experiences. She is a beer sommelier, enthusiastic advocate for matching beer with food rather than wine, and instigator of Beer Day Britain (the UK’s national beer day).

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2015
Sprache	englisch
Maße	116 x 182 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Essen / Trinken ► Getränke
Themenwelt	Sonstiges ► Geschenkbücher
ISBN-10	1-84953-755-0 / 1849537550
ISBN-13	978-1-84953-755-1 / 9781849537551
Zustand	Neuware