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| Title: | Fermenting Revolution
: How to Drink Beer & Save the World |
| Author: | Christopher Mark O'Brien |
| ISBN: | 0865715564 : 9780865715561 |
| Illustrations: | 100 b/w photos, charts & illus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Size: | 155x230mm |
| Pages: | 274 |
| Weight: | .442 Kg. |
| Published: | New Society Publishers - November 2006 |
| List Price: | 10.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: | In Print |
| Subjects: | Beers: Sustainability |
Beer has fermented fundamental change in human society from gender roles to religious theologies. It helped established civilisation, sparked the Industrial Revolution, and triggered scientific theories. Today, "beer activists" are fermenting a revolution in social and environmental sustainability.
Introduction; In the Beginning, There Was Beer; Beer is Divine; The Beer Pantheon; Everything You Wanted to Know About Beer But Were Afraid to Ask ; The Great Beer Gender Bender; The Revolutionary Beer Party; Fermenting the Industrial Revolution; Glo'beer'ization; Dark Storm Brewin’; 'Beer'oregionalism -- Think Globally, Drink Locally; Putting Beer In Its Place; Make Mine Organic; Slow Beer; The All-Around Wellness Elixir; Brewing Big Solutions; Putting the Ale Back in Female; How to Drink Beer and Save the World; Beer Activist Guide; Index.
"...if you’ve ever needed a good justification for your taste, get out and buy this book! Remember it’s a really good read - especially over a pint or two of the real stuff, I do assure you - and if you’re drinking the real ale, don’t forget, you’re helping to save the world too!" -- Peter Kiddle, News & Views (Magazine of the South Devon Branch of CAMRA), Spring 2007.
