Craft: An Argument: Why the term 'Craft Beer' is completely undefinable, hopelessly misunderstood and absolutely essential. - Couverture souple

Brown, Pete

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ISBN 10 : 1838049819 ISBN 13 : 9781838049812

Editeur : Storm Lantern Publications, 2020

Synopsis

The craft beer boom is the biggest thing to hit brewing and drinking for more than a generation. What started off as a small band of idealistic hobby brewers is now a multi-billion-dollar global industry, but even its most passionate fans can’t actually agree what ‘craft beer’ is, with some arguing that it’s simply marketing hype, and others claiming it doesn’t exist at all. Award-winning beer writer Pete Brown digs into this decades-long argument and in doing so, creates a fascinating, complex and hugely satisfying answer. He dismantles the main attempts to define the term ‘craft beer’ and argues that it is, in fact, undefinable, before shifting emphasis from beer to the broader, older idea of craft in search of answers. He shows that arguments around craft beer have largely forgotten what craft is all about – if they were even aware in the first place. He explores the ever-changing nature of work, the meaning of knowledge, the evolution of language and the ways in which we engage with our immediate environment and the wider world. Arriving back at beer from such an oblique angle, he rediscovers the real reasons why so many people are so passionate about craft beer, and argues that situating beer in a broader understanding of craft shows that the term is rich in meaning, even if it can’t be pinned down to a measurable definition. Written in Brown’s trademark pub stool conversational style, Craft: An Argument provides a new perspective on the biggest trend in global food and drink, as well as making you long for a beer.Previous praise for Pete Brown:“Magisterial… stirring… His expertise and insight will leave you with a glimmer of infinity every time you hold a bottle of it in your hand.” The New York Times“Pete is, no question, the most stylishly dextrous and verbally entertaining writer about beer in the English language right now.” Martyn Cornell, Zythophile“The beer drinker’s Bill Bryson.”Times Literary Supplement

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Storm Lantern Publications
• Date d'édition: 2020
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1838049819
• ISBN 13: 9781838049812
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 207
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