Amber Gold & Black

Amber, Gold and Black is the most comprehensive history of British beer, in all its variety, ever written. Learn all there is to know about the history of the beers Britons have brewed and enjoyed down the centuries: Bitter, Porter, Mild and Stout, IPA, Brown Ale, Burton Ale and Old Ale, Barley Wine and Stingo, Golden Ale, Gale Ale, Honey Ale, White Beer, Heather Ale and Mum.

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About The Author

Martyn Cornell

Martyn Cornell

Martyn Cornell is one of the world's leading experts on the history of beer styles, beer and brewing, and an award-winning author and blogger. He was a winner at the British Guild of Beer Writers' annual awards five years running, from 2011 to 2015, his work is used by the Slow Food Movement in Italy as part of its masters courses on beer, and he has spoken on beer and the history of beer styles at conferences in the United States, the Netherlands and Denmark, as well as the UK. He has been a journalist on national newspapers and magazines, in the UK and abroad, and a writer for more than 30 years, and first began writing about beer in 1980, since when his words on beers have been translated into German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Danish, and appeared in publications from the US to Hong Kong.

Amber, Gold & Black is the most comprehensive history of British beer, in all its variety, ever written. Learn all there is to know about the history of the beers Britons have brewed and enjoyed down the centuries: Bitter, Porter, Mild and Stout, IPA, Brown Ale, Burton Ale and Old Ale, Barley Wine and Stingo, Golden Ale, Gale Ale, Honey Ale, White Beer, Heather Ale and Mum. This is a celebration of the depths of our beery heritage, a look at the roots of the styles we enjoy today – as well as those ales and beers we have lost – and a study of how the liquids that fill our beer glasses, amber gold and black, developed over the years. Whatever your knowledge of beer, from beginner to buff, Amber, Gold & Black will tell you things you never knew about Britain’s favourite drink.