The Secret Life of Beer!: Exposed: Legends, Lore & Little-Known Facts

by Alan D. Eames

Pour a cold one and get ready for some serious drinking stories! Beer’s timeless allure has inspired, influenced, and excited human beings for thousands of years. This fun and intriguing collection includes little-known secrets of beer culture, exploring the mysterious history of this noble fermented beverage through poetry, song, and quirky quotes from famous beer drinkers. You’ll be ready for another round as you immerse yourself in the legends and lore surrounding your favorite frothy beverage.

Genres: Nonfiction, Food and Drink

384 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2005

Reviews

[Paul Young · Rating 2 out of 5]

Lengthy little book filled to the brim with historical facts and quotes about one of my favorite beverages. I enjoyed what was here. The fact that over 370+ pages held few post-1990 quotes was wearisome. I don't recall anything after 1920 in here.

[Tom Schulte · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a nice collection of verse (maybe finding an apogees with Gloucester's 16th Century beer tourist poet John Taylor), quotes, aphorisms, and trivia about beer in history. The "lore"
is mostly chronological from remote antiquity to the 20th Century. Some themes that stood out include the cross-cultural connection to magic and the diving with beer and other "spirits". Also, the pre-hops beers of Pict heather beer, Egyptian brews served with bittering condiments, early Western Hemishphere concoctions like chicha, and more. Actually, I would probably have given this 4 stars if not for the typographical choice of blurry font often in shades like dark yellow on burnt sienna paper...

[Eva Kristin · Rating 2 out of 5]

A collection of more or less relevant quotes about beer, and some seriously dumbed down "facts". Adequate bathroom literature for the less accomplished beer drinker.

[Karen Powell]

This cute book the size of your pocket holds a lot of fascinating info. Factual information about the history of beer and brewing is interspersed with quotes from famous folks like Rudyard Kipling, Shakespeare, and Martin Luther, as well as quotes from film and literature. One gets the sense that beer has always been and always will be, so long as there is civilization. [return][return]This book is best for coffee tables or by the john and makes for an entertaining, fascinating read.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Little book, just snippets and fun facts about beer.