Humans were seeking out alcohol millions of years before the word 'keg' was invented. This book contains everything you have ever wanted to know about drink, from how to make absinthe to the cultural history of zythos (beer). Packed with fascinating miscellany and curious facts to entertain your friends at the pub, this book is an essential compendium of knowledge about life's 'second greatest pleasure' (according to essayist Dr Samuel Johnson). It is the perfect gift for yourself, or for anyone who enjoys raising a glass to good health. Bottoms up! AUTHOR: Jane Peyton is an author, after-dinner speaker, and the Principal of School of Booze, a corporate events company, where she produces and presents beer, cider, wine and spirits tasting events. She is London's first, and currently only, female beer sommelier and an enthusiastic advocate for matching beer with food rather than wine.
