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REAL ALE PUB GUIDE 2008

Checked and expanded every year, the book has established its credentials as an independent guide to great cask-conditioned ales. Now, it has its own website through which to buy bottle-conditioned ales. It features county by county: directions and details of the pubs, their ales, and all the local breweries. It also provides information about the beers on pump, the kind of food served and the ambience you can expect.

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A completely dispensable collection of intriguing nonsense devised or overheard in the pub, compiled and created by regular pub goer Tom Waine. Whether you experience a light-bulb moment while downing a swift half or think you have discovered the meaning of life while imbibing your favourite session beer, this book is packed full of smart ideas, fully-formed theories, unanswered questions – and sheer rubbish. Fuzzy Logic could well leave you entertained, amused and educated for longer than it takes to down a pint.

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AN APPETITE FOR ALE

A beer and food revolution is under way in Britain and award-winning food writer Fiona Beckett and her publican son, Will, have joined forces to write the first cookbook to explore this exciting new food phenomenon that celebrates beer as a culinary tour de force. This collection of more than 100 simple and approachable recipes has been specially created to show the versatility and fantastic flavour that ale has to offer. With sections on Snacks, Spreads and Dips, Soups, Pasta and Risotto, Seafood, Chicken and other Birds, Meat Feasts, Spicy Foods, Bread and Cheese and Sweet Treats it provides countless ideas for using beer from around the world. With an open mind, a bottle opener and a well-stocked larder, this exciting book will allow you to enjoy real food, real beer and real flavour.

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GOOD BEER GUIDE 2008

Edited by Glenfiddich Award-winning drinks writer Roger Protz. The number one best-selling guide to pubs selling fine quality real ale, now in its 35th edition.

Year after year the Good Beer Guide champions fine quality real ale while providing a comprehensive guide to the nation’s best pubs, from sophisticated city bars to cosy country inns, tiny off-beat locals to grand architectural gems.

With the Good Beer Guide to hand you are never far from a decent pint. Quick reference county-by-county guides, clear maps and simple directions. 4,500 full entries guide you to Britain’s best beer and pubs complete with beer listings, opening hours, pub food information, facilities for families, accommodation, history and location.

Each pub inspected and researched by CAMRA’s own unrivalled membership of more than 80,000 individuals. The unique breweries section provides comprehensive information on more than 600 breweries, from massive to micro.

An indispensable travel companion for every discerning beer drinker.

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LITTLE BOOK OF BEER

A pocket-sized - yet comprehensive - guide covering everything you ever wanted to know about the world of real ale. This invaluable gem of of a book will appeal to newcomers and real ale connoiseurs alike.

Find out exactly what real ale is, how it's brewed, it's fascinating history, and the best way to serve and taste it. All the major real ale styles are described, along with "Six of the Best" to try for each style.

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GOOD BEER GUIDE : PRAGUE & CZECH REPUBLIC

An authoritative and entertaining guide to the breweries, beers, bars and pubs of the Czech lands, written with an insider’s eye for detail and a beer-lover’s thirst for great pivo, the Czech national drink.

This unique volume features a comprehensive portfolio of the best beer-bars and pubs in the capital city of Prague, now a major tourist destination visited by over 12 million people each year. Also lists brewery-hotels and regional attractions for planning complete vacations outside of the capital.

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BEER LOVERS GUIDE TO CRICKET

There are many books about cricket and many on beer, but this is the first book to bring the two subjects together. Leading beer writer and cricket enthusiast Roger Protz has visited the major grounds of all the First Class counties to prepare in-depth profiles of them - their history, museums, memorabilia and notable records.

The pleasure of each visit is rounded off with a detailed description of the best pubs in the vicinities of the grounds and the real ales they sell. The book also traces the fascinating story of the birth of the modern game at the Broadhalfpenny ground in Hampshire opposite a pub, the Bat & Ball, and shows how the tradition of good beer and cricket is kept alive at many grounds.

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BEER, BED & BREAKFAST

Beer, Bed and Breakfast is a unique and comprehensive guide to more than 500 pubs throughout the UK that serve fine real ale and offer good quality bed and breakfast accommodation. All entries include contact details, type and extent of accommodation, list of beers served, meal types and times, and an easy-to-understand price guide to help you plan your budget. Pubs vary from tiny inns with a couple of rooms upstairs to luxury gastro-pubs with country-house style bedrooms, rural and urban, on main roads and off the beaten track. Also contains four feature articles including eco-friendly British holidays rather than using air miles, and emphasis on pubs using local ingredients for breakfast.

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SCOTLAND'S TRUE HERITAGE PUBS

This unique guide will lead you to 115 Scottish pubs which have historic fittingsof real national significance, many of which have altered little in the past 40 years or so. Some of the featured pubs are tiny old fashioned time-warp inns,others are magnificent Victorian drinking palaces and Art Deco masterpieces.There are also several quirky pubs, including one hidden away in a terrace.

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GOOD BEER GUIDE : BELGIUM

New - completely revised and updated vesrion (published October 2006)

First published in 1992, the Good Beer Guide To Belgium has developed a cult following among committed beer lovers and beer tourists.

It is the definitive, totally independent guide to understanding and finding the best of Belgian Beer and an essential companion for any discerning beer drinker visiting Belgium or seeking out Belgian beer in Britain.

Whether you are touring by train, bicycle, car, or armchair, this is the definitive guide to Belgian beer.

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REAL ALE PUB GUIDE 2007

Checked and expanded every year, the book has now established its credentials as the independent guide to great cask-conditioned ales. It is now with its own website through which to buy bottle-conditioned ales. County by county: there are directions and details of the pubs, their ales, and all the local breweries. It talks about the beers on pump, the kind of food served and the ambiance you can expect. This is the guide for drinkers of real ale: old recipes that draw from malt, barley, wheat, ginger and several hop varieties. "The Real Ale Pub Guide 2007" is independently researched to locate the best keepers of cask-conditioned ales from the best of the independent and micro-breweries. We tell you where to find the most original beers. It includes tasting notes on the very best bottle-conditioned ales to be found in the market.

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GOOD BOTTLED BEER GUIDE

Sixth edition of this essential guide to bottled beer. Covers 700 UK bottle-conditioned beers, and features a new rosette rating system highlighting beers of special merit, including CAMRA Bottled Beer Award winners. Everything you need to know about bottled beers; where to buy them, tasting notes, ingredients, brewery details, and a glossary to help the reader understand more about them. Also includes information on foreign beers and breweries.

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FOOTBALL & REAL ALE GUIDES 2006-2007

The second year of the popular "Real Ale Guides" sees many improvements to those of last year. This is an essential guide for the real ale loving football fans.

"The Football and Real Ale Guide" now describes in detail up to five pubs in all ninety two football club towns. It gives the ale on sale, describes the atmosphere and explains the welcome you will receive when visiting before or after a match.

The author has visited every pub in the guide in the last year, talking to landlords and the local customers. The guide also includes comments from the regulars of those pubs. The location maps are now O.S. street maps that identify the location of the guides and easy routes between the town centre, the pubs and the football grounds.

Also within the guide are several articles related to the year long research and the contribution of readers and regulars regarding the pubs included. Featured in the guide are a series of humorous cultural guides by Glyn Watkins that take an offbeat look at the tourist activities of the town.

An ideal beer companion, written as a straightforward guide, there are four guides in the series, one for each division of the league, making it an ideal gift for the independent real ale fan.

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AROUND BRUGES IN 80 BEERS

Whether you are trying to find elegant dining or a quick bite, grand surroundings or a locals' bar, a morning sharpener or a final nightcap, Around Bruges in 80 Beers will tell you where you ought to try, and make sure you are never far from an excellent beer.

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GOOD BEER GUIDE : GERMANY

Four years in development, this groundbreaking guide is the first comprehensive guide to finding and enjoying good beer in Germany. Featuring travel information and city guides, brewery entries, and an English-German dictionary particularly aimed at the beer tourist. The perfect guide book for anyone wanting to understand and experience Germany’s great beer culture. Suitable for both frequent visitors and first-time tourists.

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GOOD PUB FOOD

"After my Damascene conversion to great British beers a few weeks back, I've been engrossed in Good Pub Food by Susan Nowak and Jill Adam" - Tom Parker Bowles, Mail On Sunday

Sixth edition of this popular guide. Features over 600 pubs in England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland that serve real food with real ale. Also featuring recipes for many popular dishes. Split into counties for ease of use, this is the ideal book for those who love their food almost as much as their beer!

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GOOD CIDER GUIDE

This is the guide for real cider-loving connoisseurs. Fully revised and updated, this long-awaited fifth edition will be available for the first time in two colours throughout.

Packed with information on every producer in the UK, along with details of the best places in which to buy and sample your favourite tipple.

Set in the same style as the Good Beer Guide. All of the listings are organised into counties, and the guide contains maps, listings of producers, and a selection of approximately 600 real cider outlets.

Cider is one of Britain's growth products in the drinks sector both in pubs and at home. The book also features over 10 interesting articles on different areas of cider interest including: DIY cider, recipes, the plight of cider orchards, and the greatest cider night out ever!

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300 BEERS TO TRY BEFORE YOU DIE

Re-printed due to incredible demand!

300 beers from around the world, handpicked by award winning journalist, author, and broadcaster Roger Protz.

A comprehensive portfolio of top beers, from the smallest microbreweries in the United States to family-run British breweries. This book is indispensable for both beer novices and aficionados.

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LICENSED TO SELL

The History and Heritage of the Public House. With over 300 illustrations, including specially commissioned colour photographs and plans, this book is a celebration of a treasured British institution.

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ORGANIC BEER GUIDE

The growth of "Green" issues has spread to all ways of life. Every supermarket has it's own organic section and many sell organic drinks, too. The Organic Beer Guide is the first book about brewing from exclusively organic materials.

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FIFTY MORE GREAT PUB CRAWLS

This book contains 50 new pub crawls selected for their interest to walkers, fans of local history and architecture, and of course for their quality real ale.

Each crawl has been painstakingly tested by the grass roots experts of the Campaign for Real Ale, your guarantee of quality real ale. Many of the crawls take the reader to places of interest other than pubs and include integrated maps and walk descriptions. There is a selection of unusual crawls: one by steam train and horse bus, one including a ferry crossing, and some country rambles.

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