
Beer Breaks in Britain
30 places to explore and drink good beer
Conway (Publisher)
Published on 27. February 2025
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84486-700-4 (ISBN)
Description
Combine your thirst for great British travel and good quality beer with this refreshing guide to 30 of Britain's best beer scenes. With a foreword by Marverine Cole, award-winning journalist, broadcaster and beer sommelier.
The definitive guide to exploring places and drinking good beer - The British Guild of Beer Writers
Life's too short to drink bad beer - or to miss out on this fantastic read! - Marverine Cole
The British have always championed ale, and now a new generation are enthusiastically embracing beer, too. Like many of their fellow older beer fans, this new generation of aficionados loves to travel and rediscover home shores. Modern brewers are becoming increasingly creative in their offerings and a growing number of craft beer bars, brewery tap rooms, festivals and micropubs have sprung up in towns and cities across the country, embracing local produce and sustainability.
Beer Breaks in Britain joins the dots between beer and travel, exploring the British beer scene and also suggesting what to do in between pints (halves and thirds). The book focusses on 30 destinations across the country, steering visitors to expert selections including breweries, tap rooms, pubs and bars, beer festivals and circuits, highlighting local brews and live tastings with knowledgeable locals. The book equips readers with everything they need to know to make the most of their visit to the destination - delving into each area's history and culture, and natural and built attractions, as well as giving ideas about where to eat and stay; everything you'll need for a truly unforgettable trip.
The definitive guide to exploring places and drinking good beer - The British Guild of Beer Writers
Life's too short to drink bad beer - or to miss out on this fantastic read! - Marverine Cole
The British have always championed ale, and now a new generation are enthusiastically embracing beer, too. Like many of their fellow older beer fans, this new generation of aficionados loves to travel and rediscover home shores. Modern brewers are becoming increasingly creative in their offerings and a growing number of craft beer bars, brewery tap rooms, festivals and micropubs have sprung up in towns and cities across the country, embracing local produce and sustainability.
Beer Breaks in Britain joins the dots between beer and travel, exploring the British beer scene and also suggesting what to do in between pints (halves and thirds). The book focusses on 30 destinations across the country, steering visitors to expert selections including breweries, tap rooms, pubs and bars, beer festivals and circuits, highlighting local brews and live tastings with knowledgeable locals. The book equips readers with everything they need to know to make the most of their visit to the destination - delving into each area's history and culture, and natural and built attractions, as well as giving ideas about where to eat and stay; everything you'll need for a truly unforgettable trip.
Reviews / Votes
The definitive guide to exploring places and drinking good beer * The British Guild of Beer Writers * [A] valuable addition to our library ... The hard work has been done for you in this book -- John Cryne * CAMRA * Life's too short to drink bad beer - or to miss out on this fantastic read! -- Marverine Cole, award-winning journalist, broadcaster and beer sommelier This timely guide - penned as British cask and craft enjoys an ongoing revival - offers expertly curated itineraries for those who like beer or travel, or indeed both, taking readers to some of Britain's loveliest corners. A book worth having to hand for every British trip. -- Sarah Barrell * National Geographic Traveller (UK) * Superb * Daily Record * We need more books that celebrate not only beer, but its place in enjoying a more holistic experience around the UK, and this does a great job of exactly that. -- Melissa Cole Travel broadens the mind especially if you've got a beer in the hand, as this inspirational, educative and thirst-provoking guide from two writers at the top of their game demonstrates. -- Adrian Tierney-Jones, author of A Pub For All Seasons Refreshing... a must for any beer lover * Cumbria Life * A refreshing guide * Lancashire Life * Expert insight * National Geographic Traveller *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Illustrations
Maps and colour photography throughout
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
594 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84486-700-4 (9781844867004)
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E-Book
02/2025
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Persons
Kate Simon has worked as a journalist in national newspapers and magazines for 40 years. She was the Travel Editor of the Independent on Sunday from 2005 to 2012 and has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph and The i. She has spent more than a quarter of a century sampling hundreds of tourism experiences around the world, assessing them from a traveller's point of view, and has been a judge for both travel writing and tourism industry competitions. Kate is the co-author of two previous books, How To Pack For Any Trip (Lonely Planet, 2016) and Slow Travel Cheshire (Bradt, 2018). She is a co-founder of Equality in Tourism, a charity dedicated to ensuring women have an equal voice in global tourism.??
Phil Mellows is a freelance journalist who has written about beer and pubs for industry and consumer titles for more than 35 years. He has been a judge for The Publican Awards, and later the Great British Pub Awards, since 1998. As a journalist for the Brewery Manual he has closely followed the dramatic developments in the UK beer market during the past decade. His Politics of Drinking blog helps satisfy his obsession with alcohol policy and he has lately become a regular columnist for the hospitality industry newsletter Propel.
Phil Mellows is a freelance journalist who has written about beer and pubs for industry and consumer titles for more than 35 years. He has been a judge for The Publican Awards, and later the Great British Pub Awards, since 1998. As a journalist for the Brewery Manual he has closely followed the dramatic developments in the UK beer market during the past decade. His Politics of Drinking blog helps satisfy his obsession with alcohol policy and he has lately become a regular columnist for the hospitality industry newsletter Propel.
Content
Introduction
Acknowledgements
1 NORTH
York, Leeds, Shipley to Keighley, Sheffield
2 NORTH WEST
Lake District, Manchester, Liverpool, Chester
3 MIDLANDS
Peak District, Nottingham, Derby & Burton upon Trent, Birmingham
4 LONDON & EAST
Norwich, Southwold & Walberswick, Hackney, Walthamstow, Bermondsey
5 SOUTH
Brighton, Lewes, Canterbury & Faversham, Isle of Thanet
6 SOUTH WEST
Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Cotswolds, Cornwall
7 SCOTLAND
Edinburgh, Glasgow
8 WALES
North Wales Coast, Pembrokeshire
Acknowledgements
1 NORTH
York, Leeds, Shipley to Keighley, Sheffield
2 NORTH WEST
Lake District, Manchester, Liverpool, Chester
3 MIDLANDS
Peak District, Nottingham, Derby & Burton upon Trent, Birmingham
4 LONDON & EAST
Norwich, Southwold & Walberswick, Hackney, Walthamstow, Bermondsey
5 SOUTH
Brighton, Lewes, Canterbury & Faversham, Isle of Thanet
6 SOUTH WEST
Bristol, Bath, Cheltenham, Cotswolds, Cornwall
7 SCOTLAND
Edinburgh, Glasgow
8 WALES
North Wales Coast, Pembrokeshire