Guinness : the 250-year quest for the perfect pint / Bill Yenne.

Author/creator Yenne, Bill, 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoHoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, ©2007.
Descriptionxxii, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Subjects
Guinness family.
Guinness (Firm)--History.
Brewing industry--Ireland. --History.

Contents Origins -- Arthur Guinness, brewer -- A family business -- Generations and dynasties -- Bottlers and the export trade -- Building sales while building rails -- A public company -- The Guinness world travellers -- To the ends of the earth, and Manchester, too -- War at home and abroad -- Trouble, triumph, and the toucan -- Brewed in Britain and America, too -- World War II -- The postwar years -- Great men and great ideas -- A family business at two hundred -- Nitrogenation, the really great idea -- A lager called Harp -- Into Africa, Malaysia, and beyond -- Diversification and expansion -- The watershed decade -- A widget in the pint -- A growing company and the perfect pint -- Guinness in the twenty-first century -- Inside the gate with the master brewer -- Epilogue : the world's greatest beer.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 237-238) and index.
LCCN 2007024226
ISBN9780470120521 (cloth)
ISBN0470120525 (cloth)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks HD 9397.I74 G859 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold