Brewing in Burton upon Trent

Hot on the heels of his latest edition of The Good Beer Guide 2012 for Camra, beer-pages own Roger Protz unveils a book which he says was "written for love": the Story of Brewing in Burton upon Trent.

This important new book traces the history of the small Midland town of Burton-on-Trent where beer has been made for centuries: ale brewed by the monks at Burton Abbey was sent to Mary, Queen of Scots in captivity. Then, in the eighteenth century, the introduction of Burton Ale began the town’s rise to brewing prominence, a fame which was cemented forever with the production of the first c ask of India Pale Ale.