A New Book About British Beer Styles
His real name is Martyn Cornell, but most people know him by his nom de blog, The Zythophile. His blog is known for fact-filled, and often pungent, commentary on beer and brewing. Martyn’s writing is so entertaining that you knew it was only a matter of time before a publisher offered him a book deal. And sure enough, The History Press came calling.
The book’s title is Amber, Gold and Black, The History of Britain’s Great Beers, which the author describes as “the first book devoted solely to the development of beer styles in Britain, from bitter to porter, covering every aspect of their history, what they were when they started , how they developed and what they are today.”
Some of the material in Amber, Gold and Black will be familiar to Zythophile fans (are they known as “Zythophilephiles?”). It takes on questions like these: “How did India Pale Ale really come about?”, “Who really developed porter?”, and “What exactly is mild?” Martyn says the answers to all three aren’t what most people think.