Brewing in Burton upon Trent

Hot on the heels of his latest edition of The Good Beer Guide 2012 for Camra, beer-pages own Willard Clarke 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.