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We like beer in Canada. We really, really like it. And it's not just a fly-by-night, sordid little affair. We're in it long term. We spend something like $8 billion a year on beer. From barley growers to label designers, more than 170,000 Canadians owe their fulltime jobs directly or indirectly to beer. The rest of us just do what we can to help.
In the long-awaited follow up to Notes on a Beermat, Pashley explores beer in Canada, covering many salient points, including chapters on:
- Frère Ambroise, Who Started It All (Unless He Didn't) - Us Against Them: Canadians and Our Neighbours to the South - When Canadians Knew Squat: The Stubby in Our Lives - Beer: Isn't It Bad for You and Bad for the Planet? - Ale or Lager? East Is East and West Isn't - Barkeep! Gimme Another Light Dry Low-Carb Ice Beer with No Aftertaste - Are You a Beer Geek? (There's No Right Answer) - The Future of Beer: Can I Afford to Drink Beer? (Can You Afford Not To?)
About the Author
Nicholas Pashley, born in Sussex, England, is a career bookseller well known for his erudition and sardonic wit. He was the trade book buyer and purchasing manager for The University of Toronto Bookstore for 20 years and also the editor/writer of The U of T Bookstore Review. He has served as a director of the Canadian Booksellers Association and as a juror for the Canada Council, the Ontario Arts Council, the Toronto Arts Awards and the Journey Prize. For many years, he has also been a member of the Campaign for Real Ale. A long-time resident of Toronto and a connoisseur of pubs and publishing, Pashley now devotes his time to hosting literary events and writing his next book.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A Pleasant Evening's Read,
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This review is from: Cheers! (Paperback)
Pashley obviously loves his beer, and other beer lovers can share his enthusiasm for this great beverage. Full of anecdotes about the history of drinking in Canada, this book will have you laughing out loud in passages.A valuable addition to the body of literature on 'Canadian culture.'
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beer Beer Beer!!!,
This review is from: Cheers! (Paperback)
Do you want to know more about the history of Beer in Canada? This is the perfect book to do just that. I couldn't put it down!!!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not for Labatt, Molson & Sleeman Fans,
This review is from: Cheers! (Paperback)
I found this book to be a charming and fascinating account of beer in Canada. Pashley's writing style will elicit many chuckles and guffaws. His brief history and description of prohibition in Canada explains a lot about our goofy liquour laws and modern day attitudes towards alcohol. I share his distaste of the foreign owned "big three" breweries dominating the industry today and refuse to buy their products out of principle. The fact that these three breweries jointly own "The Beer Store" in Ontario is frankly criminal. It's unbelievable that a provincial government allows such a blatant foreign oligopoly to flourish.Contrary to another reviewer's comment, I thought Pashley's comments about Toronto were rather deprecating in a humourous way. I recently visited Toronto and couldn't find a decent IPA anywhere. I know from various websites that Toronto has many craft breweries. However, most of the regular pubs there seem to only have a wide selection of beers courtesy of Anheuser-Busch InBev (yes I mean Stella, Beck's, Bodington's, etc.). When I asked for an IPA, the barkeeps would look at me puzzled and say, "we have Keith's". If you like craft beer, you'll love this book. If not, perhaps you'll learn to appreciate the efforts of hard working Canadians and stop supporting the foreign brewers. Cheers!
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