Brewing for Victory

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Summary: The Untold Story -- Told
Review: A guy I know brought this back from England a few years ago, and I read it while on vacation. This is a great telling of the stories of British brewing in World War II, covering the early days of the war when drys tried to use patriotic fervor to stop brewing (they were soundly shut down and roundly criticized for using the war to further their mad agenda), the effects of The Blitz on London brewers and pubs, the lasting effects of low-malt brewing on brewers and British beer in general, brewing under occupation on the Channel Isles, and beer in victory, including the famous picture of a Spitfire with a "drop-tank" of cask ale. I guarantee this will be beer stories you've never heard before, and almost all of it a fascinating look at how British beer went to war, and like all the other boys (and girls) who 'saw the elephant,' came back changed forever.