Guinness : the 250-year quest for the perfect pint / Bill Yenne.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yenne, Bill, 1949-
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, [2007], ©2007.
Subjects:
Guinness (Firm) > History.
Brewing industry > Ireland > History.
Guinness family.
Physical Description:xxii, 250 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Origins
  • Arthur Guinness, brewer
  • A family business
  • Generations and dynasties
  • Bottlers and the export trade
  • Building sales while building rails
  • A public company
  • The Guinness world travellers
  • To the ends of the earth, and Manchester, too
  • War at home and abroad
  • Trouble, triumph, and the toucan
  • Brewed in Britain and America, too
  • World War II
  • The postwar years
  • Great men and great ideas
  • A family business at two hundred
  • Nitrogenation, the really great idea
  • A lager called Harp
  • Into Africa, Malaysia, and beyond
  • Diversification and expansion
  • The watershed decade
  • A widget in the pint
  • A growing company and the perfect pint
  • Guinness in the twenty-first century
  • Inside the gate with the master brewer
  • Epilogue : the world's greatest beer.