Travels with Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture in AmericaSimon and Schuster, 2007年11月1日 - 332 頁 Do beer yeast rustlers really exist? Who patented the Beer Goddess? How can you tell a Beer Geek from a Beer Nazi? Where exactly is Beervana? Does Big Beer hate Little Beer? Ken Wells, a novelist, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and longtime Wall Street Journal writer, answers these questions and more by bringing a keen eye and prodigious reportage to the people and passions that have propelled beer into America's favorite alcoholic beverage and the beer industry into a $75 billion commercial juggernaut, not to mention a potent force in American culture. Travels with Barley is a lively, literate tour through the precincts of the beer makers, sellers, drinkers, and thinkers who collectively drive the mighty River of Beer onward. The heart of the book is a journey along the Mississippi River, from Minnesota to Louisiana, in a quixotic search for the Perfect Beer Joint -- a journey that turns out to be the perfect pretext for viewing America through the prism of a beer glass. Along the river, you'll visit the beer bar once owned by the brewer Al Capone, glide by The World's Largest Six Pack, and check into Elvis Presley's Heartbreak Hotel to plumb the surprisingly controversial question of whether Elvis actually drank beer. But the trip also includes numerous detours up quirky tributaries, among them: a visit to an Extreme Beer maker in Delaware with ambitions to make 50-proof brew, a look at the murky world of beer yeast rustlers in California, and a journey to the portals of ultimate beer power at the Anheuser-Busch plant in St. Louis, where making the grade as a Clydesdale draft horse is harder than you might imagine. Entertaining, enlightening, and written with Wells's trademark verve, Travels with Barley is a perfect gift -- not just for America's 84 million beer enthusiasts, but for all discerning readers of flavorful nonfiction. |
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... couple of cats patrol the porch and a forty-three-foot Gulf Star sailboat, big enough to sleep on but in no measure a yacht, floats tied to a dock out back. His favorite car is a mildly dilapidated 1976 Cadillac convertible. It's a ...
... couple of cats patrol the porch and a forty-three-foot Gulf Star sailboat, big enough to sleep on but in no measure a yacht, floats tied to a dock out back. His favorite car is a mildly dilapidated 1976 Cadillac convertible. It's a ...
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... couple of years ago, with sales rumors more rampant than ever, he shocked everybody by announc- ing that he had sold the place to a syndicate of Montana rodeo cow- boys. He called a press conference to introduce the new owners. A press ...
... couple of years ago, with sales rumors more rampant than ever, he shocked everybody by announc- ing that he had sold the place to a syndicate of Montana rodeo cow- boys. He called a press conference to introduce the new owners. A press ...
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... couple of minutes of pretty good local television. The events also all have a charity component (duly noted in event literature and on the Bama's Web site). A portion of the golf tourna- ment's $175 entry fee goes to a cancer foundation ...
... couple of minutes of pretty good local television. The events also all have a charity component (duly noted in event literature and on the Bama's Web site). A portion of the golf tourna- ment's $175 entry fee goes to a cancer foundation ...
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... couple of hundred people crammed in it, turned out to be the smallest part of the action. A few things caught my eye: a sign on the wall that said "Having Sex on the TV Can't Hurt You—Unless You Fall Off"; the fact that a huge number of ...
... couple of hundred people crammed in it, turned out to be the smallest part of the action. A few things caught my eye: a sign on the wall that said "Having Sex on the TV Can't Hurt You—Unless You Fall Off"; the fact that a huge number of ...
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... couple, who, though not smooching anymore, were still sort of pawing each other. They smiled and I smiled and we exchanged pleasantries. They told me they were Steve and Wanda from Birmingham, that they loved the Bama, that they drove ...
... couple, who, though not smooching anymore, were still sort of pawing each other. They smiled and I smiled and we exchanged pleasantries. They told me they were Steve and Wanda from Birmingham, that they loved the Bama, that they drove ...
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CHAPTER 3 | 42 |
ON THE ROAD AGAIN | 52 |
Slouching Toward Hannibal | 114 |
THE QUEST TAKES A SOUTHERN LURCH | 177 |
CHAPTER 13 | 190 |
ON THE ROAD AGAIN | 204 |
CHAPTER 15 | 217 |
A WRINKLE IN THE QUEST | 228 |
THE FINAL DIVERSION | 238 |
QUESTS | 252 |
EPILOGUE | 267 |
Notes on Sources | 275 |
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