Matthew Curtis

This is the essential guide to one of the UK’s great beer cities. From traditional pubs serving top-quality cask ale, to the latest on-trend bars, cafés and brewery taprooms, Manchester is bursting with great beer and this new book will direct you to the very best.

The essential, indispensable guide to one of the UK's great beer cities. From traditional pubs serving top-quality cask ale, to the latest on-trend bottle shop bars and funky brewery taprooms, Manchester is bursting with great beer and this new book will direct you to the very best.

Modern British Beer aims to highlight the cultural development of beer in the United Kingdom since the turn of the century. The first-person narrative will be told through the stories of approximately 80 different beers and the brewers who made them, and focus on how their influence has directly affected our choice at the bar.