Guinness

Bill Yenne has been writing extensively about beer and brewing history for two decades and has discussed these subjects as a featured guest on the History Channel. He is the author of more than forty books on a variety of historical topics, and a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

• Notes on Measurements and Terminology viiAcknowledgments viiiPrologue: The World’s Greatest Beer ixIntroduction: What Is Guinness Stout? xiii1 Origins 12 Arthur Guinness, Brewer 113 A Family Business 254 Generations and Dynasties 355 Bottlers and the Export Trade 436 Building Sales While Building Rails 497 A Public Company 558 The Guinness World Travellers 659 To the Ends of the Earth, and Manchester, Too 7510 War at Home and Abroad 8111 Trouble, Triumph, and the Toucan 8712 Brewed in Britain and America, Too 10313 World War II 11114 The Postwar Years 11915 Great Men and Great Ideas 12916 A Family Business at Two Hundred 13717 Nitrogenation, the Really Great Idea 14518 A Lager Called Harp 15119 Into Africa, Malaysia, and Beyond 15520 Diversification and Expansion 16521 The Watershed Decade 17122 A Widget in the Pint 18723 A Growing Company and the Perfect Pint 19324 Guinness in the Twenty-First Century 20525 Inside the Gate with the Master Brewer 215Epilogue: The World’s Greatest Beer 225Appendix A: Generations of the Guinness Family in the Leadership of the Family Business 229Appendix B: Guinness Head Brewers 233Bibliography 237About the Author 239Index 241

"This book is telling of the legends of Guinness - the stout, the men and the mythology."  (Retail & Leisure International, December 2007) "...should be on the shelf of anyone who professes to want to learn more about the last 250 years of brewing"  (What's Brewing, December 2007)"...an absorbing tale, brilliantly handled."  (New Imbiber, December 2007)"This is a thoroughly enjoyable, complete chronicle of a great been business."  (World Business, December 2007)