Pilsner
How the Beer of Kings Changed the World

Like the beer it describes, this book is crisp, clear, well-crafted and enjoyable. It explains the history of how the pale lager climbed to the top of a mountain of other beers brewed from other traditions. The book presents the economic history blended with biographical information on the people wh......more

3.5/5…Nothing super-earth shattering here. Pretty encyclopedic survey of the Pilsner, and therefore the lager, and by necessity the original centuries dominated by ales. From the glory decades to the more recent corporate decline of the Pilz, with a necessary dip into late 20th Century craft. Maybe......more

As a former beer drinker, I found this book very interesting. It was a fun travel log through the history of beer, making the characters and beer itself alive with every turn of the page. Beer lovers will love reading this book.......more

Really enjoyed reading this. Provided great insite into the origins of Pilsner and its subsequent world takeover. Also provided great perspective into how, what we've come to call, macro breweries came to be and how light beer's dominance is relatively recent.......more

It was so interesting to look at a huge breadth of world history through the lens of a very specific topic. Incredible to map out the impact of this particular beer style on the course of history, as well as history's impact on the beer's change over time.......more