British Alcoholic Beverages - Beer and Breweries in the United Kingdom, British Distilled Beverages, British Wine, English Ciders, Porter (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Beer and breweries in the United Kingdom, British distilled beverages, British wine, English ciders, Porter, Mild ale, Campaign for Real Ale, Perry, Scottish & Newcastle, Wine from the United Kingdom, Grog, Strongbow, Aspall Cider, Good Beer Guide, Plymouth Gin, Portman Group, Regional brewery, Bitter, H. P. Bulmer, Aston Manor Brewery, WKD Original Vodka, Champion Winter Beer of Britain, Courage Brewery, Brewing Industry Research Foundation, Old ale, Welsh whisky, The Moss Cider Project, Gordon's Gin, Tun, Penderyn, National Association of Cider Makers, Three Hammers, British Beer and Pub Association, Society for the Preservation of Beers from the Wood, Beer in the United Kingdom, Lambrini, Scrumpy, Cornish Cyder Farm, Independent Family Brewers of Britain, Weston's Cider, Society of Independent Brewers, Merrydown, Old Rosie, Workers Beer Company, English units of wine casks, Devon Cider Company, Pomagne, Good Cider Guide, Druids Celtic Cider, White Lightning, Lindisfarne Mead, Scrumpy Jack, Budweiser 66, Woodpecker Cider, The Whisky Distilleries of the United Kingdom, Rough Old Wife. Excerpt: Perry is an alcoholic beverage made from fermented pears. Perry has been common for centuries in Britain, particularly in the Three Counties of Gloucestershire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire, and in parts of south Wales; and France, especially Normandy and Anjou. In more recent years, commercial perry has also been referred to as "pear cider," though some organisations (such as CAMRA) do not accept this as a name for the traditional drink. As with apples specifically grown to make cider, special pear cultivars are used: in the UK the most commonly used variety of perry pear is the Blakeney Red. They produce fruit that is not of eating quality, but that produces superior perry. Perry pears are thought to be descended from w...