Martyn Cornell was born, like porter, in London, and has been researching and writing about the history of beer, and beer styles, for more than three decades. He is the author of seven previous books on beer, his work has been translated into more than half a dozen different languages and he has spoken on the history of beer at conferences from Denmark to Brazil.

Table of Contents

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Introduction

Part One: Origins

1.¿Roots and Pressures

Part Two: How Porter Was Brewed

2.¿The 18th Century

3.¿The 19th Century, Part 1: The Color Problem

4.¿The 19th Century, Part 2: Patent Malt

5.¿The 19th Century, Part 3: Demographic Challenges

6.¿The 20th Century

Part Three: Porter in Britain

7.¿London in the 18th Century

8.¿Into the Regions

9.¿The 19th Century, Part 1: The Peak of Success

10.¿The 19th Century, Part 2: The Long Decline

11.¿The 20th Century

Part Four: Porter in Ireland

12.¿The Early Years

13.¿Dublin, Part 1

14.¿Dublin, Part 2

15.¿The West and North, Temperance and Famine

16.¿Cork and the Battle Against Guinness

Part Five: Guinness

17.¿The Beginning

18.¿Expansion and Domination

19.¿The Appliance of Science

20.¿Good for You

21.¿The Keg Revolution

22.¿Saunders and After

Part Six: Invading Europe

23.¿Russia and the Baltic States

24.¿Eastern Europe

25.¿The Nordic Countries

26.¿Western and Southern Europe

Part Seven: Across the Atlantic

27.¿North America Before 1776

28.¿Philadelphia

29.¿New York City

30.¿The Northeast United States

31.¿The Midwest United States

32.¿The Southern United States

33.¿The Western United States

34.¿Prohibition and After

35.¿Province of Quebec

36.¿Ontario, Part 1: Toronto and Surroundings

37.¿Ontario, Part 2: London and E.P. Taylor

38.¿The Maritimes

39.¿Western Canada

40.¿Canada in the 20th Century

41.¿The Caribbean

42.¿Latin America

Part Eight: Asia, Africa and Australasia

43.¿South Asia, Part 1

44.¿South Asia, Part 2

45.¿Southeast and East Asia

46.¿Africa and the Middle East

47.¿Australasia

Part Nine: Stout

48.¿The Start of Stout

49.¿Stout in the 20th Century

50.¿Imperial Stout and Russian Stout

51.¿Cooper

52.¿Nourishing Stout

53.¿Oatmeal Stout

54.¿Milk Stout

55.¿Other Odd Ingredients: Meat, Oysters and Glucose

Part Ten: Rebirth and Revival

56.¿The Return

57.¿Pushing the Envelope

Part Eleven: Porter and Technology

58.¿Vats, Instruments and Coloring

59.¿Steam and Fish Bladders

60.¿Porter Brewers and the Science of Yeast

61.¿Guinness and Technology

Appendices

A. Who Were the Porters?

B. The Three-Threads Myth

C. London Porter Brewers' Production Figures, 1748-1853

D. Guinness Myths

Glossary

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index