Title: Golden Fire: The Story Of Cider
Author: Ted Bruning
Year: 2012
Format: Paperback
Page Count: 210
Price new: £6.95 (Amazon)*
*accurate at the time of posting
Description: (TLDR)
The long journey through the history of cider presented from it's beginnings to the modern day in order.
On the back of the book it says:
"Cider is a drink whose time has come. Twenty years ago it was a minority taste competing with lager for a share of the keg-and can market, and much favoured by under-age and problem drinkers for it's strength and cheapness. Since then it's popularity has soared, and it has become the drink of choice - especially in hot weather - for all sectors of society.
But because of the low status of many mass-market brands, cider has never attracted the attention of researchers and writers to the extent that beer, win and spirits have. And nobody, until now, has attempted to unravel the many myths, legends and misconceptions that surround it's origins and development to present a factual narrative history.
In cider, as legend has it, the oldest alcoholic drink of them all, or is it in fact a comparatively recent introduction ? Did it come to Britain with the Celts, the Romans, or the Normans ? Were medieval babies really baptised in it ?
Golden Fire: The Story Of Cider takes a long, cool, refreshing look at the evolution of one of Britain's favourite beverages and answers all those questions."
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