A Pub For All Seasons

A poetic meditation on the public house, its history and place in our culture with some memoir deftly thrown in. Most of all it's an appreciation of what makes a pub great: the layers accumulated by decades - centuries, sometimes - of human interaction * The Spectator, Drinks Books of the Year * In winter, "The warmth of the pub is physical, attention-seeking, a welcome hand on the shoulder" observes Tierney-Jones, a writer of beer guides whose prose takes a turn towards the poetic in this travelogue. The book follows the seasons, and does a smart job of being elegiac and a little magical without trying to deny modernity. * Financial Times, Drinks Books of the year * This is a splendid book, ruminative, delightful and as full of good cheer as the best pub. * Mail on Sunday * 'A fabulous year-long odyssey in search of the best pubs ... An evocative mix of travelogue, pub guide and social history ... A must-read. * Daily Express * A genial ramble of a book ... a paean to the pub and its crucial role in community life. * Country Life * You've never read a book quite like A Pub for All Seasons before. It's a hymn to the unique charms of the British pub that encompasses aspects of memoir, travel and as you might expect quite a bit of beer. With writing that's elegiac, moving and as satisfying as a cool pint of Harvey's Best on a hot summer's day, Adrian Tierney-Jones is the undisputed bard of the bar room. * Henry Jeffreys, author of Vines in a Cold Climate * Adrian Tierney-Jones doesn't just visit pubs - he inhabits them and gives them a voice, allowing them to tell us how they act as the cornerstones of culture and community. * Pete Brown, author * He takes the reader around the country and into pubs often at quieter contemplative times and at its heart it is a gentle contemplative publication ... It is to some extent a love letter to things lost but such is the style of Tierney-Jones that this is dealt with in a light touch and ultimately the book is upbeat ... Profound, personal and powerful. * Beer Insider * This is slow travel, the time consumed by reflection. You can almost hear the leaden tick of a grandfather clock as he sips and muses and writes. The mood is frequently melancholic, 'the loneliness of the long-distance drinker' as Tierney-Jones has it. * British Beer Breaks *

Adrian Tierney-Jones is an award-winning journalist and writer on beer, travel and pubs and was Beer Writer of Year in 2017. He loves nothing better than to wander cities, towns and the countryside lovingly and visit their pubs and bars. He has contributed to many magazines and newspapers and books include The Seven Moods of Craft Beer and United Kingdom of Beer, and has also edited three editions of 1001 Beers to Try Before You Die. He is often to be found in front of an audience with a glass telling tales of drinking beer in bars across the world. He lives in Exeter.