How Beer Changed the World
Jonny Garrett
- Region:
- Anywhere
- Notice Period:
- Short (maybe less than one month's notice)
- Type:
- Professional
- Fee:
- Paid: £200 plus expenses (and ability to sell books)
- Category:
- History
- Updated:
- 14th October 2025
The fridge, antiseptics, the fan oven, pasteurisation. All were created in the pursuit of the perfect beer. St Pancras Station and the Pyramids only exist because of beer.
Learn all these amazing stories and more from multi-award-winning writer and historian Jonny Garrett in a 60 minute talk that will make you come to appreciate beer more than ever. Every story comes from his Fortnum & Mason Drinks Book of the Year, The Meaning of Beer.
If you want to add a beer tasting to the talk, this can be arranged!
Views: 18 | Enquiries: 0About Jonny Garrett
Jonny Garrett is a multi-award-winning author, journalist, filmmaker and podcaster working in the world of food and drink.
He’s best known as the cofounder of the Craft Beer Channel, a Youtube channel with over 170,000 subscribers.
He has written four books, including The Meaning of Beer and A Year in Beer, and hosted talks all over the world, including one at the World Economic Forum. He was British Beer Writer of the Year in 2019 and 2022, and is the only writer to have won the Fortnum & Mason Drinks Book of the Year twice.
He gives talks on the history of beer, brewing and pubs – in particular the ways in which they have changed the world and influenced our cultures.
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