
- 155 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This is the story of how the Mackeson brothers of Deal bought a brewery in the small Kent town of Hythe and transformed it into a producer of one of the biggest brewing success stories of the twentieth century – milk stout. The drink was a favourite in pubs and shops across the country and famously found its way into the snug in Coronation Street's 'Rover's Return'.
The family's journey was not a smooth one. From 1801, four generations struggled with economic depression and recession; war; a suicide; bankruptcies; lawsuits; wastrel and importunate relatives; and premature deaths. But there were triumphs along the way, too: transporting the Koh-i-Noor diamond to Queen Victoria, discovering a new dinosaur and finally the reward of a baronetcy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Note on Mackeson Names
- Prologue
- 1 A Very Nice Beginning
- 2 This Sweet Girl’s Property
- 3 A Most Amiable and Unaffected Young Woman
- 4 So Iniquitous, So Disgraceful, a Business
- 5 This Unfortunate Circumstance
- 6 A Very Fine Young Man
- 7 Hythe is Half Barracks
- 8 I Am Really Quite Tired Out
- 9 Dinodocus Mackesoni
- 10 Many Songs Were Sung
- 11 Dae Ye Mind o’ Lang, Lang Syne
- 12 In Every Sense a Gentleman
- 13 The Power Was a Horse
- 14 Make Stout More Nourishing
- 15 By Golly it Does You Good
- Bibliography
- Notes