Brew Britannia – The Strange Rebirth of British Beer

In a barn in Somerset, plans are afoot to ferment a beer-cider hybrid with wild yeast that blows on the wind, while in Yorkshire an almost extinct style of ‘salty’ ‘n’ ‘sour’ wheat beer is being resurrected for the 21st century. Fifty years ago this would have seemed impossible. Following a cast of bloody-minded City bankers, hippie microbrewers, style gurus, a Python, and a lot of men in pubs, they reveal how punter power pulled the humble pint back from the brink.