For Ian Coutts it was a barrel full of beer he'd made himself. Not from a kit like most home brewers. Not from industrial malts and yeasts like most commercial brewers. No, from absolute scratch. That meant barley and hops he'd grown, yeast he'd captured in the wild and malt he'd made himself. The only additives were knowledge and history. His quest took him from farm field to craft brewery, from agricultural schools to historic theme parks in homespun Victorian clothing. He learned a lot, brewed a lot and drank a lot of beer, and overcame mishaps and misadventures, until ultimately he had it--the perfect keg."--Page [4] of cover.