"Cookbook of recipes and culinary food pairings for beers from across the globe including information needed to know and understand beer and its interactions with food and the palate."--

To help beer drinkers find new favorites, this guide organizes ninety beer styles by country of origin and key ingredient, with a brief history of each, three beers to try, suggested food pairings, and recommended breweries.

The complete idiot's guide to beer tasting will provide readers with a comprehensive introduction to understanding and enjoying the vast styles and complex characteristics of beer. Understanding and enjoying beer is no longer a simple process, as beer has gone from a world of relatively small offerings from major brewers to a universe of literally hundreds of unique styles from craft brewers around the world. Like wine, the taste and subtle characteristics...

A quart of ale is a dish for a king,” said William Shakespeare in The Tempest. There’s a world of fun surrounding this magical drink that inspires the great. This comprehensive guide to the wide world of beer traces the colorful history (from ancient Sumeria through the glories of Oktoberfest), how beer is made, the wide world of beer styles, beer-drinking heroes, and a whole lot more. Bonus section: The best modern brewpubs in America and

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"A completely revised, updated, and repackaged second edition of the 2013 bestselling beer guide. First published in 2013, The Complete Beer Course has helped thousands of beer enthusiasts navigate the vast and often confusing world of beer. Bernstein is back to serve up a second round of insights. He introduces readers to must-know breweries, craft beers, and the industry's rising stars. Each chapter is devoted to a specific beer style and teaches...

"Simple Homebrewing reduces complicated steps for making beer and returns brewing to the fundamentals. A guide for brewing extract to all-grain batches, recipe design, small-batch brewing, and ideas on how to make technology work for you. Simple Homebrewing features fun and expert advice for brewers of all levels"--

"Tap the keg and pull out the mixing bowl-it's baking time! Lager your loaves, beer your brioche, pale ale your pretzels, dunkel your dough...just pour a pint to bake something extra special. The brew will add a unique depth of flavor to baked goods from bread to biscuits. Here are 75 fun recipes that use a variety of beers-golden ales to Belgian blondes, chocolate porters to juicy IPAs-and take baking to the next luscious level: Cream Ale Irish Soda...

Best-selling author Jeff Alworth takes serious beer aficionados on a behind-the-scenes tour of 26 major European and North American breweries that create some of the world's most classic beers. Learn how the Irish make stout, the secrets of traditional Czech pilsner, and what makes English cask ale unique by delving deep into the specific techniques, equipment, and geographical factors that shape these distinctive styles. Contemporary brewers carrying...