Beer Lover's Companion - Hardcover

Josh Leventhal

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 3829035004 ISBN 13: 9783829035002

Publisher: Ullmann Publishing, 1709

Synopsis

Take a fascinating, informative and mouth-watering tour of the world's greatest breweries: from innovative microbreweries in the American West to revered and venerable breweries of Europe. Learn about the globe's tastiest brews. Discover new favourites from breweries steeped in heritage and tradition; their brewing processes perfected through the centuries. This illustrated guide offers both the connoisseur and new aficionado the essential information to help find perfect beers for each individual's taste, from hoppy ales to hardy stouts to crisp hefeweizens. Over 400 of the greatest beers on earth are included. Organised by brewery, each listing explores the flavours of the most significant beers and includes a one-to-three-mug rating by a professional taster. You'll also discover where each brew is made and how each region's production method and ingredients vary. This is the most comprehensive and enlightening guide to the world's favourite beverage that belongs in every beer lover's library.

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Review

Beer, glorious beer! Josh Leventhal's Beer Lover's Companion pays tribute to ales and lagers, bitter and bocks from every corner of the globe. Written with amateur quaffers in mind, this tall, slender book helps distinguish between dozens of beer styles such as brown ales and black beers, cream ales and wheat beers--and each brew is put through a taste and strength test. This book will certainly make your next hop to the local public house a much more pleasant experience!

The book's strength lies in its section on international beers. Each country is divided by region, exemplifying the breweries and brews of each local area. In Britain (well known for its many fine beers), over 50 breweries are showcased. John Smith's Brewery, famous for its Webster's Yorkshire Bitter, has been in the hops business since 1883. Boddingtons in Manchester has been brewing even longer, since 1778.

Illustrated throughout with full-color photographs of various bottles and brews, this is the perfect book to pack for international beer pilgrimages. --Naomi Gesinger

About the Author

Josh Leventhal is an editor and the author of the best-selling book Take Me Out to the Ballpark, The World Series: An Illustrated History of the Fall Classic, and Baseball Yesterday & Today, among others. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Edition details

• Publisher: Ullmann Publishing
• Publication date: 1709
• ISBN 10: 3829035004
• ISBN 13: 9783829035002
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English