The Pocket Beer Guide: The Essential Handbook to the Very Best Beers in the World

The best beers are here, so drink up! The authors of the acclaimed World Atlas of Beer (Sterling Epicure) have collaborated with top international contributors to create the most extraordinary, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide to brews available. This team of experts provides tasting notes on an amazing selection of suds, organized by country, complete with information on breweries and each beer's key characteristics. Beer destinations and a calendar of beer festivals worldwide round out the fun!

Stephen Beaumont is an international figure in the beer world and has authored, coauthored, or contributed to a dozen books, including the pioneering A Taste for Beer (Storey Books) and The Beerbistro Cookbook (Key Porter Books), the latter based on the beer-focused cuisine of the Toronto restaurant he cofounded. He is also a prolific journalist and has written hundreds of articles and columns for publications as diverse as the International Herald Tribune and Whisky Advocate. He lives in Toronto, Canada.