Winner of 2014 U.S. Gourmand Drinks Award • Taste 5,000 years of brewing history as a time-traveling homebrewer rediscovers and re-creates the great beers of the past.The Brewer’s Tale is a beer-filled journey into the past: the story of brewers gone by and one brave writer’s quest to bring them—and their ancient, forgotten beers—back to life, one taste at a time. This is the story of the world according to beer, a toast to flavors born of necessity and pl...

Read Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune's posts on the Penguin Blog.Move over, Merlot. Craft beer has finally found a place at the fine dining table.Renowned beer sommeliers Hallie Beaune and Christina Perozzi offer a down-to-earth guide to craft and artisanal brews that celebrates beer for what it truly is: sophisticated, complex, and flavorful.Beaune and Perozzi cover everything from beer basics to the science behind beer, food a...

Brewing the perfect beer can be considered an art-form, which requires attention to detail and great care to get that ideal taste. In this Boxed Set, the reader will find the core information needed to brew a world-class batch every time. Every effort has been made to present a wealth of information in a concise way, which is suitable for both educational and leisurely reading.

Raise a glass to vintage beer! Treat yourself to a tour through time with this historical collection of beer recipes from 1800 to 1965.Within these pages, you'll discover timeless recipes, along with drink profiles, and tales of how these tasty brews became a part of the evolution of beer. Each chapter delves into a different style of beer: porter, stout, pale ale, mild ale, stock ale, burton ale, scotch ale, brown ale, dinner ale, light ale, table beer, and more, ...

A perfect gift for connoisseurs of the most popular drink enjoyed in American pubs, Red, White, and Brew is the ultimate beer run across the United States, during which Brian Yaeger visits fourteen breweries of various sizes and talks to founders, owners, brewmasters, consumers, and anyone else he meets on his odyssey and who enjoys the making, tasting, and appreciating of brews.Red, White, and Brew pursues the ro...

-The first English-language guide to Japanese craft beer.-Information on 219 present and forthcoming Japanese breweries.-Completely independent, in-depth analysis of 104 Japanese craft breweries and their beers.-Listing and evaluation of 136 brewpubs, bars, tap rooms, and stores where one can drink or purchase Japanese craft beer.-50 pages of essays on the development of and culture surrounding beer in Japan.-Guide to Japanese craft beer festivals.

The portable guide to potable purveyors. "From alehouses, inns, and taverns, to the pubs we know today, Gordon Thorburn explains all . . . Cheers!" — Best of BritishIs there really a pub called The Toad Rock Retreat? Which one town has the pubs with both the longest and the shortest names? How many Lions, Crowns, and Horses are there? How many pubs are called The Speculation, The Triple Plea, and The Welcome Stranger? Why would you give your pub a ...

Four experts in the field write about yeast. Contents Include: A History of Yeast Treatment; Yeasts and the Brewery; Routine Measurements of Yeast Fermentation; Features of Various Yeast Species; Simple Photomicrography. This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience.

This vintage book contains a detailed history of the beer brewing industry, with a special focus on the Brewery Workers' Movement in America. With extensive historical information and details of notable events and advancements, this is a volume that will appeal to those with an interest in the development of the brewing industry, and one that would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "The Beer-Brewing Industry", "The Beer-Brewing Industry in...

Whatever would we do without cocktails?Whether one is dying of boredom on a Sunday evening or racked with tension after a perilous mission, these little wonders hit the spot every time. Rather like those cheeky Tracy boys and their glorious Thunderbird machines.This priceless selection of drinks includes all my favourites, from the classic Cosmopolitan to Jeff Tracy's fabulous Tracy Island Iced Tea. Simply follow my tips for the final flourish in each case and you can be as...

In this ebook we will be covering the many ways to avoid hangovers and what you can do to prevent them. We will actually go into detail and dissect hangovers. We will discuss what happens when hangovers occur, why, and what you can start doing before you even drink to avoid having to deal with hangovers so you can be up and going the next day as if nothing ever happened