The Beer Guide
Recently updated, this is most comprehensive guide to ales and lagers sold in the United States: More than 2,700 beers are described and rated, based on tens of thousands of reviews on RateBeer.com, the country’s foremost beer judging website. ‘We found RateBeer to be the most reliable,’ says Men’s Journal. Includes bonus food-pairing guide by award-winning beer writer Stan Hieronymus, as well as descriptions of major beer styles. Makes a perfect — and highly affordable — gift for the beer geeks on your list. Updated June 2008. Celebrator Beer News magazine calls it ”a handy reference guide to beers from around the world. Its 2,700 reviews are by Rate.Beer.com’s top evaluators. Each entry includes the beer style, brewery information and a description of the beer.” Unlike most other guides, this one only reviews beers available in the United States.
Beer has always been one of the world’s most popular beverages; but recently, people have embraced the rich complexities of beer’s many varieties. Now, with IBeer For Dummies/I, you can quickly and enjoyably educate your palate — from recognizing the characteristics of ales, lagers, and other beer styles to brewing your own beer right at home. In IBeer For Dummies/I, beer connoisseur Marty Nachel shares his own expertise on this subject so dear to his heart, revealing his picks for the best beer festivals, tastings, and events around the world as well as his simple tips for pouring, storing, and drinking beer like an expert brewmeister.
In The Best of American Beer and Food Lucy Saunders covers both pairing food and beer and cooking with beer. She begins by exploring the art of pairing flavorful beers with specific foods, considering today’s wide range of beer styles and the foods and flavors that they compliment from salad through dessert. She then turns to recipes that incorporate beer, using the diverse tastes available from today’s ales and lagers as flavor components.
DIVAs the place where American microbrewing was born, the West Coast has become the epicenter of a brewing revolution. America is now home to more beer styles than anywhere else in the world and our flourishing brewing industry has a growing reputation for quality and innovation. This authoritative and entertaining