World Atlas of Beer: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO THE BEERS OF THE WORLD - Couverture rigide

Webb, Tim; Beaumont, Stephen

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 184533633X ISBN 13 : 9781845336332

Editeur : Mitchell Beazley, 2012

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Wine may accompany dinner and fine whisky a good book, but beer always seems to go better with life.

Yet as with any companion, it should be chosen well and properly understood.

Welcome to the first edition of The World Atlas of Beer. Country by country, this book considers a vast range of beer styles and traditions, with full tasting notes for 500 beers.Detailed maps locate key breweries worldwide, and describe crucial trends in major territories. Features such as matching beer with food and how to pour different kinds of beer complete the picture.This is the definitive and essential guide to beer, with information on brews as far ranging as:

• The Trappist ales of Belgium
• The wheat beers of Bavaria
• Breton black beers
• Barrel-aged Californian beers
• British bitters
• Vietnamese bia-hoi
• Traditional Finnish sahti

It explores the development of beer and the myriad brewing techniques in use across the world today, along with the output of the hundreds of craft breweries around the world, from the USA and Canada, to Japan and even the Easter Islands.

Craft brewing continues to go from strength to strength across the world, and this book is the perfect companion to help you explore the best beers the world has to offer.

Cheers!

Biographie de l'auteur :

Tim Webb is renowned as a beer writer across Europe and North America. He has a particular interest in Belgian and international craft brewing and has compiled eight editions of Good Beer Guide Belgium (1992 to 2010) and co-wrote 100 Belgian Beers to Try Before You Die! (2008) and LambicLand (2004 & 2010). Tim writes for Beer Advocate Magazine (US) and is managing editor of his own niche publishing company. For six years he was on the board of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) and formerly ran their Great British Beer Festival. He lives near Cambridge, England. Stephen Beaumont is a writer and journalist who has been writing about beer for over 20 years. Based in Toronto, Canada, Stephen has written for a very wide range of publications, from the International Herald Tribune to Wine Enthusiast Magazine. He has also written, co-written or contributed to ten books. In total, Stephen authors nine regular columns for eight publications, as well as blogs at cheersonline.com and thatsthespirit.com, plus his own website, Stephen Beaumont's World of Beer (www.worldofbeer.com).

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mitchell Beazley
• Date d'édition: 2012
• ISBN 10: 184533633X
• ISBN 13: 9781845336332
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 256