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
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.
It explores the development of beer and the myriad brewing techniques in use across the world today.
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!