Boutique Beer: 500 Quality Craft Beers - Rilegato

Mcfarland, Ben

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0764165747 ISBN 13: 9780764165740

Casa editrice: B E S Pub Co, 2013

Riassunto

Gone are the days when a cold beer was the drink reserved for ballparks and frat parties. Today, microbreweries around the globe are proving that beer is every bit as complex and sophisticated as wine. Their creations range from delicate champagne beers to extreme strength concoctions that are more akin to whisky and port. With names as varied as their flavors -- try Death & Taxes, Knuckle Sandwich or Golden Monkey on for size--these elusive libations are changing the way the world views the humble brewski.

In Boutique Beer, bestselling author and renowned beer connoisseur Ben McFarland scours the globe to showcase 500 of the world's most exciting premium ales. From American craft brewers and ale-making European nations to the fresh new crop of brewers across Japan, Scandinavia and Australia, McFarland puts his extensive knowledge to work to offer the reader--

An in-depth look at the ingredients and brewing process for each beer as well as an assessment of appearance, aroma, flavor and finish

Advice on storage and ageing, ideal drinking temperature, and correct glassware

Tips for selecting which beers to pair with different foods

Listings of key breweries and places to visit for the best craft beer experience

A detailed exploration of the various types of ales including barrel aged, barley wines, pilsners, lagers, and more

Discerning beer drinkers of all levels will find Boutique Beer to be an essential guide to the world's most distinctive ales as well as the people, personalities and the inspiration behind them.

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Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

Boutique Beer captures the people, the places, and the passions that have inspired a worldwide craft brewing revolution. More than just another compendium of the globe's greatest brews, this book ventures off the well-trodden drinking path and takes the adventurous beer connoisseur deeper into the world of today's most compelling craft brewers.
Celebrating both the characters at the cutting edge of the contemporary craft beer scene and the pioneers of the past that inspired them, Ben McFarland's imbibing adventure stretches from Amsterdam's Red Light District to the far-reaches of the Faroe Islands via ale-making iconoclasts of Oregon, Danish gypsy brewers, some monks (obviously), and law-bending, lederhosen wearing Bavarians. There's even a guy who makes beer from his beard.
The award-wining writer talks of the tales and the tastes of more than 500 beers ranging from the legendary lambics and heinously hopped India Pale Ales to sublime session brews, sexy stouts, cellar-dwelling Barley wines, funky farmhouse beers, sours and saisons, beer made with wild yeast, barrel-ages beers, and more.
Amusing, enlightening, and absorbing, Boutique Beer belongs on the bookshelf of discerning drinkers everywhere and assures that you will never look at your beer in the same way again.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

Boutique Beer is the dapper drinking companion that every craft beer connoisseur wants to have beside them. Sourcing more than 500 of the world's most inspirational, iconic, and unique beers, award-winning, best-selling author Ben McFarland looks beyond the liquids into the lives that have inspired them.

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• Editore: B E S Pub Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0764165747
• ISBN 13: 9780764165740
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224