If you’ve been a homebrewer or beer fan for any time at all, you will no doubt have enjoyed a fair number of unusual styles. Some commercial breweries have staked their claim on the premise of brewing well outside the box of the traditional style. Homebrewers are no less imaginative and adventurous in a quest... View Article
Over half the states in this country are now the subjects of books about the beer culture within their borders. Many of these are focused on the growth of the modern beer movement and are produced by travel-oriented publishers with the beer tourist in mind. A smaller number of such books, however, are inspired by... View Article
World’s Best Ciders is the story of the world’s apple belt, a loosely defined band encircling the globe from Kazakhstan to the United States. This latitudinal stretch of land shares one common trait: the ideal conditions for apple cultivation. The apple belt forms a connective tissue between such diverse regions as the Basque Country in... View Article
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Those four words tell a story. But not the whole story. For that, we crack open Sierra Nevada founder Ken Grossman’s biz-ography. Before he became a legendary pioneer, young master Grossman learned how to tinker with gadgets and machines, figuring out how to MacGyver his own brewing system before he realized... View Article
Today, many craft-brew bars offer beer lists that run the length of wine lists at Michelin-starred restaurants. While a well-trained staff may help, a proper beer education goes a long way, and Joshua M. Bernstein has created a valuable resource to aid craft drinkers in wading through the myriad of craft beer choices in his... View Article
Keeping up with all the new breweries, styles and beers offered these days can be daunting even for the seasoned professional or enthusiast. For those coming into the growing world of beer, it can be like staring up the face of a mountain from the base. So thank goodness for Mark Dredge, the British beer... View Article
If you believe that beer is food, then you’ll make space on your kitchen bookshelf for John Holl’s new work, The American Craft Beer Cookbook. It’s a collection of more than 150 recipes from craft breweries, brewpubs, brewers and chefs at beer-centric restaurants around the country. The book by Holl (the editor of All About... View Article
In 1989, the Beer Orders told British brewers they could either keep their breweries or keep their pubs, and far too many breweries decided to preserve their pubs and close their breweries. As a result, such famous breweries as Young’s, Bass, and Morland have closed. In Britain’s Lost Breweries and Beers, Chris Arnot, a former... View Article
Brewing Made Easy is a handy-dandy little guide to getting new brewers up and brewing quickly. By following this book’s easy-to-follow instructions, anyone can become a confident homebrewer in short order. This is the second edition (the first edition dates to 1996). Both editions were written by Joe and Dennis Fisher. The brothers Fisher run... View Article
