From the previously mysterious Delta hop’s introduction to the United States to the top five beers to try from the small but growing world of female brewers, Josh Bernstein has tackled the daunting task of providing a light, yet comprehensive overview of the craft beer community in just over 300 pages of easy reading.
Curating is not an easy job. And whether it’s art, music or beer, only the best curators can make the task of selecting and organizing look effortless. Fortunately for drinkers adrift in a sea of craft beer choices, Christian DeBenedetti proves himself to be an adept guide in his first book, The Great American Ale... View Article
Whether you have dipped your toes into the complicated waters of yeast management, or experienced that moment of intrigue toward those microscopic creatures quietly responsible for beer’s existence, or (hypothetically, of course) recently finished two months of research into the subject for an upcoming All About Beer Magazine article titled “The Secret Life of Yeast,”... View Article
The evolution of the American bar has been analogous to the evolution of American civic life. Both started as primarily the domain of straight, white, Protestant males of means and British descent; and then both gradually—and grudgingly—expanded to include anybody who wanted in. That is the deliciously clever undercurrent of Ryerson University English professor Christine... View Article
Beer Craft is a valuable guide for extract brewers looking to move up to all-grain, and new brewers who want to start at the pinnacle. The book’s waterproof cover gives it instant credibility―authors William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill must have also accidentally splashed hot wort onto their favorite homebrew manual a time or two. Brilliant!
In 1805, long before the debut of IFC’s hilarious sketch comedy show “Portlandia,” Captain William Clark wrote in his journal, “Welcome to the theater of majestic beauty―the Great Northwest.” In 1969, a decade before homebrewing became legal in this country, Fred Eckhardt penned A Treatise on Lager Beers: How to Make Good Beer at Home... View Article
Homebrewing is full of challenges, and zeroing in on a style or even a specific beer may be among the stickiest. But why even “clone” a brew at all?
There’s a good reason that an odd number of judges sit at “best of show” tables in beer competitions—that way there are no ties. When two, rather than one or three, authors set out to identify the best beers in a country known for uncompromising beers, compromising choices might result. Tim Webb and Joris Pattyn... View Article
500 Beers By Zak Avery Sellers Publishing, Hard cover, $16.95, 288 pp 1001 Beers You Must Taste Before You Die Edited by Adrian Tierney-Jones Universe, Hard cover, $36.95, 960 pp World’s Best Beers: One Thousand Craft Brews from Cask to Glass By Ben McFarland Sterling Innovation, Hard cover, $29.95, 290 pp The Beer Trials By... View Article
