The Oxford Companion to Beer

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Encyclopedic guide to beer's history, making, and culture.

If you’ve found yourself fascinated by the frothy depths of a beer glass, The Oxford Companion to Beer could be your new best friend. Imagine an all-encompassing journey that not only dives into the beverage’s rich history but also explores the nuances that go into brewing it. Whether you're a casual sipper or a homebrew hero, this tome is like a beer festival in book form, serving up a world of knowledge with a side of cultural zest. Cheers to that!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Oxford Companion to Beer

Regular price $25.90
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ISBN: 9780195367133
Date of Publication: 2011-10-07
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Food & Drink, History, Biographies & Memoirs
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For millennia, beer has been a staple beverage in cultures across the globe. After water and tea, it is the most popular drink in the world, and it is at the center of an over $450 billion industry. With the emergence of craft brewing and homebrewing, beer is experiencing a renaissance that is expanding the reach of the beer culture even further, bringing the art of brewing into homes and widening the interest in beer as an important cultural item. The Oxford Companion to Beer is the first reference work to fully investigate the history and vast scope of beer, from the agricultural makeup of various beers to the technical elements of the brewing process, local effects of brewing on regions around the world, and social and political implications of sharing a beer. Entries not only define terms such as "spent grain" and "wort," but give fascinating details about how these and other ingredients affect a beer's taste, texture, and popularity. Cultural entries on such topics as drinking songs or beer gardens offer vivid accounts of how our drinking traditions have shifted through history, and how these traditions vary in different parts of the world, from Japan to Mexico, New Zealand, and Brazil, among many other countries. The pioneers of beer-making are the subjects of biographical entries; the legacies they left behind, in the forms of the world's most popular beers and breweries, are recurrent themes throughout the book. Collectively the Companion has over 1,100 entries--written
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Encyclopedic guide to beer's history, making, and culture.

If you’ve found yourself fascinated by the frothy depths of a beer glass, The Oxford Companion to Beer could be your new best friend. Imagine an all-encompassing journey that not only dives into the beverage’s rich history but also explores the nuances that go into brewing it. Whether you're a casual sipper or a homebrew hero, this tome is like a beer festival in book form, serving up a world of knowledge with a side of cultural zest. Cheers to that!

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.