Awards

• Winner of Andre Simon Memorial Fund Award: Drink 2011.
• Winner of Gourmand World Cookbook Awards: Best Beer Book 2012.
• Winner of Winner of the 2012 Gourmand Award for Best in the World in the Beer category. Winner of the 2011 Andre Simon Book Award in the Drinks Category.

Overview

For millennia, beer has been a favorite 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 a $450 billion industry.The first major reference work to investigate the history and vast scope of beer, The Oxford Companion to Beer features more than 1,100 A-Z entries written by 166 of the world's most prominent beer experts. Attractively illustrated with over 140 images, the book covers everything 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 the social and political implications of sharing a beer.Entries not only define terms such as ""dry hopping"" and ""cask conditioning"" but give fascinating details about how these and other techniques affect a beer's taste, texture, and popularity. Cultural entries shed light on such topics as pub games, food pairings and the development of beer styles.Readers will enjoy vivid accounts of how our drinking traditions have changed throughout 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, and the legacies these pioneers have left behind, in the form of the world's most popular beers and breweries, are recurrent themes throughout the book.Packed with information, this comprehensive resource also includes thorough appendices (covering beer festivals, beer magazines, and more), conversion tables, and an index. Featuring a foreword by Tom Colicchio, this book is the perfect shelf-mate to Oxford's renowned Companion to Wine and an absolutely indispensable volume for everyone who loves beer as well as all beverage professionals, including home brewers, restaurateurs, journalists, cooking school instructors, beer importers, distributors, and retailers, and a host of others.

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epic...blockbuster that would satisfy any hardcore enthusiast. It's edited by Brooklyn Brewery's ridiculously talented brewmaster Garrett Oliver, a man who writes as well as he brews. Which is annoyingly well. The Guardian anyone with more than a passing interest in malt and hops should find something to interest them between the pages of this hefty book. The Independent satisfyingly comprehensive The Independent an extremely informative read for any beer lover. Suffolk & Norfolk Life A comprehensive biography Maxim

This book contains everything you might want to know about the world's most popular drink. The Field epic...blockbuster that would satisfy any hardcore enthusiast. It's edited by Brooklyn Brewery's ridiculously talented brewmaster Garrett Oliver, a man who writes as well as he brews. Which is annoyingly well. The Guardian anyone with more than a passing interest in malt and hops should find something to interest them between the pages of this hefty book. The Independent satisfyingly comprehensive The Independent an extremely informative read for any beer lover. Suffolk & Norfolk Life A comprehensive biography Maxim

<br> The Oxford Companion to Beer is like having an assortment of 24 terrific beers in one box. Pick one out, pop the cap, turn to a page, savor the beer, enjoy the random read. There are <br>more than 1,100 terrific companions for your beers. --Charlie Papazian, president of the Brewers Association and author of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing<p><br> If scholarly detail and accuracy for brewing is your thirst, this book will be your definitive goto over and over again. Like a perfect pour, beer lovers will be able to appreciate this book for its artistry, craftsmanship and precision as well as its endless source of inspiration. --Mario Batali, acclaimed chef and restaurateur<p><br> Beerlike baseball statistics or action movie quotesis one of the many things guys act like they are experts on, but oftentimes are actually clueless about. This book is for anyone, male or female, who has ever wanted to know the once-and-for-all real facts about ales, ambers, porters, and lambics but was t

a useful reference, and a source of serendipitious pleasure Engineering and Technology This book contains everything you might want to know about the world's most popular drink. The Field epic...blockbuster that would satisfy any hardcore enthusiast. It's edited by Brooklyn Brewery's ridiculously talented brewmaster Garrett Oliver, a man who writes as well as he brews. Which is annoyingly well. The Guardian anyone with more than a passing interest in malt and hops should find something to interest them between the pages of this hefty book. The Independent satisfyingly comprehensive The Independent an extremely informative read for any beer lover. Suffolk & Norfolk Life A comprehensive biography Maxim

Author Information

Garrett Oliver is the Brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery and author of The Brewmaster's Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food. He is a recipient of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional, as well as many other awards and, is a frequent judge for international beer competitions. He has made numerous radio and television appearances as a spokesperson for craft brewing.

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