"Cookbook of recipes and culinary food pairings for beers from across the globe including information needed to know and understand beer and its interactions with food and the palate."--

In this story for both children and adults, kindergartner Gracie decides to find out just what beer is and why her father likes it so much. Along the way she discovers more than she probably expected. "Once upon a time (right about now) there was a planet (how about this one?) whose inhabitants consumed thirty-six billion gallons of beer each year (it's a fact, you can Google it). Among those affected, each in his or her own way, by all the bubbles,...

"A "beer lover's guide, including more than 100 types to know, arranged style by style"--Jacket. This drinker-friendly guide to all the world's beers approaches the subject by style, and gets right to the pleasure of discovery, knowledge, and connoisseurship. Divided into four major families-- ales, lagers, wheat beers, and tart and wild ales-- Alworth covers everything a beer drinker wants to know about the hundreds of different authentic types...

"This updated text collects all the introductory aspects of beer brewing science into one place for undergraduate brewing science courses. This expansive and detailed work is written in conversational style, walking students through all the brewing basics from the origin and history of beer to the brewing process to post-brew packaging and quality control and assurance. As an introductory text, this book assumes the reader has no prior knowledge of...

Details the evolution of the beer-maker's art from prehistoric times to today's cutting-edge craft breweries. Examines evidence of ancient brews in the near east, Finland and China. Discusses how beer played such an important role in both the everyday and ceremonial life of ancient Egypt. Shows how brewmasters have recreated a 2,700 year old recipe for suds at the Dogfish Head Craft Brewery.

"For experienced and novice brewers, seasonally minded home cooks, do-it-yourself aficionados, and anyone who gets a kick out of saying, I made this, the founders of the Brooklyn Brew Shop present a guide to making beer at home, with more than 50 green market-inspired recipes organized by season."--Publisher description.