Atrue beginner's guide written in an unpretentious and easy-to-readmanner coversbeer and food matching, andclearly explains beer styles and flavors, with no previous knowledge assumed
Beer is the world's favorite drink, yet too often it's shrouded in mystery, myth, and complex-sounding terminology. This no-nonsense guide cuts straight through all of it, with simple advice on how to seek out and enjoy the immense range of flavors offered. The maxim that beer should always be fun runs right through this book,which covers all the key essentials in a chatty style.It touches on flavors,teachingdrinkershow to explore the tastesthey most enjoy and find other similar beers; as well aspractical details so they can choose, buy, serve, and taste beer with confidence.It explains themain styles from around the worldwild beers, wheat beers, lagers, golden and blonde ales, farmhouse ales, India pale ales (IPAs)and pale ales, bitters, trappists and abbey beers, barley wines, Scotch ales and old ales, mild ales, porters and stouts, fruit, field, spice and all things nice, and the lunatic fringe. And of course it offers recommendationsmore than200 recommended beers to trywith the author's original tasting notes.
