Mixed Up: Cocktail Recipes (and Flash Fiction) for the Discerning Drinker (and Reader)
A cocktail is like an excellent story―bitter and sweet and over too quickly, but the memory of it stays with you. From the Pimm’s Cup to Smoking Bishop, the Manhattan to the Moscow Mule, Mixed Up features not only more than two dozen classic recipes and hot tips on ingredients and preparations, but new cocktail-themed short stories from …
Against All Hops: Techniques and Philosophy for Creating Extraordinary Botanical Beers
This revolutionary brewing guide features unique botanical beers brewed without hops for a distinct, invigorating flavor. The technique is highlighted by George “Butch” Heilshorn, who brews this ancient ale regularly for his popular brewery in Portsmouth, NH, Earth Eagle Brewings. This throwback to traditional German brewing is technique-based and full of unexpected flavors that will blow a brewer’s …
Explore the vibrant new world of craft beer with Lonely Planet’s ale experts. We’ve selected the finest tap rooms, bars and breweries that thirsty travellers can visit in 40 countries across five continents, including the USA, Australia, Belgium and Britain. Readers will meet the brewers and sample authentic beers – with details of how to get there and what …
How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time
How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time (Fourth Edition) By John Palmer Fully revised and updated, How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you’re a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book …
The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft Beer Revolution
Charting the birth and growth of craft beer across the United States, Tom Acitelli offers an epic, story-driven account of one of the most inspiring and surprising American grassroots movements. In 1975, there was a single craft brewery in the United States; today there are more than 2,500. This entertaining and informative history brims with charming, remarkable stories, …
With nearly 100 new breweries, this guide to Ontario craft beer is everything you’ll need to know about the range of outstanding brewers and beers in the province. The explosion of craft beer variety in North America has created a climate of amazing quality and bewildering options for beer drinkers. In Ontario, the booming landscape includes …
Patrick McGovern―part modern scientist, part Indiana Jones―uncovers and re-creates the oldest alcoholic beverages ever found.Patrick E. McGovern takes us on a fascinating journey through time to the dawn of brewing when our ancestors might well have made a Palaeo-Brew of wild fruits, honey, cereals, and botanicals. Early beverage-makers must have marveled at the magical process of fermentation. Their …
Beer in Maryland: A History of Breweries Since Colonial Times
[This engrossing and passionate narrative of Maryland’s fermented history begins with the earliest brewers in the colony- women, and wends its way into the modern world, revealing long held secrets and little known details of the brewing families and their birthrights. The impact of war, competition, the industrial revolution, the devastation of Prohibition, and changing political philosophies are …
The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American Drink
From the author of Bourbon, “the definitive history” (Sacramento Bee), comes the rollicking and revealing story of beer in America, in the spirit of Salt or Cod.In The United States of Beer, Dane Huckelbridge, the author of Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit—a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller—charts the surprisingly fascinating history of Americans’ relationship with their …
Belgian beer expert Jef Van den Steen looks at the history and production of all thirty Belgian abbey beersWhat are the remarkable stories about this authentic, labor-intensive product? In which way are Trappist beers different from the others? In Belgian Abbey Beers, Jef Van den Steen unravels the different stages in the production process of the beers and …