This revised, updated and expanded second edition of The Complete Beer Course by Joshua M. Bernstein, reflects the many changes in the craft beer industry since 2013 when the first edition was published. It contains many of the same timeless, classic features of the first edition but pursues the newer trends like gluten-free beer, updates information on individual styles, and explores the role of the culture of beer in creating community. A great coffee-table book, The Complete Beer Course, offers a comprehensive view of craft beer that can benefit the newbie as well as the connoisseur.
The introductory section provides basic information about beer from the ingredients and the brewing process, to glassware selection, and tasting techniques. We learn the ideal temperature for serving various beers and about the flavor, origin, and use of over 70 different kinds of hops. An extensive vocabulary for describing beer gives readers the essential language to explain their aroma and taste.
The bulk of the book is devoted to the presentation of different styles of beer from lagers, cloudy wheat beers, and pale ales to IPAs, Trappist ales, stouts and more. Each presentation provides historical background and numerous paired descriptions of craft beer for taste testing. A description of a significant brewery and a spotlight on a particular brewery job round out each section. End chapters consider aging beer in wood, a survey of international beer styles, cellaring beer, and paring it with food.
Written in a conversational style, The Complete Beer Course, offer a plethora of information on beer styles together with entertaining anecdotes, historical tidbits, and brewing traditions. The information is comprehensive, global in concept, and well presented with plenty of labeled photographs and other illustrations. Although the sheer amount of information may seem daunting, the book provides a good base for beginning the journey into the beer world and plenty of fuel to keep the journey going.
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