The Oxford Companion to Beer

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1st Place Winner of the 2012 Gourmand Award for Best in the World in the Beer category.

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 ...

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Overview


1st Place Winner of the 2012 Gourmand Award for Best in the World in the Beer category.

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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"Brooklyn Brewery's Garrett Oliver is having a big year. In addition to overseeing a massive expansion of his flagship brewery in Williamsburg, the suds aficionado is now launching The Oxford Companion to Beer, an unprecedented compendium that encompasses global hops history, new-wave brewing techniques and anything else you could possibly want to know about the world's most popular alcoholic beverage. We chat with him about the book, the evolution of craft beer and why he'd like to be the Robert Johnson of brewing."
--Timeout, New York
Library Journal
A beer renaissance is well underway, suitably affirmed by this handsome "Oxford Companion" documenting the science, history, and culture of this beverage revival. The 1100-plus alphabetically arranged, signed entries range in length from about six pages for essentials ("Germany") to a quarter page on the more obscure ("glycogen") and are nicely balanced between the scientific ("aroma unit") and the sociohistorical ("beer gods"), covering a fine mix of ingredients, styles, process details, and beer-culture arcana. Though a small handful of entries on the latter (e.g., "real ale") written by enthusiasts sometimes stretch the bounds of tone uniformity, overall the editorship here is admirable for providing accessible entry to this jargon-laden topic that until recently was almost exclusively the domain of dedicated hobbyists. Many articles feature a list of sources and cross-references. Sixteen color plates illustrate intricate steins, historical sales posters, and more, while dozens of monochromatic images supplement the remaining text. Additional sections cover conversion factors; beer organizations and enthusiast clubs; festivals; websites, magazines, and newspapers; beer museums; and a directory of the 166 contributors, who are a welcome mix of academics, writers, and accomplished brewmasters. Editor Oliver (The Brewmaster's Table), brewmaster at the Brooklyn Brewery, is known equally for his musings about beer history and culture and for spearheading the brewery's wild success. VERDICT This title hits the sweet spot of popular appeal and bona fide subject rigor and is likely to catch the eye of even the most casual browser—display prominently. Recommended for the ever-increasing number of public collections serving local-beer enthusiasts and for most academic collections; likewise suitable for any beer imbiber's home collection.—Josh Hadro, Library Journal
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780195367133
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • Publication date: 10/7/2011
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 960
  • Sales rank: 62,363
  • Product dimensions: 7.50 (w) x 10.00 (h) x 1.90 (d)

Meet the Author

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 has won many awards for his beers, is a frequent judge for international beer competitions, and has made numerous radio and television appearances as a spokesperson for craft brewing.

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Table of Contents

Foreword Preface Topical Outline of Entries The Oxford Companion to Beer Abbreviations Conversion Table Appendix: Beer Organizations and Enthusiast Clubs Appendix: Beer Festivals Appendix: Websites, Magazines, and Newspapers Appendix: Beer Museums Directory of Contributors Index

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 14, 2012

    Great book, wierd format on the Nook

    The book is great, everything you ever wanted to know about beer. The Nook format is kind of wierd and it logs it as just one page. Reads fine and the index and links work, you just dont know where you are.

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 20, 2011

    Wrong Format

    Please fix this books format, it says there is only 1 page and there is over 800. Impossible to use as a reference in this state. Should not have to months for this to get fixed when I paid over 38 dollars for it.

    2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 27, 2011

    Bad format

    The format is all wrong. There is only "page 1" for all pages. Please fix this and update us who've purchased this ebook!

    2 out of 3 people found this review helpful.

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    Posted December 10, 2011

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