The Oxford Companion to Beer by Garrett Oliver (English) Hardcover Book

Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE The Oxford Companion to Beer by Garrett Oliver, Tom Colicchio The Oxford Companion to Beer is an unprecedented reference work that explores every aspect of beer, from its history and development throughout the world to the process by which it is created. Filled with fascinating facts and anecdotes, as well as information of practical use to the brewer or beer drinker, this is a pioneering, comprehensive, and thoroughly entertaining book. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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 worlds 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 beers 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 worlds 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 Oxfords 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. Notes The first reference to fully investigate the history and vast scope of the subject of beer, after water and tea, the most popular drink in the world. There are over 1,100 entries by renowned beer experts, and it is an ideal resource for both practical information and engaging beer anecdotes. Author Biography Garrett Oliver is the Brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery and author of The Brewmasters Table: Discovering the Pleasures of Real Beer with Real Food. He is a recipient of the James Beard Award for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional, as well as many other awards and, is a frequent judge for international beer competitions. He has made numerous radio and television appearances as a spokesperson for craft brewing. Table of Contents ForewordPrefaceTopical Outline of EntriesThe Oxford Companion to BeerAbbreviationsConversion TableAppendix: Beer Organizations and Enthusiast ClubsAppendix: Beer FestivalsAppendix: Websites, Magazines, and NewspapersAppendix: Beer MuseumsDirectory of ContributorsIndex Review "The most essential beer book you can buy . . . You open a page at random and you start reading, and you lose yourself in trivia, history, and bits of brewing science you always wanted to know but never got round to asking . . . Just about everything any sane person could want to know about beer is in this book . . . if you write about beer, study it or brew it, you simply cannot do without this book" --Pete Browns Beer Blog"[T]he largest amount of knowledge about beer ever assembled in one book." --Huffington Post "The rise of craft beer has meant a lot of happy developments for beer lovers -- more quality breweries, more great bars and, lately, lots of interesting books. Among the most ambitious beer books is The Oxford Companion to Beer." --Chicago Tribune"[T]he volume is encyclopedic in both scope and detail, and though Ive spent hours looking through it, Ive barely made a dent. What I have read, though, has been consistently fascinating." --Chicago Reader"If ever you were in need of knowing every single fact there is to know about beer, this is apparently where to find it." --TotalBeerEnlightenment.com "A book every beer lover must have . . . This is the new beer bible: the Encyclopedia Beertanica . . . You must have this book. It is magnificent. Whether you are an aspiring beer geek, an avid home brewer, or a professional brewer, you must have this book. It is the beer book." --Washington Beer Blog "[A]ll sorts of fascinating beer-related facts have been poured into this 920-page everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know beauty of a book that has the answer for everything . . . In all sincerity, the book is terrific. It looks good, thanks in part to 16 pages of beautiful color photographs and hundreds of tasteful black-and-white images. Its got the heft youd expect from a $65 scholarly tome. And it covers all the bases-from the variety of agricultural commodities that go into beer to the vast number of ways it can be brewed, with each method imparting its own taste and texture." --Fortune.com"Now, beers faithful have their bible. The Oxford Companion to Beer, a formidable 920-page volume, chronicles the drinks history, from its birth more than 5,000 years ago in the grasslands of ancient Iraq to the modern craft-beer movement." --Globe and Mail"[T]he only book you will ever have to read, from this point on, to survive. The Oxford Companion to Beer is your new BFF." --USAToday.com"The Oxford Companion to Beer joins the drink-book canon as perhaps the most important tome on the subject. Why? Because it offers serious scholarship on everything from the details of the German hop industry to the controversy of Californias steam beer designation . . . a remarkable work. Even if you think beer is better drunk than contemplated, youll find yourself cross-referencing this into the wee hours." --San Francisco Chronicle"Garrett Oliver has become widely acknowledged as an expert not only in making beer, but in tasting it, pairing it, and talking about it."--New York Times"[E]ncyclopedic in scope . . . In putting together the Oxford Companion now, Mr. Oliver has captured the blossoming of a global beer culture at a thriving moment. . . . [A] definitive resource not just for beer enthusiasts but for amateur brewers, professional brewers and the thousands of restaurants that serve great beers but are staffed by people who may know little about them. . . . The Oxford Companion is simply a wonderful resource for what, even when its complex, unusual, unfamiliar or strikingly different, is still just beer, regardless of how it is dressed up." --Eric Asimov, The New York Times "The Oxford Companion to Beer [is] an unprecedented compendium that encompasses global hops history, new-wave brewing techniques and anything else you could possibly want to know about the worlds most popular alcoholic beverage." --Time Out New York Promotional A pioneering, comprehensive, and thoroughly entertaining reference work on beer, filled with fascinating facts, colorful anecdotes, and a wealth of practical information for brewers and beer lovers Prizes Winner of Winner of the 2012 Gourmand Award for Best in the World in the Beer category. Winner of the 2011 Andre Simon Book Award in the Drinks Category. Long Description 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 worlds 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 beers 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 worlds 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 Oxfords 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. Review Text "The most essential beer book you can buy . . . You open a page at random and you start reading, and you lose yourself in trivia, history, and bits of brewing science you always wanted to know but never got round to asking . . . Just about everything any sane person could want to know about beer is in this book . . . if you write about beer, study it or brew it, you simply cannot do without this book" --Pete Browns Beer Blog "[T]he largest amount of knowledge about beer ever assembled in one book." --Huffington Post "The rise of craft beer has meant a lot of happy developments for beer lovers -- more quality breweries, more great bars and, lately, lots of interesting books. Among the most ambitious beer books is The Oxford Companion to Beer." --Chicago Tribune "[T]he volume is encyclopedic in both scope and detail, and though Ive spent hours looking through it, Ive barely made a dent. What I have read, though, has been consistently fascinating." --Chicago Reader "If ever you were in need of knowing every single fact there is to know about beer, this is apparently where to find it." --TotalBeerEnlightenment.com "A book every beer lover must have . . . This is the new beer bible: the Encyclopedia Beertanica . . . You must have this book. It is magnificent. Whether you are an aspiring beer geek, an avid home brewer, or a professional brewer, you must have this book. It is the beer book." --Washington Beer Blog "[A]ll sorts of fascinating beer-related facts have been poured into this 920-page everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know beauty of a book that has the answer for everything . . . In all sincerity, the book is terrific. It looks good, thanks in part to 16 pages of beautiful color photographs and hundreds of tasteful black-and-white images. Its got the heft youd expect from a $65 scholarly tome. And it covers all the bases-from the variety of agricultural commodities that go into beer to the vast number of ways it can be brewed, with each method imparting its own taste and texture." --Fortune.com "Now, beers faithful have their bible. The Oxford Companion to Beer, a formidable 920-page volume, chronicles the drinks history, from its birth more than 5,000 years ago in the grasslands of ancient Iraq to the modern craft-beer movement." --Globe and Mail "[T]he only book you will ever have to read, from this point on, to survive. The Oxford Companion to Beer is your new BFF." --USAToday.com "The Oxford Companion to Beer joins the drink-book canon as perhaps the most important tome on the subject. Why? Because it offers serious scholarship on everything from the details of the German hop industry to the controversy of Californias steam beer designation . . . a remarkable work. Even if you think beer is better drunk than contemplated, youll find yourself cross-referencing this into the wee hours." --San Francisco Chronicle "Garrett Oliver has become widely acknowledged as an expert not only in making beer, but in tasting it, pairing it, and talking about it."--New York Times "[E]ncyclopedic in scope . . . In putting together the Oxford Companion now, Mr. Oliver has captured the blossoming of a global beer culture at a thriving moment. . . . [A] definitive resource not just for beer enthusiasts but for amateur brewers, professional brewers and the thousands of restaurants that serve great beers but are staffed by people who may know little about them. . . . The Oxford Companion is simply a wonderful resource for what, even when its complex, unusual, unfamiliar or strikingly different, is still just beer, regardless of how it is dressed up." --Eric Asimov, The New York Times "The Oxford Companion to Beer [is] an unprecedented compendium that encompasses global hops history, new-wave brewing techniques and anything else you could possibly want to know about the worlds most popular alcoholic beverage." --Time Out New York Review Quote This book contains everything you might want to know about the worlds most popular drink. Feature Attendees of beer festivals (e.g., the Great British Beer Festival and Great American Beer Festival) would want copies of the book, as would members of the various beer organizations, including the American Hombrewers Association.Selling point: Most comprehensive reference work on beer ever publishedSelling point: Over 1,100 entries by renowned beer experts across the globeSelling point: Entries on every aspect of beer, including chemical, technical, social, cultural, and linguisticSelling point: Editor-in-Chief Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery, is the foremost authority on beer in the United StatesSelling point: Ideal resource for both practical information and engaging beer anecdotesSelling point: Foreword by Top Chef head judge Tom Colicchio New Feature 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 Details ISBN0195367138 Author Tom Colicchio Short Title OXFORD COMPANION TO BEER Language English ISBN-10 0195367138 ISBN-13 9780195367133 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2011 DEWEY 641.23 Edited by Garrett Oliver Series Oxford Companion To... (Hardcover) Illustrations 140 illustrations Position Brewmaster Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States UK Release Date 2011-10-27 Publication Date 2011-10-27 NZ Release Date 2011-10-27 US Release Date 2011-10-27 Affiliation Brewmaster, Brooklyn Brewery Birth 1904 Qualifications PhD Pages 960 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Audience General AU Release Date 2011-10-26 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:37465045;

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