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a useful reference, and a source of serendipitious pleasure Engineering and Technology This book contains everything you might want to know about the world's most popular drink. The Field epic...blockbuster that would satisfy any hardcore enthusiast. It's edited by Brooklyn Brewery's ridiculously talented brewmaster Garrett Oliver, a man who writes as well as he brews. Which is annoyingly well. The Guardian anyone with more than a passing interest in malt and hops should find something to interest them between the pages of this hefty book. The Independent satisfyingly comprehensive The Independent an extremely informative read for any beer lover. Suffolk & Norfolk Life A comprehensive biography Maxim
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For millennia, beer has been a staple beverage in cultures across the globe. After water and tea, it is the most popular drink in the world, and it is at the centre centre of an over $450 billion industry. With the emergence of craft brewing and homebrewing, beer is experiencing a renaissance that is expanding the reach of the beer culture even further, bringing the art of brewing into homes and widening the interest in beer as an important cultural item. The Oxford Companion to Beer is the first reference work to fully investigate the history and vast scope of beer, 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 social and political implications of sharing a beer. Entries not only define terms such as <'spent grain'> and <'wort',> but give fascinating details about how these and other ingredients affect a beer's taste, texture, and popularity. Cultural entries on such topics as drinking songs or beer gardens offer vivid accounts of how our drinking traditions have shifted through 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; the legacies they left behind, in the forms of the world's most popular beers and breweries, are recurrent themes throughout the book. Collectively the Companion has over 1,100 entries -written by 150 of the world's most prominent beer experts -as well as a foreword by renowned chef Tom Colicchio (star of television's Top Chef), thorough appendices, conversion tables, images throughout, and an index. Flipping through the book, readers will discover everything from why beer was first taxed to how drinkers throughout history have overcome temperance movements and how an <'ale conner'> determined the quality of a beer in the thirteenth century. (It involved sitting in a puddle of beer.) The Companion is comprehensive, unprecedented, and of great value to anyone who has ever had a curiosity or appetite for beer. brewing and homebrewing, beer is experiencing a renaissance that is expanding the reach of the beer culture even further, bringing the art of brewing into homes and widening the interest in beer as an important cultural item. The Companion is comprehensive, unprecedented, and of great value to anyone who has ever had a curiosity or appetite for beer.
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29. November 2011
Format:Kindle Edition|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
I was torn whether to buy this as a print book, or Kindle edition. I decided to get the Kindle version because of the value of being able to carry it with me in my phone, computer, kindle, and iPad. I don't regret the decision.
The Kindle illustrations are quite good, which is not always the case. I always hesitate to buy Kindle books with illustrations. In OSX Lion, you can three-finger drag images from the book (on the cloud reader) into a word processor and see what the specs are. The images all seem to be 425ish-by-X (where X<425). Plenty of resolution to look very crisp in an ebook. Plenty of beautiful color. The book is not heavily illustrated. The one bitmap table I came across was readable, but not especially crisp (a very nice unit conversion chart).
The biggest letdown of the Kindle edition is common with Kindle books: the index's page numbers are useless. The index is also not hyperlinked. Thankfully, the contents are hyperlinked and most Kindle software will allow you to do a text search.
There are lots of very good web links following various sections. A couple of examples are that the draught section ends with a link to the BA's excellent technical manual, and the Cicerone section ends with a link pointing to the organization's web site. It is definitely a modern book that embraces the web.
There are already many reviews covering content. I haven't read enough to comment on that. What I have read so far has been accurate and concise. It isn't terribly in-depth on any topic, but covers a very wide range of topics.
Highly recommended. If you carry a smart phone, Kindle, or iPad it is a heck of a nice thing to keep in your pocket or bag. I'd give it five stars if the index were hyperlinked.
Cheers!
The Kindle illustrations are quite good, which is not always the case. I always hesitate to buy Kindle books with illustrations. In OSX Lion, you can three-finger drag images from the book (on the cloud reader) into a word processor and see what the specs are. The images all seem to be 425ish-by-X (where X<425). Plenty of resolution to look very crisp in an ebook. Plenty of beautiful color. The book is not heavily illustrated. The one bitmap table I came across was readable, but not especially crisp (a very nice unit conversion chart).
The biggest letdown of the Kindle edition is common with Kindle books: the index's page numbers are useless. The index is also not hyperlinked. Thankfully, the contents are hyperlinked and most Kindle software will allow you to do a text search.
There are lots of very good web links following various sections. A couple of examples are that the draught section ends with a link to the BA's excellent technical manual, and the Cicerone section ends with a link pointing to the organization's web site. It is definitely a modern book that embraces the web.
There are already many reviews covering content. I haven't read enough to comment on that. What I have read so far has been accurate and concise. It isn't terribly in-depth on any topic, but covers a very wide range of topics.
Highly recommended. If you carry a smart phone, Kindle, or iPad it is a heck of a nice thing to keep in your pocket or bag. I'd give it five stars if the index were hyperlinked.
Cheers!
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Ultimate Beer Reference Book
13. Oktober 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe
"The Oxford Companion to Beer" is a complete A-Z listing of all things Beer. Want to know about your favorite brewery? Interested in brewing terms like wort, hops, mash? This book has it all.
The book takes all of the topics and presents them in alphabetical order like a dictionary. There is a handy grouping of terms into categories at the beginning of the book to guide you in finding terms that you might not remember the name of. Each entry is succinct and skillfully written by experts from the brewing industry and academia.
The printing quality of the book is superb. The book feels as substantial as the content it contains with each page printed on high quality smooth paper. The book compares to the finest quality dictionaries in print.
If you are interested in beer and want to have handy reference around for research or conversation starters, this is the book to have.
The book takes all of the topics and presents them in alphabetical order like a dictionary. There is a handy grouping of terms into categories at the beginning of the book to guide you in finding terms that you might not remember the name of. Each entry is succinct and skillfully written by experts from the brewing industry and academia.
The printing quality of the book is superb. The book feels as substantial as the content it contains with each page printed on high quality smooth paper. The book compares to the finest quality dictionaries in print.
If you are interested in beer and want to have handy reference around for research or conversation starters, this is the book to have.
42 von 60 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
Too Short...
19. Oktober 2011
Format:Gebundene Ausgabe|Von Amazon bestätigter Kauf
Okay, that may be a bit facetious. Nothing of this length and quality exists on the market today, so in that it is quite impressive. (though, if my memory serves me correctly, there is a "Beer Bible" coming)
However it suffers from:
a) The simple need to proofread and error correct,
b) A bit of an East Coast bias (then again, I am about as West as one can get in the main 48 so... however, I have yet to find mention of Widmer (anyone?) or regional mention of the PNW or Colorado)
c) Did I mention proofread and edit - this coming from someone loath to do either - but it is very noticeable and clearly sectionally dependent as well - I think some folks must have submitted too late for the proofreaders.
Oh, and for me personally, d) too shallow on fruit additives.
There are some key brewers missing, and a few regions criminally underwhelmingly mentioned. However in general it covers most topics... but it is no Modernist Cuisine. Myhrvold has set the bar for what to expect in a book attempting to be the 'comprehensive guide'.
Still while I have rated the 1st edition in the middle of the pack - I expect that will rise with the second edition, which if judging by the Companion Oxford Wine text, will come out in 2016.
However it suffers from:
a) The simple need to proofread and error correct,
b) A bit of an East Coast bias (then again, I am about as West as one can get in the main 48 so... however, I have yet to find mention of Widmer (anyone?) or regional mention of the PNW or Colorado)
c) Did I mention proofread and edit - this coming from someone loath to do either - but it is very noticeable and clearly sectionally dependent as well - I think some folks must have submitted too late for the proofreaders.
Oh, and for me personally, d) too shallow on fruit additives.
There are some key brewers missing, and a few regions criminally underwhelmingly mentioned. However in general it covers most topics... but it is no Modernist Cuisine. Myhrvold has set the bar for what to expect in a book attempting to be the 'comprehensive guide'.
Still while I have rated the 1st edition in the middle of the pack - I expect that will rise with the second edition, which if judging by the Companion Oxford Wine text, will come out in 2016.
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