Tasting Beer, 2nd Edition: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink Kindle Edition

Beer is a versatile, ancient beverage. It has been around for several millennia, but only recently has beer come into age, transforming and reinventing itself into the remarkable, complex beverage we know and love today. There is much to learn about this amazing beverage and a great way to enhance your beer education is Tasting Beer: An Insider’s Guide to the World’s Greatest Drink.Tasting is the primary focus of this book, but Tasting Beer goes far beyond knowledge of flavors, aromas, and proper pouring. This book is a complete reference and reading guide, covering the history of beer, the brewing process, food pairings, different beer styles, and more. With Tasting Beer, the reader is presented with a comprehensive picture of the beverage we love and it’s the type of book that is capable of answering the vast majority of questions you may have about beer, how it is brewed, and why it tastes the way it does.Images are essential to any beer guide and Tasting Beer contains plenty of them. From tempting photos of beer poured into a proper glass to pics of beer alongside a compatible meal, Tasting Beer is certain to satisfy your visual curiosities. The book contains charts, tables, and definitions of common terms, too. These visuals make a tremendous difference and, combined with clear, concise writing, make for a complete guide.Beer has come a long way since its ancient days. With the onset of the craft beer revolution, the bulk of the change has taken place in the past three or four decades. There is much to see and learn about proper beer tasting and Tasting Beer is an excellent means to an end. It’s lengthier than most other beer books, but there is much info to know and it makes an excellent reference that you will find yourself returning to again and again as you sharpen your beer knowledge.

It gives a wealth of small detail information for those that are seeking more information about the beers they like.

Randy Mosher has been well-known in serious beer and homebrewing circles for years. His earlier book, Radical Brewing, is a classic for anyone interested in brewing and a wondrous font of cool recipes for beers to brew at home. Tasting Beer is a much more approachable work, aimed more at the general audience of beer drinkers out there than at us "beer geeks". It provides a broad overview of styles, tips on pairing beer with food, proper glassware and serving techniques, historical perspectives, and even the basics of sensory evaluation of beer. Profusely illustrated, including many helpful charts and diagrams comparing various styles of beer, this really is an exceptional work. It would make a perfect gift for anyone who is at all interested in any aspect of modern craft brewing. I like to think I'm fairly well-read when it comes to beer, but I was still fascinated and picked up several new and interesting beer facts. In fact, I teach a beer appreciation course at a local college and I intend to start using the book as my new textbook for the class!Originally published in 2009, this is an expanded and updated 2nd edition. Even if you purchased the original, it's worth it to buy the newer version. If you're at all interested in beer, don't miss this great book!

Only about 35 pages in and had to finally stop to say it’s painful how many times the author injects totally unnecessary biased remarks that have nothing to do with beer.For example, starting with the saying beer is “ironically from the Middle East” to labeling the “anti-alcohol Muslims” of Spain, then pointing out how “societies that drink beer are better, but not naming anyone.” Dude, we get it, you don’t like the ME.It’s not too hard to ignore until you start to see tons of praise for America juxtaposed with the culture jabs. From “America is the best place to drink beer in the world” to how “immigrants from Europe flocked to America because they favored more democratic governments” to how “we Americans did what we do best; reinvention” (um hello first-person tense and unapologetic credibility killing bias). To American beers being mentioned predominately when flipping through the back and often placed next to old European beers as if they are equal in historical significance (author even mentions Fat Tire when describing Belgian beers; an affront to Belgians).This book is written from a “my thoughts matter” perspective that reads like a 60s-something conservative dad or grandpa opining their takes on the world while giving a beer talk at the RNC after party. Readers are here for objective beer knowledge, not biased takes and stabs at cultures.I’ll update my review when I’m done but so far (only on page 35 so change not looking promising) this book reads like a casual talk full of opinions than a studied objective resource in its own right. Beer nerds need unbiased materials that is fair to the history of beer culture worldwide and not shoving American imperialism down the readers throat - and I’m American. /rantEdit: few more pages in and more evidence of strong opinions on gender and aversion to change - “honorable family men” to “America’s shiny new culture.” I’d bet money the author leans conservative and is a boomer. This is slowly becoming an autobiography.

If there is a more thorough and more interesting book on the subject of beer I want to see it. This is truly the best book available on the topic of all things beer. The book is full of colorful images and photos and also contains a thorough index and a glossary of terms. The pages are bold and glossy like a college textbook. It begins with a brief history of beer before it takes us through the topics of beer brewing, tastes, judging and evaluation, beer and food, and ultimately provides deep dives into different styles of beer. This book was beyond adequate and is perfect for anyone wanting an enlightenment and education about beer but is also a great read for anyone who is already familiar with the topic. I love this book. In the words of Sam Calagione, owner of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, "Randy is a true beer evangelist...he is saving souls one pint at a time."

Randy absolutely nails it with this edition of tasting beer. Starting with a large amount of beer history from ancient to modern times it's a very fascinating and enlightening view of the drink that made the world. It's then broken down into individual beer styles from rauchbiers to stout to the ever popular IPA and some of their history and what the taste profiles of these beers can be expected to be. It also looks very specifically aromas, tastes and also off-flavours to identify in beer to show how they may be if out of date, badly brewed and so on so useful for homebrewing to to help identify off-flavours like buttery smells etc. Really great read, as a beer fan it takes you from fan to I guess an enthusiast. Also useful to help understand a lot of Cicerone material.

My boyfriend is in the transition of moving from homebrewer to professional brewing and this book has been like a bible to him. Amazing detail throughout and incredibly worth the money. Good price for a good book.

Once of the best and complete books on learning about beer that I have encountered so far. I am following the training to become a beer sommelier and all the stuff that I learned to complete the first level is in this book. Easy to read and covers a lot of ground without being overly technical.

Useful book for cicerone study

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