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Foreword
Introduction
Part I: Defining Beer: Style and Substance
- How to Use This Book
- Part I: Defining Beer: Style and Substance
- Part II: Enjoying Beer: Tasting, Serving, and Cooking
- Part III: Buying Beer: Becoming an Informed Consumer
- Part IV: Making Beer: Homebrewing
- Part V: Going Nuts over Beer: Travel and Collecting
- Part VI: The Part of Tens
- Part VII: Appendixes
- Icons Used in This Book
- A Last First Word
Part II: Enjoying Beer: Tasting, Serving, and Cooking
- Chapter 1: Beer Basics: Which Brew's for You?
- Introducing Beer's Building Blocks
- Ale versus Lager: Not a Family Fight
- Yeast makes the beer
- You can taste the difference, sometimes
- Style Is Everything (And You Thought Beer Was Simple!)
- What is so good about good beer?
- To order! To order!: a list of ales and lagers
- Where to Start
- Buying according to season
- Candlelight, a glass of beer, and thou: wine/beer substitutions
- Chapter 2: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Beer Ingredients
- Barley: Cereal for Beer, Not for Breakfast
- Hops: Not Just for Bunnies
- Hop hits
- Bitter news
- Yeast: There's a Fungus Amongus
- The story on yeast
- Yeast sets the style
- H2OH!
- Wing of Bat, Eye of Newt: Adjuncts You May Love or Hate
- Chapter 3: Brewing Beer
- Tuns, Kettles, and Tanks: Equipment
- Ale Alchemy: Brewing Processes
- Malting
- Milling
- Mashing
- Boiling
- Fermenting
- Aging
- Packaging
- Cleaning up
- All That Just for a Brewski?
Part III: Buying Beer: Becoming an Informed Consumer
- Chapter 4: Tasting and Evaluating Beer: Making Your Buds Wiser
- Tasting 1-2-3 (Actually, 1-2-3-4-5)
- Smell: The Nose Knows
- Look: You Can't Judge a Bock by Its Cover
- Every color in the rainbrew
- On a clear day
- A head in the hand
- Taste: Nuts and Bolts, Malt and Hops
- Marvelous malt taste
- Heavenly hops taste
- Fabulous fermentation
- Aftertaste: Let it linger
- Touch: Mouthfeel and Body
- Reflect: Time for Analysis of the Gestalt
- If you like it, it's good
- So it's good -- but how does it rate?
- Chapter 5: Beer Exploring
- Checking Out Brewpubs, Beer Bars, and Beer Dinners
- Brewpub basics
- Beer bars
- Beer dinners
- Be It Ever So Humble, There's No Place like Home
- Beer-of-the-month clubs
- Party time!
- Chapter 6: Are You Being Served?
- Pouring It On
- To tilt or not to tilt . . .
- Finding the right temperature
- Choosing a Glass with Class
- Glass class
- Sport drinking tools
- Let's get practical
- Neatness Counts: Cleaning and Storing Glassware
- Beer clean
- Putting it all away
- Chapter 7: Cooking and Dining with Beer
- Cooking with Beer
- Getting started
- Choosing the right beer
- Recipe: beer in haute cuisine
- Dining with Beer: Beer/Food Matchmaking
- Guessing at guidelines
- Contrast and conquer
- Before and after dinner
- Chasing the heat
Part IV: Making Beer: Homebrewing
- Chapter 8: Label Lunacy and Marketing Mayhem
- Labeling Laws
- Label must-haves
- Prohibited label practices
- The Reinheitsgebot: the German beer purity law
- Beer watchdogs
- "Guinness Is Good for You": Nutritional Content
- Cholesterol free! Fat free!
- Drink beer, live longer
- Beer Advertising and Marketing
- Little white lies on labels
- Beware the sheep in wolf's clothing
- The lowdown on contract brewing
- Chapter 9: Better Beer Buying
- Purchase or Perish
- Time (is not on your side)
- Aging like fine wine -- not!
- Left out of the cold
- Seeing the light
- Checking out the scene before checking out
- Making friends
- Did You Get Burnt?
- Popping your top
- Oxidation blues
- Cans, Kegs, Bottles, and Barrels
- The cancan
- Pain in the glass
- Keg parties
Part V: Going Nuts over Beer: Travel and Collecting
- Chapter 10: Homebrewing for the Beginner
- Getting Started
- Supply shopping
- Pots, pans, buckets, brushes, and such
- First draught: brew ingredients
- Department of Sanitation
- "Cleanliness is next to godliness"
- Soaps for suds
- General cleaning practices
- Ready, Set, Brew!
- Fabulous Fermentation
- Ready, Set, Bottle!
- Record Keeping
- Chapter 11: Sophomore Homebrewing
- New Toys: Equipment Upgrades
- The Right Stuff: Obligatory Ingredients
- Malt makes it: gravity and dry malt extract
- Specialty grains
- Let's go to the hops
- Fresh hops!
- From yeast to west (liquid yeast versus dry yeast)
- Optional Goodies
- Sweet kettle adjuncts
- Unforgettable unfermentables: almost 31 flavors!
- Herbs and spice and everything nice
- Secondary Fermentation
- The Art of Siphoning
- Sophomore Homebrew Recipes
- Chapter 12: Homebrew Geekdom
- From Syrup to Grain: Equipment and Ingredients for Advanced Homebrewing
- Getting more equipment (or making it yourself)
- Growing, roasting, and smoking your ingredients
- Investing in optional gadgets and gizmos
- Brewing by the Byte
- Homebrewing software
- Shareware -- caveat emptor
- BOPs Are Now S.O.P.
- Homebrew Competitions
- I feel sanctified
- Even losers are winners
- Becoming a barrister of beer
Part VI: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 13: European Beer Touring: Brewspots and Shrines
- Beer Trekking Tips
- Germany
- German shrines
- German festivals
- German museums
- U.K. (England, Scotland, and Wales)
- U.K. shrines
- U.K. festivals
- U.K. museums
- Ireland
- Belgium
- Belgian shrines
- Belgian festivals
- Belgian museums
- Czech Republic
- Other Worldly Highlights
- Austria
- Denmark
- The Netherlands
- Norway
- Australia
- Japan
- Thailand
- Chapter 14: North American Beer Tours and Festivals
- Brewery Tours
- Beer Festivals
- Beer festival dos and don'ts
- Beer festivals in the U.S. and Canada
- U.S. Beer Museums
- Chapter 15: Collecting Beer Stuff
- Do I or Don't I?
- Focusing Your Collection
- Breweriana Clubs
Part VII: Appendixes
- Chapter 16: Ten Great Food Recipes Featuring Beer
- Chapter 17: Facts, Figures, and Misconceptions
- Who Are the Rising North American Craft Brewers?
- Growth industry
- Foamy factoids
- Malty Misconceptions
- Chapter 18: Just the FAQs, Ma'am: Ten Frequently Asked Questions
- What Is the Best Beer in the World?
- How Is Alcohol Created in Beer?
- What Is the Alcohol Content of the Average Beer?
- What's the Difference between a Lager and an Ale?
- Does Beer Age Well like Wine?
- Does Beer Have to Be Refrigerated?
- What Is the Proper Serving Temperature for Beer?
- What Is the Proper Glassware for Serving Beer?
- What Is the Difference between Barley and Malt?
- Why Is Yeast Found in Some Beer Bottles?
- What Is the German Beer Purity Law?
- Are Brown or Green Bottles Better to Use for Beer?
- How Many Different Styles of Beer Are There?
- Chapter 19: Ten Favorite U.S. Brewpubs
- Ten Top Spots
- Honorable Mentions
- Ones to Watch
- Appendix A: Beer's Greatest Hits
- Appendix B: Beer Style Chart
- Appendix C: Beer Associations, Clubs, Guilds, and Societies
- Consumer Groups
- U.S. and Canada
- England
- Northern Europe
- Breweriana Collectors Clubs
- U.S. Mail-Order Beer Clubs
- Professional Brewers Groups
- U.S.
- Canada
- England
- France and Switzerland
- Japan
- Australia
- Lobbying Organizations
- Brewing Schools
- Appendix D: Beer Media
- Beer Periodicals
- U.S. brewspapers
- U.S. national brewmags
- Beer Books
- History and musings
- Guides to brewpubs, beer bars, and microbreweries
- Cooking and dining with beer
- Reference and critical reviews
- Videos
- CD-ROM
- The Internet and World Wide Web
- Commercial online services
- Usenet (beer newsgroups)
- World Wide Web sites
- U.S. breweries online
- U.S. brewing and import businesses
- Clubs and organizations
- Miscellaneous
- Appendix E: Homebrewing Information Sources
- Homebrewing Magazines
- Homebrewing Books
- Homebrew-Supply Mail-Order Catalogs
- Homebrewing Electronic Media
- Homebrew newsgroups and Web sites
- Homebrew clubs
- Homebrew clubs on the Web
- Appendix F: Alcohol Content and Gravity of Various Beer Styles
- Ales
- Lagers
- Hybrids and Specialty Beers
- Appendix G: A Short History of Beer (For the True Beer Nut)
- Beer = Civilization
- U.S. Beer History
- Colonial times
- The Volstead Act
- Post-Prohibition blues
- Contemporary U.S. Beer Renaissance
- Beer Seer (The Future of Suds)
- Elsewhere in the World
- A Toast to Important Folks in the History of Beer
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