From Belgian fruit beers to hoppy cask ales, small-production microbrews to Czech Republic lagers, this is a personal and comprehensive portfolio of international beers compiled by one of the world's leading beer writers. In this unique and beautifully illustrated collection, he has distilled decades of beer knowledge into an entertaining and indispensable guide to the ales that no beer lover should miss. The book divides beers by type, including bitters, best bitters, pilsners, brown and mild ales, pale ales, extra strong beers and bitters, old ales and barley wines, golden ales, porters and stouts, alt and amber ales, fruit beers, and beires de garde, each comprising an alphabetical listing of the beers. Many of the entries are fully illustrated, and each beer comes complete with a box panel for adding your own tasting notes. Information on the country of origin, beer strength, brewery, and a detailed description of the beer and its history are also given.
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"Both experts and those new to beer will find something helpful." --"Imbibe Magazine"
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A personal selection of beers, from best bitters to barley wines, Belgian brews to golden ales, browns and milds to porter and stout.
A directory of beer styles outlines the different types and tastes to expect.
Comprehensive information on 300 beers, their brewery details, country of origin, and tasting notes.
Unique indexes for charting which beers you have tasted, together with tasting note boxes for creating your own personal records.
Everything you need to know to help you discover a huge variety of beers, expertly selected for you by one of the world’s leading beer writers. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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By Peter Home
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Like many people I have spent years willingly handing over good money for mass produced carbonated lager, often with no character or taste at all. More recently however, I have been trying more 'real' beer - both in pubs and by the bottle. I have come to love the taste and individuality of real ales, bitters, IPAs, Porters etc. The problem for me was where do you start? And, how do you know which of the literally hundreds of British beers will suit your tastes?
This book has proved to be the solution to that problem for me. I picked it up after a beer festival where one of my local brewers was proudly showing off his entry and thoroughly recommended it is too.
The book is a veritable treasure trove of facts about these 300 beers which Protz has selected as his personal favourites. The beers are grouped into styles (of which there are many!) with each entry receiving a full page write-up. As well as a little background about the brewer and the qualities of the beer itself, there are helpful details on where to find the beer. Many of the beers are widely available in pubs or bottled in supermarkets whilst others from smaller brewers are regionally limited and a few downright scarce!
If you are happy with the standard chain-pub fizzy largers or the smoothflow branded bitters then this book is unlikley to hold your interest. However, if you are looking for more from your beer and have at least a passing interest in where it has come from, who made it and how, then this is a thoroughly recommended book! Cheers!!
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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This book is pure genius (sorry). There are many encyclopaedic books on beer - I have several, and consult them now and then. 300 Beers is a different animal entirely. It throws down the gauntlet, and dares you to pick it up. It tells you what you already know - that there's good beer out there.
But then it goes further - it sets a challenge:
Try these beers, tick the boxes, expand your horizons.
Even if you're a lagerboy, seduced by the blandishments of huge advertising campaigns, there's still hope for you, and you'll find it in this book.
But then it goes further - it sets a challenge:
Try these beers, tick the boxes, expand your horizons.
Even if you're a lagerboy, seduced by the blandishments of huge advertising campaigns, there's still hope for you, and you'll find it in this book.
18 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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Protz is well-known as a beer man and writes well - if a little predictably (I seem to have read some of this before in some of his other, many, tomes). But the pictures are fabulous and if you're a beer bore, a ticker or just fanatical about real ale, you'll love this on your coffee table, to make you yearn for a decent pint (or bottle) rather than the usual rubbish down the local.
However I do think there are better recent beer books - for instance Adrian Tierney-Jones' Big Book of Beer - produced also by CAMRA - is pretty damn excellent and very informative (I learned lots of new stuff from it). Also Pete Brown's Three Sheets to the Wind for one man's obsessive hunt for beer around the world.
So - this one's quite good, but there are better and more intersting books around on my favourite topic!
However I do think there are better recent beer books - for instance Adrian Tierney-Jones' Big Book of Beer - produced also by CAMRA - is pretty damn excellent and very informative (I learned lots of new stuff from it). Also Pete Brown's Three Sheets to the Wind for one man's obsessive hunt for beer around the world.
So - this one's quite good, but there are better and more intersting books around on my favourite topic!
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GOOD BOOK
I ordered this for gift for a friend at Christmas along with some of the beers out of the book to start them off!
Quick delivery and great book. Read more
Quick delivery and great book. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jammyc
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Bought as a present
I bought this as Xmas present. My daughter's boyfriend loved it and is working his way through it. Would recommend it.
Published 3 months ago by Rachel Dysart
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A good and informative read
We bought this as a Christmas pressie for a real beer addict. He is so enjoying the read and is always quoting snippets from the book. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Lorraine Fawlk
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Best 'hubby' Xmas present
I bought this for a friend and my hubby was jealous, so I bought another copy for him for Xmas. He loves it and as a 'real ale' drinker, refers to it all the time. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Twistin Tots
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Nice read
Gives you somethig to aim for, I did not know there was so many beers to try out, It's hard work but someone has to do it.
Published 4 months ago by Anthony Fitzcosta
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good reference book
This is a great book for the beer loving traveller. Beers from all over the World are highlighted and reviewed.
Published 5 months ago by Wendy Shipley
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Fund
Bought for a friend who is having a good times researching and trying all the beers he may make it one day!
Published 5 months ago by stella Eardley
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Great book
Very informative, great book, looking forward to trying all the beers.
One a week should take me six years to complete, looking forward to
enjoying tasting.
One a week should take me six years to complete, looking forward to
enjoying tasting.
Published 12 months ago by cph
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Bought this as a present for a 50th birthday. It's a very good present for the beer enthusiast. It even has a notes section on each page for you to write your notes as you make... Read more
Published on 15 May 2011 by angel_veil
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one of the best beer books
After reading this book i learned alot about all the different types of beers and the many proceses it goes through to make the perfect beer. Read more
Published on 11 Oct 2009 by Mr. J. Longmuir
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