Beer For Dummies

Foreword xviiIntroduction 1Part I: Getting a Taste of Beer 7Chapter 1: Drink Up! Beginning with Beer Basics 9Chapter 2: From the Sublime to the Ridiculous: Beer Ingredients 17Chapter 3: A Little Brew Magic: Understanding How Beer Is Made 25Part II: Taking a Look at Beer Styles -- Old, New, and Revived, Too 35Chapter 4: Getting to Know the Mother Beer Categories: Ales, Lagers, and More 37Chapter 5: Investigating "Real" Ale 59Chapter 6: Exploring Barrel-Aged and Wood-Aged Beer 71Chapter 7: Diving In to Extreme Beer 81Chapter 8: Checking Out Organic, Gluten-Free, and Kosher Beer 93Part III: Buying and Enjoying Beer 105Chapter 9: The Better Way to Buy Beer 107Chapter 10: Looking at Label Lunacy and Marketing Mayhem 119Chapter 11: Serving Beer 133Chapter 12: Making Your Buds Wiser: Tasting and Evaluating Beer 147Chapter 13: Dining with Beer 161Chapter 14: Cooking with Beer 171Part IV: Exploring Beer around the World and at Home 187Chapter 15: Sampling Beer in North America 189Chapter 16: Trying Beer in Europe, Asia, and Elsewhere 209Chapter 17: Embarking on Beer Travel and Tours 231Chapter 18: Brewing Beer at Home 247Part V: The Part of Tens 277Chapter 19: Ten Ways to Grow Your Appreciation of Beer 279Chapter 20: The Ten Best Beer Cities in the World (And a Few Extras) 287Chapter 21: The Ten Best Beer Festivals in the World 295Part VI: Appendixes 301Appendix A: A Quick Guide to Beer Styles and Stats 303Appendix B: A Short History of Beer (For the True Beer Nut) 315Index 325

Marty Nachel is a beer educator, an award-winning homebrewer, a BJCP Certified Beer Judge, on the panel of professional beer judges at the Great American Beer Festival, and a former beer evaluator at the Beverage Testing Institute. He is also the founder and administrator of the Ale-Conner Beer Certification Program.Steve Ettlinger is the author of seven books, most of which are about food and food-related subjects. His most recent is Twinkie, Deconstructed.