by Michael Jackson

In this new text, with updated maps, and more than a hundred new photographs, beers great and small the world over are placed in context.

New World Guide to Beer's definitions of beer-styles are used by academic institutions. The bouquet and palate of beers is described more thoroughly than any other reference.

New World Guide to Beer will be an inspiration for producers or marketers of specialty beers and captivate the interest of beer enthusiasts everywhere.

Contents

• The Beer Renaissance
• Why Beers Differ
• The Best Beer: The Choice and How to Choose
• How to Taste and Judge Beer
• The Hop
• Barley
• Brewing Nations
• Yeast
• Strength
• Czechoslovakia
• Germany
• Scandinavia
• Belgium
• The Netherlands
• Luxembourg
• The British Isles
• France
• Switzerland
• Austria
• Eastern Europe
• Southern Europe
• Canada
• The United States
• The Caribbean
• Latin America
• Australia
• New Zealand
• Asia
• Africa

Index

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