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Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing, Second Edition CHARLES BAMFORTH OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS This page intentionally left blank CHARLES BAMFORTH BEER Tap Into the Art and Science of Brewing S E C O N D E D I T I O N 1 2003 3 Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi São Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Copyright © 2003 by Oxford University Press, Inc. Published by Oxford University Press, Inc. 198 Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10016 www.oup.com Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of Oxford University Press. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bamforth, Charles W., 1952– Beer : tap into the art and science of brewing/ by Charles Bamforth—2nd ed. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-19-515479-7 1. Brewing—Amateurs’ manuals. 2. Beer. I. Title. TP577 .B34 2002 641.8′73—dc21 2002066318 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Printed in the United States of America on acid free paper For Diane, Peter, Caroline, and Emily This page intentionally left blank They who drink beer will think beer. —Washington Irving You can’t be a Real Country unless you have a beer and an airline–it helps if you have some kind of a football team, or some nuclear weapons, but at the very least you need a beer. —Frank Zappa In my opinion, most of the great men of the past were only there for the beer. —A. J. P. Taylor God has a brown voice, as soft and full as beer. —Anne Sexton This page intentionally left blank Foreword Doug Muhleman I would like you to imagine for a moment that beer did not exist on our planet in any shape or form. Is it possible, or even probable, that anyone would invent this beverage as we know it today? And even if someone did “invent” beer, would they be able to convince any rational-minded busi- nessperson to invest in the concept? The answer, of course, is no. The process of brewing beer is a complex, somewhat convoluted, and, at times, mysterious endeavor that has evolved from what was probably a prehistoric accident. The truth is, the average beer drinker today probably has very little understanding or appreciation of what goes into producing his favorite six- pack. And no wonder! This simple beverage, that is consumed by millions of people around the world every day and is taken for granted by most who enjoy it, is produced by a process that many would regard as modern-day alchemy. Professor Bamforth (Charlie) wrote the first edition of Beerto unveil and explain this process in a meaningful, accurate and digestible form. In this newest edition, revised and updated, Charlie has added a new dimension to his original excellent text by further giving the reader a glimpse of the inter- play between the process and the people who make it happen. Charlie’s creativity, sense of humor and wit, and unique perspective on beer and brewing come through at an even higher level in this new edition. Charlie is a world-recognized authority on beer and brewing, and there is no doubt that this man loves beer.
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