World Beer: Outstanding Classic and Craft Beers from the Greatest Breweries

302 Pages·2013·165.2 MB·English

by  Tim Hampson

The craft beer revolution is sweeping the globe.
There has never been a more exciting time for beer.
So, embark on a world tour of more than 800 outstanding,
expertly chosen breweries and their beers.
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Fully appreciate classic beers and seek out brand new favorites
with evocative tasting notes and food pairing ideas.
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Find out about the pioneering brewers whose passion
and innovation sparked the craft beer revolution.
OUTSTANDING CLASSIC AND CRAFT BEERS
FROM THE GREATEST BREWERIES
$40.00 USA/Canada
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FOREWORD BY SAM CALAGIONE, DOGFISH HEAD BREWERY

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WORLD
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TIM HAMPSON
with Stan Hieronymus, Sylvia Kopp, and Adrian Tierney-Jones
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First American Edition, 2013
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CONTENTS
Foreword 6
INTRODUCTION 8
A Brief History of Beer 10
The Craft Beer Revolution 12
The Brewing Process 14
Beer Styles 16
Tasting Beer 18
Flavor Pairings 20
Beer Festivals 22
EUROPE 24
United Kingdom 26
Germany 52
Belgium 78
Czech Republic 96
Important European Nations 106
Notable Regional Breweries 140
THE AMERICAS 142
United States of America 144
Canada 206
Mexico, Central & South America 216
Notable Regional Breweries 230
ASIA & AUSTRALASIA 232
Japan 234
Australia 246
Important Asian &
Australasian Nations
258
Notable Regional Breweries 268
AFRICA 270
South Africa 272
Namibia 280
Glossary 286
Index 288
Acknowledgments 300
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Foreword
Over many millennia, brewers in nearly every culture, in nearly every corner of the
world, have brewed beers that represented their local terroir and that were quite
distinct from beers made elsewhere. After all, the original tradition of beer-making
boils down to using whatever beautiful, natural ingredients are grown in the ground
you live on, whether they be hops, barley, fruits, teas, or spices. For a time, international
industrial brewing conglomerates threatened this diversity with a surge of bland,
lifeless beers—and scarily, they were nearly successful, until a worldwide band of
trailblazing, inventive craft brewers brought the color, vibrancy, and diversity back
into the modern brewing landscape. This book is the story of those intrepid brewers.
The “locavore” concepT, the dedication to only using locally grown products, was not invented
by some tattoo-covered hipster in Brooklyn, New York, ten years ago. It was invented by our brewer
ancestors at the dawn of civilization some ten thousand years ago. And today, creative craft brewers
around the world are bringing back this locavore approach to brewing; from Japan and Italy to Brazil
and Canada, brewing experiments and collaborations are under way, breathing new life into the
brewing industry. World Beer is the most comprehensive and up-to-date overview of today’s diverse
global brewing landscape. Early in the book, we are prepared for our global tour with beer education
basics such as the process of brewing beers and the proper way to enjoy and evaluate beer. With this
in place, we the readers hit the road and start our exploration of the world’s most intriguing and
respected beers and breweries. In addition to large and established breweries, this book also includes
relatively small ones, and discoveries like these make for an inspiring and interesting read. For
instance, as beer lovers, many of us know that Prague and its surrounding areas in the Czech Republic
are home to some of the biggest and most famous Pilsner breweries in the world. But in an attempt to
showcase the very best of the best, this book also shines a spotlight on the tiny U Medvídků Brewery
(see p.103) in downtown Prague, which lovingly cools its beer in a Belgianesque cool ship and then
ages its super-strong lager in barrels for hundreds of days before serving.
WorlD Beer is also filleD with in-depth tasting notes and inspired food pairing suggestions for
each of its recommended beers. Wine was once the de facto beverage choice at meal times, but the
complexity, diversity, and food-compatibility of today’s world-class beers have now rightly earned
them a place at the gourmand’s table, shoulder-to-shoulder with world-class wine. I caught up with
our author Tim Hampson over a pint of cask ale at a packed pub in London, England, recently. We
traded stories about our beer-soaked travels and came to the agreement that we are now living in the
most exciting and creative moment in the history of the brewing industry. Due to the frenetic and
explosive nature of the modern beer landscape, you would think it an impossible task to create a
comprehensive book that gives an approachable overview of beer education and also dives deep,
region-by-region, into the distinct blossoming beer scenes around the globe. But, with World Beer,
Tim has accomplished this, and I raise my snifter of barley wine in his general direction. Cheers!
sam calagione
President and Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
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