Posts Tagged: Books and Book Reviews
Book Review: "... Opening A Nano Brewery" By Dan Woodske
Posted by on Thursday, November 15, 2012 in - leave a comment
Sometimes you pick up a book from Amazon to fill up up the basket to the point of free shipping. I think this one was like that. I mean I am not thinking of starting a nano-brewery. If Jordan is right, we are facing a nano-bubble of nano-brewers. What will that sound like when it bursts? Ping …
More On The World Atlas Of Beer By Tim 'n' Steve
Posted by on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 in - leave a comment
I have been thinking about this book a bit more. The other day when Mr. B. left a comment, I responded in part "I think you have hit a very sweet spot between newbie and fan. Imagine being the one who created a bridge over that gap." The more I think about that line, the more I think I have hit …
Book Review: The World Atlas Of Beer, Tim 'n' Steve
Posted by on Friday, October 12, 2012 in - 3 comments
Not only do I like a good atlas, I believe deeply in the graphic presentation of data. Mapping, graphs, tables, photos and flow charts. These are the things that provide instruction, organize and contextualize. Text is so over valued, isn't it? Anyway, suffice it to say that the WAo'B is lush … read more »
The Oxford Companion To Beer Wiki Still Grows
Posted by on Monday, October 8, 2012 in - 6 comments
I haven't mentioned it since May, but the wiki grows. It's alive. This observation in the section on the letter "C" is my favorite correction in the OCB wiki so far: • "cask" this entry states that "After filing, a plastic or wooden stopper called a shive is driven into the large bunghole on the …
Book Review: Philadelphia Beer, Rich Wagner
Posted by on Sunday, July 15, 2012 in - 5 comments
As recently discussed, the past is a foreign land when it comes to US beer history. More like another planet it seems sometimes. I am not sure why this is but I suspect it has something to do with the drive to be authoritative rather than innovative when it comes to so many of the beer books being …
Albany Ale: Did The Hessian Fly Play A Role?
Posted by on Saturday, June 16, 2012 in - 4 comments
It has been a bit part of the puzzle for me. As I have mentioned before, Craig as taken more of an interest in Albany Ale as reflected in the 1800s industrial period where I am more interested in the pre-1800s experience. The weird thing has been that not only do the two eras reflect issues of …
Is The River Slowly Rising At The OCBeerCommentary Wiki?
Posted by on Sunday, May 13, 2012 in - 2 comments
Seven months ago, I wrote a post entitled "And Quiet Flows the OCBeerCommentary Wiki" about the sensibly slow pace of its review of The Oxford Companion to Beer. But the flow more than slowed. Pace became somewhat geological over the winter. I have to admit that I wasn't very focused myself and … read more »
Book Review: But Are These Really Beer Books?
Posted by on Wednesday, April 25, 2012 in - 12 comments
Beer books. I have read enough of them but they are not the whole extent of the books I read related to my interest in beer. One of the most interesting things for me about my interest in beer is how is it woven though the community and through time. On top up there is my recently acquired copy of …
Book Review: Ohio Breweries By Rick Armon
Posted by on Sunday, March 25, 2012 in - leave a comment
I really love these beery travel books published by Stackpole Books. It's how I met Lew and realized there was a whole world not only of great and reasonably priced beer just to the south of me in New York but also a world of sites to see, white hots to eat and roads to take. • As I mentioned …
Book Review: Geuze And Kriek, Jef Van den Steen
Posted by on Monday, February 20, 2012 in - 2 comments
Hmm... it's subtitled "The Secret of Lambic." I was a bit concerned before I got past the cover that this would be a book about one secret. Happily, as I worked my way through this book, I realized it was more part of a slightly troubled translation than the actual promise of what lay between the …
