Posts Tagged: Books and Book Reviews
Book Review: <i>Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance</i>
Posted by on Monday, April 10, 2006 in - 7 comments
Finding this, for the beer nerd who also likes book with footnotes, is something of a moment, a wee glimpse of nirvana. The author, Richard W. Unger, is a professor of the history of the medieval period from the University of British Columbia who has also written texts about shipping and brewing …
Book Review: <i>Travels With Barley</i>
Posted by on Thursday, March 2, 2006 in - 5 comments
I have not yet gotten on to the great reviewing list out there even if I am on the great beer news PR consultant list. That's OK as I pretty much like most beer books that are put before me including this one. • Travels With Barley: A Journey Through Beer Culture In America, published in 2004 …
<i>Alcoholica Esoterica</i> By Ian Lender
Posted by on Saturday, December 3, 2005 in - 2 comments
A few weeks ago I received a free review copy of Alcoholica Esoterica by Ian Lender sent to me by Yen Cheong of Penguin Books in New York. I must say one of the unexpected up sides of blogging has been the wee free gifties that come along and this one is no different. • This book is not the sort …
Grrreat Scots!
Posted by on Monday, September 19, 2005 in - 6 comments
Five different takes on scotch ales...three of which are even from Scotland. The two on the ends are from Smuttynose of New Hampshire, left, and Middle Ages of Syracuse, NY to the right. Who can not love a nation of ale that includes the style called heavy and know that it is not even the heaviest …
Protz's <i>300 Beers To Try Before You Die!</i>
Posted by on Monday, September 5, 2005 in - leave a comment
I mentioned Roger Protz's new book 300 Beers To Try Before You Die! the other day and what did Knut, our man in Norway, do? He got a copy and has reviewed it for us - even sending a very snazzy cover shot, too. Here's the review: • “British beer writer veteran Roger Protz has a new book out …
Recommended Reading
Posted by on Sunday, August 28, 2005 in - leave a comment
I love a good beer book and I see from The Guardian that Tom Cannavan's pal Roger Protz has a new book for us to read called 300 Beers to Try Before You Die!. The reviewer says: • “OK, this is beer porn, in that many of the products are brewed on the other side of the world and are for most …
Beer Biotech
Posted by on Tuesday, January 18, 2005 in - leave a comment
One of the cornerstones of my enthusiasm for brewing comes from the fact that I have brewed for years, though I am on a break from it now that I am a happy apartment dweller. One of the best ways to pick up some of the information that the homebrewer gets through hands on experience with the …
Terry Foster, Beer Writer
Posted by on Sunday, November 7, 2004 in - 3 comments
Terry Foster is one of my favorite beer writers and the most interesting thing about him as a beer writer these days is he does not have a website. I don't know how you can exist without a website these days. How else will all the Google bots be able to share your daily musings. Google …
Lew Bryson on Beer
Posted by on Monday, October 25, 2004 in - 6 comments
I like the books of Lew Bryson and have relied on them during a few family trips we have taken into the States this year. Before you call the Chidren's Aid, one thing Lew does in his guides which make them valuable from the get go is his focus on the practical so the entry in New York Breweries … read more »
Martyn Wins!
Posted by on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 in - 1 comment
I was very pleased to receive this note in my email this morning: • “I am delighted to tell you that Beer: The Story of the Pint was awarded the gold tankard for best beer book 2003 at the British Guild of Beer Writers annual awards last night. • Martyn Cornell” • You will recall that Martyn …
