Tasting Beer, 2nd Edition: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink 2nd edition

This best-selling classic is completely updated, with guidance on developing your senses and reading subtle cues to be a skilled taster. New sections on beer-and-food pairings, craft beer trends, beer cocktails, and more accompany in-depth descriptions of today’s beer styles.
For everyone who has known the pleasure of a pint, Randy Mosher explores and explains the tasting experience, guiding readers to a better understanding of how every batch of beer is affected by recipe formulation, brewhouse procedures, yeasts, fermentations, carbonation, filtration, packaging, and much more. Readers will learn to identify the scents, colors, flavors, and mouth-feel of all the major beer styles. There are also chapters on proper serving and storage conditions, and classic beer and food pairings. Finally, the book includes a style-by-style compendium of the different brews within major beer families, including American craft brews, British lagers, German ales, and Belgian Dubbels. For each style, Mosher includes historical and regional facts, taste and aroma characteristics, seasonal availability, food pairings, and a few terrific recommendations for readers to sample.