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gift idea #4 for the beer lovers in your life:   extreme beers book The book describes and rates more than 100 unusual beers from around the world. It’s the perfect gift for the craft-beer lover. About The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers: ‘ A hugely entertaining read’ – The Vancouver Province The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers describes and rates more than 100 unusual beers from around the world and draws parallels to the music scene, with profiles on craft-beer-loving metal musicians and extreme craft beer brewers. ‘Brewers these days are taking beer to extremes, and Tepedelen is just the writer to introduce drinkers to severe suds.’ – Minneapolis Star Tribune ‘A journey through beer that treads a narrow path between creativity and craziness.’ – The Vancouver Province ‘Definite classic potential.’ – Invisible Oranges About author Adem Tepedelen: Internationally recognized as an expert on the fast-growing craft beer movement, Adem Tepe...

gonna be in seattle april 26th? check this out: The event: The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers book signing with award-winning author Adem Tepedelen and special guest, Mastodon drummer / beer enthusiast Brann Dailor. Dailor – featured in the book – will be signing copies and talking beer and music alongside craft beer / heavy metal expert Tepedelen. The date: Sunday, April 26, 5 to 6 pm The location: Schooner Exact Brewery, 3901 1st Ave S., Seattle, schoonerexact.com Details:   The event is free. Books available on site for $20. The book: The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers is ‘ a hugely entertaining read’ (The Vancouver Province) that describes and rates more than 100 unusual beers from around the world and draws parallels to the music scene, with profiles on craft-beer-loving metal musicians and extreme craft beer brewers. ‘Brewers these days are taking beer to extremes, and Tepedelen is just the writer to introduce drinkers...

for some people this is a super busy time of year not so much for me i'm without family in this province so when i get some time off work over the holidays, the time is my own i will admit to spending a lot of it in front of the tv catching up on series that i don't normally have time to watch, and gluttonously consuming all manner of movies, 90% of which i dust off every year around this time because i love them so what does this have to do with you? well, i am also trying to catch up on some things i have let slide over the past couple of months to put some check marks on my to do list and one of those items on my list is to review inkling.com 's electronic version of one of the best beer books around, randy mosher's tasting beer i have extolled the virtues of this book in previous posts and to anyone who will listen to me so let's just go with the fact that i own the paper version of this book, have read it cover to cover, and use it as a resource for ...

three months until christmas and i have found the #1 item for my wish list: mitch steele's ipa book - part history, part brewing manual, all india pale ale okay, begin fighting over who is going to be the lucky one to get me this book and become my new favourite!

not remotely beer related, but i really want the sriracha cook book !

so, if you're still convinced that you have to give holiday gifts and the recipient is under the legal drinking age making it not such a good idea to gift them with beer may i suggest one or all of these five top toys  of all time? if they are of age, legacy has these suggestions: "Time for Merrymaking! In no particular order, we present our favourite gifts for the twelve days of Christmas: 12. The PDT Cocktail Book ($30): Sold out at Chapters? Back order four months on Amazon? Not here. Come find out why this book is being hailed as "the cocktailing book of the decade". 11. Glenfiddich Gift Pack ($97): For the whisky lover in your life, this three pack makes an excellent stocking stuffer. Features 3 200 mL bottles of the 12, 15 and 18 YO. 10. Chimay Grand Reserve 1.5 L or 3L ($30.15, $68.95): Get the party started this year in style. The beer is capped with a Champagne style cork and cage, and will definitely let your guests know they're in for a fest...

i have not cracked this book yet but i have already heard from many fronts that this eagerly anticipated tome is not living up to the hype incomplete and incorrect are two of the words that i have heard the beer wench weighs in on what she thinks about the oxford companion to beer and she's actually read the book!

finally getting another beer book into the line-up! currently reading jon c stott's beer quest west AUGUST Khaled Hosseini - A Thousand Splendid Suns JULY Kelley Armstrong – The Reckoning Kelley Armstrong – The Summoning Kelley Armstrong - The Awakening Michelle Moran – Cleopatra’s Daughter Michelle Moran – The Heretic Queen Kelley Armstrong – Frostbitten Michelle Moran – Nefertiti Kim Harrison – Early to Death, Early to Rise Charlaine Harris – Dead in the Family JUNE Michael V. Smith: Progress Michael Connelly: Angels Flight Jilly Cooper: Jump! MAY: Rachel York: Chasing Lightning Guy Gavriel Kay: Under Heaven Kim Harrison: Black Magic Sanction APRIL: Preston & Child: Fever Dream Nicholas Pashley: Cheers! An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada MARCH: Louise Welsh – Naming the Bones Jack Whyte – Order in Chaos Noah Boyd – The Bricklayer FEBRUARY: Christopher Moore – Coyote Blue Christopher Moore – Island of the Sequined Love Nun Jeff ...

the count so far on my 50 book challenge is 21 at the end of june i should be at 25... gotta start reading more short books - no more 800+ page ones! JUNE: Michael V. Smith: Progress Michael Connelly:  Angels Flight Jilly Cooper: Jump! MAY: Rachel York: Chasing Lightning Guy Gavriel Kay: Under Heaven Kim Harrison: Black Magic Sanction APRIL: Preston & Child: Fever Dream Nicholas Pashley: Cheers! An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada MARCH: Louise Welsh – Naming the Bones Jack Whyte – Order in Chaos Noah Boyd – The Bricklayer FEBRUARY: Christopher Moore – Coyote Blue Christopher Moore – Island of the Sequined Love Nun Jeff Lindsay – Dexter by Design Rachel Solar-Tuttle – Number Six Fumbles Val McDermid – Fever of the Bone Kim Harrison – Once Dead, Twice Shy Jonathan Franzen – Freedom JANUARY: MaryJanice Davidson – Undead & Unwelcome MaryJanice Davidson – Undead & Unworthy Kim Harrison – White Witch, Black Curse

it was my birthday weekend so my apologies for not posting at all, but hey, i was busy celebrating the joy that is me! and thank you vancouver for giving me a sunny birthday weekend! thank you to my friends for all the great beer gifts too! i got four beer books and countless beers some of which i have already tried and some of which are new to me its going to be fun tasting them all! now to just find the time to blog about it all... which leads me to the fact that vancouver craft beer week is rapidly approaching as i am going to an event pretty much every day of the week and working that day job in between, i fear that posts will be few and far between for the next little while

while not specifically beer related i have decided to once again do the 50 book challenge (i.e. try to read 50 books in a calendar year) and post about all my reading prowess right here! yay for you! so, there will be a beer book, maybe three in my quest for 50 but the lion's share of books are going to be gratification of my insatiable quest for murder mysteries and silly vampire books lord help us all... spurred on by the four books i read while on vacation and the three i have devoured since being home, i am feeling like 50 could happen for me this year i've come close in the past but i can't recall ever actually reaching the specified fifty... let this be my year! JANUARY 2011 1. MaryJanice Davidson - Undead & Unwelcome 2. MaryJanice Davidson - Undead & Unworthy 3. Kim Harrison - White Witch, Black Curse FEBRUARY 2011 4. Christopher Moore - Coyote Blue 5. Christopher Moore - Island of the Sequined Love Nun 6. Jeff Lindsay - Dexter by Des...

oooh, a new book about beer! "Beer is Proof God Loves Us" By Charles W. Bamforth (Financial Times Press, $25.99)

seven beers and seven books click here for the link

a children's book for grown-ups - definitely a grown-up book for children - not so much gracie perkel is a fabulous character and tom robbins' prose is as witty as ever.  it was a very quick, very enjoyable read.  but i wouldn't suggest reading it to your child, no matter how precocious! probably the most fun way to read up on the how-to of beer.  a must have for every beer library. "A hop is some funky vegetable that even vegans won't eat.  Farmers dry the flowers of this plant and call them 'hops'.  I should mention that only the female hop plants are used in making beer, which may be why men are so attracted to it.  It's a mating instinct... when brewers combine hops with yeast and grain and water, and allow the mixture to ferment - to rot - it magically produces an elixir so gassy with blue-collar cheer, so regal with glints of gold, so titillating with potential mischief, so triumphantly refreshing, that it seizes the soul and thrusts it tow...

Tasting Beer - an insider's guide to the world's greatest drink.  by Randy Mosher the how-to guide for properly tasting and intelligently talking about beer.  a must read if you love beer but don't know where to start finding the language to adequately express your love of beer to others.  with chapters devoted to the history of beer, the vocabulary of beer flavour, presenting beer and each of the beer styles, this text book will have you confidently throwing around terms like IBUs, attenuation and mouthfeel in no time.  and trying beer varieties you may not have heard of in mainstream advertising. "Beer really is the world's best beverage.  It may be quenching or nourishing, cooling or warming, simple or worthy of deep meditation.  It is a drink of a thousand aromas, a rainbow of color, and a range of character as diverse ad the people who brew and enjoy it.  It has ten thousand years of history, with gods, goddesses, heroes, and songs to celebra...