tasting beer
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...