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Beer Books

Here's where we will feature different beer-related books and publications that we think you'll love. Just click on the title to be taken to Amazon.com's website for ordering. Want to become a reviewer? Click and tell us!

We use the beer mug scale for rating books, with 5 mugs as the highest honor possible.

Title: A Connoisseur's Guide to the World's Best Beer
Author(s):Christopher Finch
Publisher: Abbeville Press
Info: Hardcover, 187 pages, 1989
Review: This book has it all. It is a well structured book. A useful chart in the back of the book contains serving info, food relations, notes, and much more. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: America's Best Beer
Author(s):Christopher Finch & W. Scott Griffiths
Publisher: Lttle, Brown & Company
Info: Paperback, 336 pages, 1984
Review: This books is strictly on beers and microbreweries of the United States. It has a lot of useful information for both the beer enthusiast and Home brewer. The Intro to the book is very intuitive. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: An Analysis of Brewing Techniques
Author(s):George J. Fix and Laurie A. Fix
Publisher: Brewers Publication
Info: Paperback, 192 pages, 1997
Review: Still reviewing this book. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Beer Companion
Author(s):Michael Jackson
Publisher: Running Press
Info: Hardcover,1st edition, 288 pages, 1993
Review: This book sums up all of Michael Jackson's work. It is a must for any beer enthusiast. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Beer for Pete's Sake
Author(s):Pete Slosberg
Publisher: Siris Books
Info: Hardcover, 272 pages, 1998
Review: If you are a beer enthusist, this book makes for a good night time read(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Beer Lover's Rating Guide
Author(s):Bob Klein
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Info: Paperback, 346 pages, 1995
Review: Most of the book is on beer reviews, no breweries. The main purpose of the book is for best way to serve beer and the best food combinations. Handy charts in the back of the book summarize the beers and provide ratings by the Author. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Beer Navigator
Author(s):Doug Hexter
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Info: Hardcover, 17 pages, 1996
Review: Not really a book, but a beer to food chart. The chart doesn't really match up with the built in food to beer info wheel. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Beers of North America
Author(s):Bill Yenne
Publisher: Bison Books
Info: Hardcover, 192 pages, 1986
Review: Excellent book on N. American beer history. This is a great coffee table book. Anyone can pick up this book and find something that intrigues them. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Bock (Classic Beer Style Series: 9)
Author(s):Darryl Richman
Publisher: Brewers Publication
Info: Paperback, 178 pages, 1994
Review: This is an excellent book for any Bock lover or homebrewer looking to brew a batch. Starts off with the detailed history of Bock and goes through everything you need to know, style profiles, recipes, and brewing tips.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Britain's 500 Best Pubs
Author(s):Roger Protz
Publisher: Carlton
Info: Paperback, 384 pages, 2002
Review: Britain’s 500 Best Pubs isn’t just for the beer lover, it’s for anyone who just happens to be in England. It provides great detail into England’s best Pubs. You will want to seek them out just to see if they stand up to what Roger Protz describes.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Classic Bottled Beers of the World
Author(s):Roger Protz
Publisher: Prion Books
Info: Hardcover, 224 pages, 1997
Review: This little book has it all. It covers every aspect of the great beers of the world. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Dictionary of Beer & Brewing
Author(s):Dan Rabin and Carl Forget
Publisher: Brewers Publications
Info: Paperback, 306 pages, 1998
Review: A great source of information from A to Z for every beer lover. Basic and to the point. Very useful conversion tables.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title:Donald Bull's Beer Trivia (Out of Print)
Author(s):Donald Bull
Publisher: Beaufort Books
Info: Paperback, 190 pages, 1985
Review: Perfect book to study with before a beer tasting or just a party with many beer enthusiasts. You have to be the ultimate beer geek to get many of the trivia answers correct. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Evaluating Beer
Author(s):Brewers Publication
Publisher: Brewers Publication
Info: Paperback, 238 pages, 1993
Review: If you would ever like to become a beer tasting Judge or you just want to know how to truly enjoy and understand a good beer, this book will help with both. Allot of experts pooled their knowledge to create this very helpful book.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Home Brewing for American's
Author(s):David Miller
Publisher: Amateur Winemaker Publication
Info: Paperback, 110 pages, 1981
Review: This book will help start your path to becoming a home brewer. Easy instructions and recipes to follow.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: HomeBrewing for Dummies
Author(s):Marty Nachel
Publisher: Hungry Minds
Info: Paperback, 399 pages, 1996
Review: Great book for the beginner. Excellent tips and great troubleshooting section. reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Microbrews:A guide to America's best new beers and breweries
Author(s):Matthew Zimmerman & Chad B. Stice
Publisher: Universal Press Syndicate Company
Info: Paperback, 308 pages, 1996
Review: A colorful book describing the beers in great depth, large label images. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title:On Tap(Out of Print)
Author(s):Steve Johnson
Publisher: On Tap Publications
Info: Paperback, 266 pages, 1995
Review: This book is very basic. It mainly provides addresses off breweries and brewpubs. Little or no review of them, nor the beers they produce.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Pocket Guide to beer
Author(s):Michael Jackson
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Info: Hardcover, 192 pages, 1994
Review: Great little Pocket sized book, crammed full of useful information (really small text) for the world wide beer hunter. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Premier Beer
Author(s):Elaine Louie
Publisher: Pocket Books
Info: Paperback, 188 pages, 1996
Review: This book contains great brewery reviews. Great color label images on nearly every page. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: Secret Life of Beer
Author(s):Alan D. Eames
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Info: Paperback, 208 pages, 1995
Review: This book is filled with the legends, quotes, and facts for the past 6000 years. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: The American Brewery
Author(s):Bill Yenne
Publisher: MBI Publishing Co.
Info: Hardcover, 156 pages, 2003
Review: If you are a beer history buff, this is the book for you. Excellent graphics of old breweries and beer related history. From Colonial brewers to present day micro breweries, nothing is missed in this book. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: The Beer Companion
Author(s):Stephen Snyder
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Info: Hardcover, 256 pages, 1996
Review: This is a good quality book, with excellent information and graphics on many of the world's best beers. (reviewed by DAle)

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Title: The Beer Drinker's Bible
Author(s):Greg Smith, and Carrie Getty
Publisher: Siris Books
Info: Paperback, 260 pages, 1997
Review: This is a great book for Beer Lore, Trivia and History. But it is difficult to locate the information you want, unless you now what group it falls under.(reviewed by DAle)

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Title: The Beer-Tasters Log
Author(s):James D. Robertson
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Info: Paperback, 600 pages, 1996
Review: A lot of beers are reviewed in this book by Fred Eckhardt . I liked the feature that this book has for listing the contract brewers of beers that you wouldn't expect to be made by someone else other than what is printed on the label. (reviewed by DAle)

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