Introduction 8
What is Beer?
Introduction 10
The Story of Beer 12
The History of Beer 14
How Flavor Works 16
A Sense for Beer 18
Sensory Evaluation of Beer 20
Understanding Beer Styles 24
Beer Foam 28
Pouring the Perfect Beer 30
Does the Glass Matter? 32
How Beer is Made 34
Water in Beer 36
Grains & Malting 38
Types of Malt 40
Grain in the Brewery 42
The Flavors of Malt 44
Beer Recipes 46
The Role of Hops 50
Growing Hops 52
Types of Hops 54
Hops in the Brewery 56
Hop Regions & Key Varieties 58
Hop Flavors 60
Yeast & Fermentation 64
The Flavors of Fermentation 66
Maturation & Finishing Beer 68
Barrel Aging & Other Ingredients 70
Fresh vs. Aged Beer 72
Beer Off Flavors 76
Beer in the Bar 82
Beer & Food 84
Different Approaches to Beer & Food 86
Finding Balance & Harmony 88
Great Beer & Food Matches to Try 90
Navigating Beer by Style
Introduction 94
Lagers 96
German-Style Pilsner 98
Czech Pale Lager 100
American Lager & Pilsner 102
Modern Pilsner 104
Helles 106
Franconian Lager & Kellerbier 108
Vienna Lager & American Amber Lager 110
Märzen & Festbier 112
Czech-Style Amber & Dark Lager 114
Dunkel & Schwarzbier 116
Bock & Doppelbock 118
Kölsch 120
Altbier 122
Rauchbier & Smoked Beer 124
Pale Ales, IPAS, & Hop-Forward Ales 126
American-Influenced IPA 128
American Pale Ale 130
American IPA & West Coast IPA 132
American Double IPA & West Coast Double IPA 134
Hazy Pale Ale 136
Hazy IPA 138
Hazy DIPA 140
Session IPA 142
Pacific Pale Ale & IPA 144
English Pale Ale 146
Red IPA & Black IPA 148
Blonde Ale & Golden Ale 150
Amber Ale & Red Ale 152
Hoppy British Ale 154
Malt-Forward Ales 156
Traditional British Bitter 158
British-Style Mild & Old Ale 160
Brown Ale 162
Strong Ale & Scottish Ale 164
Barley Wine 166
Porter 168
Baltic Porter 170
Dry Stout 172
Sweet Stout 174
Imperial Stout 176
Barrel-Aged Beer 178
Sour Beers & Fruit Beers 180
Lambic: A Brussels Beer Tradition 182
Spontaneously Fermented Beers 184
Flemish-Style Red-Brown Ale 186
Traditional Fruit Sours 188
Mixed Fermentation & Wild Ales 190
Berliner Weisse & Gose 192
Modern Fruit & Adjunct Sours 194
Flavored Beers 196
No- & Low-Alcohol Beers 198
Wheat Beers & Belgian Ales 200
Hefeweizen 202
Dunkelweizen & Weizenbock 204
Witbier 206
Saison 208
Farmhouse & Rustic Ales 210
Belgian Blonde & Pale Ale 212
Belgian Strong Blonde & Tripel 214
Belgian Brune & Dubbel 216
Belgian Strong Dark Ale & Quadrupel 218
Index 220
Acknowledgments 223