[...]... Acknowledgment of the suppliers of other illustrative material is made in the legends to the figures Contents Foreword by Doug Muhleman ix Introduction 3 1 From Babylon to Busch: The World of Beer and Breweries 7 2 Grain to Glass: The Basics of Malting and Brewing 49 3 Eyes, Nose, and Throat: The Quality of Beer 65 4 The Soul of Beer: Malt 87 5 The Wicked and Pernicious Weed: Hops 109 6 Cooking and Chilling: The. .. up the taste and aroma of beer in ridiculous terminology Personally, I have enormous difficulty reconciling the language they use with the tastes of the myriad of beers that I have had the great good fortune to consume across the world An analogous situation exists in my own “other life.” While it is research into the science of brewing and beer that pays my mortgage and puts food in the mouths of. .. Achieving the taste characteristics of a fine beer is truly a combination of art and science The quality of the beer is dependent not only on the quality of the ingredients and the process but also on the quality of the knowledge, understanding, and experience that went into making it In this book, Charlie vary capably provides this very important foundation Whether you are a brewmaster, a marketer,... hobby is to write articles about soccer I hope (and believe) that they help contribute to the pleasure of the fans who read them, but I hope I would never be accused of trying to tell the professionals within the game of how to do their jobs I might fairly articulate the xiv Preface to the First Edition views of an “outsider” the fan’s -eye view—but I trust that it’s the coaches and the players within... friendly and unfriendly alike—it’s even seen men off into battle “No soldier can fight unless he is properly fed on beef and beer, ” said John Churchill, the first duke of Marlborough (1650 –1722), a great British tactician and a forebear of the even more celebrated Winston Queen Victoria (1819–1901) was another who recognized the merit of beer: “Give my people plenty of beer, good beer and cheap beer, and. .. namely the conversion of barley and hops, by yeast, into something so astonishingly drinkable My desire is to reinforce the pleasure people take in responsibly drinking beer by informing them about the myriad of biochemical and chemical reactions that are involved in the production of their favorite drink and by exposing them to the enormous reservoir of science and technology that makes malting and brewing. .. Britain There have been plenty of other examples Interbrew, a family-owned concern from Leuven in Belgium and Brewers of a fine lager, 13 14 BEER Stella Artois, now owns Labatt (Canada), Whitbread (England), and Beck’s (Germany), among others Most recently they acquired the Bass brand from the famed U.K Brewer, which had decided to focus its interests on hotels and the retail of beer rather than on the brewing. .. brewing companies The Netherlands, home of Heineken, exports more beer than any other country, some 49% of its production Denmark, where Carlsberg is based, exports 30% of its beer Ireland, famed for Guinness ( the black stuff”), exports 41% of its production The export of beer first took off with British imperialism in the nineteenth century and with the shipping of vast quantities of so-called India Pale... from the San Leandro supplier by Frank in his truck) is milled into red plastic tubs and hand-carted to the mash tun for mixing with water by means of a paddle “There’s a lot of schlepping in the brewery,” he says While the mash is progressing, Comman- day cleans the fermenter The brew will have been started at around 1 P.M so that the boil does not start before 5 P.M., for fear of offending the neighbors... a couple of people sipping beer and discussing their findings One of these people has established a reputation as being something of a wine connoisseur and would appear to take particular pride in pinpointing the exact vintage of the bottle and the winery in which it was produced For all I know, that person may be able to name and give the shoe size of the peasant who trod the grapes With rather more . Busch: The World of Beer and Breweries 7 2 Grain to Glass: The Basics of Malting and Brewing 49 3 Eyes, Nose, and Throat: The Quality of Beer 65 4 The Soul of Beer: Malt 87 5 The Wicked and Pernicious. alt="" Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing, Second Edition CHARLES BAMFORTH OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS