Sea of Stories

Book description

Here at last is the ultimate guide to the greatest beverage on earth. It's packed with informative prose, full-color photographs, and six frothy 12-ounce chapters of material: The History of Beer, The Atlas of Beer, Beer Can Crafts and Gear, Beer Connoisseurship, Applied Sciences, and Fine Arts. This fine tome will teach you how beer was invented; where to find the biggest, best, and worst breweries in the world; how to make votives, ornaments, and more from your empties; what are the weirdest beer flavors on Earth; why beer makes large bellies; and what are the best beer labels and advertising campaigns. Complete with drinking games, toasts, lively anecdotes, and much, much more, The Big Book o' Beer is the ultimate gift book for anyone who loves ice-cold brewskies. If you're looking for another stodgy, holier-than-thou "connoisseur's" book, you've come to the wrong place. The Big Book o' Beer celebrates the wide world of beer in all its shameless glory-from the highbrow to the LšwenbrŠu, from trendy Belgian microbrews to the famous "old man bars" of Las Vegas. It's packed with amazing photographs and fascinating beer-related information about history, geography, science, arts, crafts, and more. Want to tour the ten biggest breweries on the planet? Interested in making dazzling arts and crafts from old beer cans? Need a recipe for beer-flavored ice cream? Want to know the science behind beer bellies, beer goggles, and beer foam? The Big Book o' Beer has it all-plus drinking games, drinking songs, vintage cans, classic advertisements, an "atlas of beer," and too many other features to list here. It's an inspiring tribute that everycervezaphile (a.k.a. beer lover) will cherish! DUANE SWIERCZYNSKI is the author ofThe Perfect Drink for Every Occasion. His writing has also appeared in Detailsand Men's Health. He lives in Philadelphia.