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More than 1600 entries organised in an easy-to-use A-Z format and featuring over 4000 of the world's top producers and 7000 wines Packed with Oz's encyclopaedic knowledge and always honest opinion You can't hold all the wine information you need in your head, but with this handy guide you can be sure it is available whenever you want it. Indispensable as ever, Oz Clarke's now classic Pocket Wine Book is meticulously updated each year. This is the...
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This collection of 40 recipes for lemonade is filled with classic and innovative flavors the whole family can enjoy (plus a few variations with alcohol for those who imbibe). The recipes show how the beloved lemon pairs so well with an array of unique and delicious flavors-from pomegranate to ginger and cardamom-and creates a lip-smacking beverage that is a refreshing treat for any occasion. With easy-breezy photography throughout plus helpful how-tos...
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Here's to brewing your first craft beer. Cheers!
You love craft beer-now imagine brewing it in your own home. With complete, step-by-step instructions, Beer Brewing 101 makes it easy to begin crafting fresh, homemade beer. Jump right in by using a beer kit to brew up your first delicious batch-everything you need to know is here.
This guide's simple approach to beer brewing uses malt extract, a perfect entryway for first-time home brewers because...
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Craft beer's most popular style, India Pale Ale, is experiencing a flavor revolution. Brewers are using a wide range of flavors to push the boundaries of the style, from cocoa nibs to coffee, fruits to vegetables, spices, herbs, and even wood, brewers are using a wide range of flavors to push the boundaries of the style. Explore the ways creative ingredients are being, used in brewing these highly hopped beers and try your own version using 24 recipes...
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Go on a tasting tour and sample the best 150 beers in North America, without ever leaving home! Scott R. Russell shows you how to brew in your own kitchen clones of Moosehead Lager from Maine, St. Ambroise Stout from Quebec, Honey Weizen from Oregon, and all of your other favorites. Each recipe uses only basic brewing equipment and comes with partial-mash, all-extract, and all-grain instructions. Expand your brewing repertoire while enjoying the greatest...
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A must-have cookbook and wine reference guide for every budding sommelier
As every wine-lover knows, a great bottle of wine becomes sublime when paired with the right food, and the right pour can elevate the simplest of meals. With wine as with life, finding this kind of harmony can be tricky, but wine pairing isn't kismet-it's knowledge. All you need is the right guide in order to pair like a sommelier.
Like an in-house sommelier, The Sommelier's...
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Cider has become the new "it" drink, with a wide range of styles popping up on restaurant menus and at neighborhood bars everywhere. Sweet, tart, sparkling, still-cider has many wonderful (and sometimes unexpected) qualities. But how to choose? For this gateway guide, author Jeff Alworth traveled to France, England, Spain, Canada, and the United States, asking questions and drinking every variety of cider he could find, resulting in a compact yet...
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What is taste? Is it individual or imposed on us from the outside? Why are so many of us so intimidated when presented with the wine list at a restaurant? In The Accidental Connoisseur, journalist Lawrence Osborne takes off on a personal voyage through a little-known world in pursuit of some answers. Weaving together a fantastic cast of eccentrics and obsessives, industry magnates and small farmers, the author explores the way technological change,...
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Learn to brew the best possible beer with less work and more fun! Simple Homebrewing simplifies the complicated steps for making beer and returns brewing to its fundamentals. Explore easy techniques for managing the four main ingredients of water, malted barley, hops, and yeast (along with a few odd co-stars) to become beer. Pick up tips and tricks for a range of brewing challenges like making water adjustments, working with adjunct ingredients, and...
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Is there really a pub called The Toad Rock Retreat? Which one town has the pubs with both the longest and the shortest names? How many Lions, Crowns, and Horses are there? How many pubs are called The Speculation, The Triple Plea, The Welcome Stranger? Why would you give your pub a name like The Geese Have Gone Over The Water? The author, in his valiant attempt to answer these and many other questions, has produced a book which is surely essential...
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Uncork your understanding of wine and develop your palate with 30 tasting lessons
Ever wish you were the one to confidently grab the wine list and make a fantastic choice for the table? Wine Taster's Guide is your step-by-step manual to understanding why different wines taste the way they do through 30 tastings. You'll learn how grape varieties, wine-making processes, and regional styles impact the wine you drink.
Find out how aging can affect...
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While the term "session beer" as a style description has only been around since the 1980s, many classic beer styles, like Pilsner, Kölsch, cream ale, and English mild and bitter, to name a few, have been a crucial part of "session" culture for beer drinkers for centuries. In more recent years, many craft brewers in America have begun producing additional low-alcohol drinks, providing sessionable examples of customarily strong beers. Nowadays, the...
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Champagne is the most magical of wines and the most misunderstood. A glass of Champagne delivers joy, amusement, conviviality, and jubilation, making drinking Champagne one of life's great pleasures. Champagne is not so much meant for celebrations as it is a gift that generates celebration on demand.
Yet few wine drinkers truly know Champagne well enough to seize the joy they could be drawing from it. Champagne marketing and labels often confuse more...
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You want a little adventure in your life. And why not? With thousands of breweries and distilleries in the United States, there are more choices than ever on tap and behind the bar. So many, that you're a little bit intimidated.
But throughout the course of a year you can learn to impress your friends by becoming a pub savant with The Year of Drinking Adventurously, a guide to getting out of your beverage comfort zone once a week for a year. Each...
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Psst. Hey, bub. Wanna learn how to make mead?
Mead making is an ancient craft that predates even yesterday and has been passed on from beekeeper, to drunk, to drunk. Some say this skill predates the Dark Ages or video games. Now is your chance to become the mead master!
This mead brewer's cookbook has step by step instructions, illustrations, and recipes. Most importantly it has sarcasm - oh the sarcasm barely contained within these leaves! In fact,...
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As the days get shorter and the nights grow colder, a nice hot drink is the next best thing to hibernating under the covers till spring. Here are 50 drink recipes-with or sans alcohol-that offer a great alternative to the usual holiday libations and are destined to spice up any gathering. Caramel Apple Sips come complete with a gooey, caramely-covered stir stick. Or instead of dessert guests can sip into something a little more comfortable-Pumpkin...
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With at least 60 recipes, this wide-ranging drinks book is ideal for anyone building their bar library-tongue-in-cheek with humorous anecdotes and thoughtful illustrations, it will also appeal to those who appreciate light-hearted memoir and travel reading.
Long before the term "social distancing" entered the lexicon, introverts were thriving. But let's clear one thing up right away: Being introverts doesn't mean we're all a bunch of hermits. Introverts...
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"Baijiu By Definition" is a captivating and comprehensive exploration of the iconic Chinese liquor. Authored by Arlo Q. Sterling, a passionate connoisseur, and adventurer, this book takes readers on an immersive journey through baijiu's history, production process, cultural significance, and health benefits.With a deep fascination for discovering new cultures and their culinary treasures, Sterling's journey into the world of baijiu began in Asia....
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Ashton Lewis supplies practical, easy-to-follow answers to all the questions that bubble up in the course of brewing your own beer. Covering all stages of the homebrew process, Lewis provides expert advice on buying hops, sanitizing your equipment, troubleshooting unpleasant flavors, the best way to pour beer into a glass, and much more. This comprehensive guide will help you understand brewing chemistry, fix problems, and achieve the flavor and balance...
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