The World Guide to Beer : the brewing styles, the brands, the countries / edited [and written] by Michael Jackson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jackson, Michael, 1942-2007

Contributor:

Micklewright, Robert, brewery illustrator.

Running Press, publisher.

Running Press Imprint Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beer.

Brewing.

Malt liquors.

Penn Provenance:

Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)

Physical Description:

255, [1] pages : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ; 30 cm

Edition:

[Reprint]

Distribution:

Philadelphia, Pa. : Imprint of Running Press,

Other Title:

Beer

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia, Pa. : [Published by] Courage Books, 1986.

Contents:

A High and Mighty Liquor. The art of the brewer; Which beer?; The classic beer-styles; The hop; Barley; Yeast; The beer lands; How strong is beer?

The World's Beers. Czechoslovakia; Germany; Scandinavia; Belgium; The Netherlands, Luxembourg; The British Isles; France; Switzerland; Austria; The Mediterranean; Iberia; Eastern Europe; Canada; United States; The Caribbean; Latin America; Australia; New Zealand; Asia; Japan; Africa.

Notes:

"A celebration of the world's beers in all their rich variety. Gloriously illustrated in full color. More than 5,000 brews. From the rarest brands to the classics. Where to find them. When and how to drink them. How to recognize them."--Jacket.

"A Quarto book"--Title page verso.

"Edited and written by Michael Jackson. Art Director Robert Morley. Editorial Assistant Philippa Algeo. Art Assistant Moira Clinch. Editorial Consultant Rolf Hellex. Photographs by Pavel Fošenbauer, Helena Wilsonová, Jan Ságl, John Wyand, Trevor Wood, Ian Howes, Stefania Ciesielska, Felix James, David Brinson, Ian Macmillan, Michael Freeman, Roger Daniels, John Burke. Map and charts by Q.E.D. Brewery illustration by Robert Micklewright."--Title page verso.

Includes index.

Local Notes:

Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Townsend.

Running Press copy has dustjacket retained.

ISBN:

0894712926

9780894712920

OCLC:

15193455