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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...
3) The Joy of Brewing Cider, Mead, and Herbal Wine: How to Craft Seasonal Fast-Brew Favorites at Home
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You're ready to try your hand at home brewing, but you want to try something unique-and you also have no idea where to start. This is the book for you. Broken into three sections-mead, cider, and herbal wine-you'll learn what basic equipment you'll need, what ingredients to have on hand, and author Nancy Koziol will walk you through each step of the process. Along the way, you'll pick up some fun facts about ethical consumption, sustainable farming,...
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This flash fiction can be sipped or slammed, just like the booze it represents!
A cocktail is like an excellent story-bitter and sweet and over too quickly, but the memory of it stays with you. From the Pimm's Cup to Smoking Bishop, the Manhattan to the Moscow Mule, Mixed Up features not only more than two dozen classic recipes and hot tips on ingredients and preparations, but new cocktail-themed short stories from some of today's most popular and...
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A Fun and Festive Educational Tool for Both Home Enthusiasts and Bar Professionals!
Let's face it: just ten years ago, hard cider was something sipped by expats watching rugby matches or pined for by former foreign exchange students. Heck, many people thought cider was something preschoolers drank in sippy cups before naptime.
Not anymore. Hard cider sales have skyrocketed in the last decade, with craft cider sales increasing 49 percent in just...
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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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There's a whole new world of beer out there to explore, but do you know your Pilsner from your Pale Ale? Tired of your usual tipple and in need of something different? The Pocket Guide to Beer will point your taste buds in new directions. This handy, fun and informative guide takes you on a journey using the BeerTubeMap, a unique flavour map that links beers by taste and style. Covering a huge range from around the world, it includes both traditional...
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Long before award-winning chef Michel Richardmade his first côte de boeuf or prepared hisfirst foie gras terrine, he was a pastry chef. InLos Angeles, pastry lovers lined up outside his bakeshopon Wilshire Boulevard, waiting to enjoy the breadsand treats they'd heard were the best in town, maybeeven better than anything in Paris. Now, in this outstandingcollection, the superstar chef returns to hisfirst love, the food that made him famous-desserts.
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Descorchados is today the most important reference for South American wines. First published in 1999, for more than two decades, it analyzes the wine scene on this side of the world, an extensive and profound annual report on the best wines in South America, but also on trends and names to be known. New regions, new types of grapes and new styles of wines, a wide-angle photo of what is happening today in the main producing regions of Latin America....
10) The Beer Journal
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Explore beer styles and log your tastings in this compact journal. The Beer Journal is more than just a journal. This compact guide is a crash course in the many styles of beer and how to approach them in a tasting. Perfect for newcomers to the craft beer scene as well as longtime fans of the beverage, this book is an excellent way to learn about styles you've yet to try. These pages are filled with useful information on the beers themselves and tips...
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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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Descorchados es hoy la más importante referencia de vinos sudamericanos. Publicada por primera vez en 1999, por ya más de dos décadas analiza la escena vitícola de este lado del mundo, un extenso y profundo reporte anual sobre los mejores vinos de Sudamérica, pero también sobre las tendencias y de los nombres que hay que conocer. Nuevas regiones, nuevos tipos de uvas y nuevos estilos de vinos, una foto en gran angular de lo que hoy sucede en...
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This vintage book contains a fascinating and light-hearted treatise on beer and ale, with historical information, details of notable events, descriptions of varieties, and much more. Easy to digest and highly entertaining, this book is recommended for anyone with an interest in the history and development of brewing, and would make for a worthy addition to any collection. Contents include: "Suppression of Beer-shops in Egypt 2,00 B.C.", "Brewing in...
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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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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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Craft beer is changing everything about how people drink—and it's high time it was invited to the dinner table.
The growth in craft beer is a full-blown phenomenon that is also making waves in the culinary sphere. Here, food writer and beer expert Claire Bullen answers the question: how do you successfully pair craft beer with food? Inside, 65 inspiring recipes—from cast-iron skillet pizza to harissa roast chicken—are matched with a diverse...
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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...
18) Home Brewing
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If you like the idea of raising a glass of home-brewed mulled wine or Christmas ale on a cold winter's night, then this is the book for you. A complete guide to the home brewer's year, it describes how the brewing process works and the equipment you will need, before taking you through all the brewing seasons with delicious beer, wine, cider, perry and cocktail recipes. Whether you are new to home brewing or whether you want to expand your range this...
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Descorchados is today the most important reference for South American wines. First published in 1999, for more than two decades, it analyzes the wine scene on this side of the world, an extensive and profound annual report on the best wines in South America, but also on trends and names to be known. New regions, new types of grapes and new styles of wines, a wide-angle photo of what is happening today in the main producing regions of Latin America....
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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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