Miracle Brew: Hops, Barley, Water, Yeast And The Nature Of Beer
by Pete Brown /
2017 / English / EPUB
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Most people know that wine is created by fermenting pressed grape
juice and cider by pressing apples. But although it’s the most
popular alcoholic drink on the planet, few people know what beer
is made of. In lively and witty fashion,
Most people know that wine is created by fermenting pressed grape
juice and cider by pressing apples. But although it’s the most
popular alcoholic drink on the planet, few people know what beer
is made of. In lively and witty fashion,Miracle Brew
Miracle Brew
dives into traditional beer’s four natural ingredients: malted
barley, hops, yeast, and water, each of which has an incredible
story to tell.
dives into traditional beer’s four natural ingredients: malted
barley, hops, yeast, and water, each of which has an incredible
story to tell.
From the Lambic breweries of Belgium, where beer is fermented
with wild yeasts drawn down from the air around the brewery, to
the aquifers below Burton-on-Trent, where the brewing water is
rumored to contain life-giving qualities,
From the Lambic breweries of Belgium, where beer is fermented
with wild yeasts drawn down from the air around the brewery, to
the aquifers below Burton-on-Trent, where the brewing water is
rumored to contain life-giving qualities,Miracle Brew
Miracle Brew
tells the full story behind the amazing role each of these
fantastic four―a grass, a weed, a fungus, and water―has to play.
Celebrated U.K. beer writer Pete Brown travels from the surreal
madness of drink-sodden hop-blessings in the Czech Republic to
Bamberg in the heart of Bavaria, where malt smoked over an open
flame creates beer that tastes like liquid bacon. He explores the
origins of fermentation, the lost age of hallucinogenic
tells the full story behind the amazing role each of these
fantastic four―a grass, a weed, a fungus, and water―has to play.
Celebrated U.K. beer writer Pete Brown travels from the surreal
madness of drink-sodden hop-blessings in the Czech Republic to
Bamberg in the heart of Bavaria, where malt smoked over an open
flame creates beer that tastes like liquid bacon. He explores the
origins of fermentation, the lost age of hallucinogenicgruit
gruit beers, and the evolution of modern hop varieties
that now challenge wine grapes in the extent to which they are
discussed and revered.
beers, and the evolution of modern hop varieties
that now challenge wine grapes in the extent to which they are
discussed and revered.
Along the way, readers will meet and drink with a cast of
characters who reveal the magic of beer and celebrate the joy of
drinking it. And almost without noticing we’ll learn the naked
truth about the world’s greatest beverage.
Along the way, readers will meet and drink with a cast of
characters who reveal the magic of beer and celebrate the joy of
drinking it. And almost without noticing we’ll learn the naked
truth about the world’s greatest beverage.