The Golden Age of Beer
A Year of Styles, Stories, and Trivia
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Apollo Publishers
Publishing:10th Apr '25
£19.99
This title is due to be published on 10th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
A stunning beer lover’s companion from one of today’s leading beer experts distills what you need to know to select the ideal beer for every week of the year and enjoy like a pro.
All hail the golden age of beer! Today there are nearly nine thousand breweries in the US alone, brewing an enormous range of styles from imperial stouts to double India pale ales, golden pilsners, briny melon goses, and much more. But while this breadth can delight the taste buds all year, how does one choose what to drink without feeling overwhelmed or defaulting to the same brews again and again?
In this unique volume, acclaimed beer expert Tom Acitelli presents a fifty-two week guide to choosing the perfect beer to complement every week of the year. With tasting notes, brand recommendations, a guide to how to best serve, sip, and savor, plus fascinating backstories and trivia, Acitelli unearths what beer lovers actually care about and reveals how to appreciate the best that the golden age of beer has to offer.
The Golden Age of Beer embraces Acitelli’s inviting, accessible voice and dives into homebrewing, beer icons, today’s industry game-changers, and more. It cuts through the noise and the hype to leave you with a lush, inspiring, and reliable guide for sampling and entertaining all year long.
Praise for The Golden Age of Beer
“Through interesting and fun history lessons about beer styles and their unique characteristics, Tom Acitelli gives beer lovers—and even those who are just beer curious—a new way to enjoy mankind’s oldest (and best) beverage. By pairing different beers with the different months of the year, this book immediately surpasses those boring beer encyclopedias out there to become a handbook for adventurers who want to explore new expressions, flavors, and experiences.” —Clint Lanier, author of Ted Mac and America's First Black-Owned Brewery
"The Golden Age of Beer is a masterfully researched and charmingly written exploration of the people, places, and stories behind the world’s beer styles. A must-read for anyone curious about the rich heritage and culture behind today’s wonderful beer landscape.” —Joseph Tucker, founder of RateBeer
Praise for The Audacity of Hops
“Acitelli’s exceptional document of this remarkable growth profiles the brewers, breweries, and brewhounds that have played a part in today’s booming craft beer industry. . . . It’s an ingenious means of telling a story with so many influential characters, and Acitelli pulls it off, with an eye for detail and a nose for drama.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Tom Acitelli has compiled an extensive collection of firsthand accounts from the pioneers, brewers and industry luminaries that have taken beer back from industrial giants.” —Los Angeles Times
“Excellent history of the American craft brewing movement.” —Slate
“Acitelli’s exhaustive chronicle of the American beer revolution [is] . . . lovingly told.” —Wall Street Journal
ISBN: 9781954641266
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256 pages