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The Brewer's Tale: A History of the World According to Beer
The Brewer's Tale A History of the World According to Beer Author:William Bostwick Taste 5,000 years of brewing history as a time-traveling homebrewer rediscovers and re-creates the great beers of the past. The Brewer?s Tale is for anyone who, drinking a beer, has wondered how the past tasted. Part travelogue, part history, part culinary adventure, beer critic William Bostwick uncovers the stories behind the brewers who have p... more »racticed their craft since the dawn of civilization: farmers, priests, revolutionaries, and more. Beer by beer?from Babylonian date-and-honey ale to shamanistic Viking grog?Bostwick tells a history of the world through the brewer?s eyes, unearthing recipes from poems and potsherds to re-create these beers and their long-lost flavors. Jumping through time as he weaves ancient lore with today?s craft scene, Bostwick meets adventurous brewers?some celebrated, others eccentric unknowns?who share his path, trading insight, recipes, and ingredients like homegrown hops and wild, Nile Delta yeast. This is history told in the glass, from tongue-numbing mead to sour pediococcus-laced lambic. The Brewer?s Tale celebrates the beers of ages past, some forgotten until now.« less