Beer Book, The

This is the ideal drinking companion - an extensive directory of over 2,000 beers. Beer, the drink to taste, savour, talk about and travel for. You can explore its astonishing variety and rapidly expanding new tastes - thirst-quenching lagers, ""meal-in-a-glass"" stouts, peppery white beers, tangy fruit-based brews, and classic ales and bitters - with this up-to-date guide to every good beer in the world. You can visit over 800 breweries and read detailed tasting notes for over 2,000 beers from a team of local specialists. You can whet your appetite with tours to key beer-producing destinations, and discover the beers to try and how best to enjoy them, with brews that are anything but "'a pint of the usual"'.