Book Reviews About Alcohol And Absinthe
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Book Reviews About Alcohol
Beer:
Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing
Traces the history of beer from ancient Babylon some 8,000 years ago to today's brewing science. recounting important brewing milestones along the way. Contains expansive coverage of global beer styles throughout the world, the sensory character of beer flavor, and the development of the global brewing industry.
Recommended for home beer brewing beginners and those wanting to know more about the science and history of beer. Each of the staples of brewing (barley, hops, water, and yeast), the fundamental processes of brewing (mashing, boiling, fermentation, maturation, and packaging), and the quality determinants (flavor, foam, color, and clarity) is covered in comprehensive detail.
Beer: Tap into... Clonebrews:
Homebrew Recipes for 150 Commercial Beers
Here you have 150 recipes for beers from around the world. Each recipe is presented with three brewing methods; extract, mini-mash and all-grain.
Not for the beginner, this book could be a valuable starting point for intermediate brewers seeking to emulate certain commercial beers.
Clonebrews Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch
Images, maps, and well researched text first take the reader through the history of single malt scotch whisky. Then over eight hundred varieties are reviewed.
Single malt scotch is a type of scotch whisky made with malted barley as the only grain ingredient. Blended whisky contains a mixture of single malt whiskies blended together.
Complete Guide to Single Malt Scotch Designing Great Beers:
The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles
Not for the beginner, this book could be valuable to someone who's made a handful of extract brews and wants to create something within a style framework, likewise, it would be of value to someone who's been brewing several years.
This book is a fantastic help for a homebrewer who wants to create his own recipes. It isn't going to tell you how to clone other beer brands, it helps you create your own unique recipe within the framework of a classic beer style.
Designing Great Beers Homebrewing for Dummies
This book is probably the first book you should get if you have never made your own beer but would like to start. After reading it you will be able to decide how to start your operation.
It looks at almost all aspects of homebrewing that the beginning homebrewer might encounter. Details the equipment that is needed for the novice as well as the advanced needs of a more advanced brewer.
Homebrewing for Dummies 101 Essential Tips: Wine
If you have absolutely no knowledge of wine this book will help you understand the subject much better. Easy to read and very informative, it also includes color illustrations.
Includes chapters on how wine is made, assessing wine, buying wine, storing wine, and much more.
101 Essential Tips: Wine Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide
Over eight thousand wines from around the globe are divided by the geographic region they were produced in and evaluated in this fifteen hundred page book. By leaving out poor quality wine, the book informs the reader of the very good to excellent wines available and what makes them that way.
Gives info on such things as the type of grapes used, vintage character, product quality and more. Individual wines are then given numeric ratings from 50 to 100 points, the higher the number rating, the better the quality.
The overviews of prices, regions, varieties, and other more subtle nuances will give you a straightforward method of choosing wine next time you make a purchase for consumption or investment purposes.
Parker's Wine Buyer's Guide Scotland and Its Whiskies:
The Great Whiskies and Their Landscapes
The area whiskey is made has an effect on its taste. The type of grain(s), the area the grain was grown in, the type of soil, water used and other factors will all contribute to the finished product.
Scotch is whiskey that was made, bottled, and aged in Scotland. This book explorers the various places in Scotland that different types of scotch are produced. Information is presented about the influence of soil, climate, landscape and other factors that influence the flavor and aroma of the various brands of scotch discussed.
Scotland and Its Whiskies Tequila:
The Spirit of Mexico
The beautiful photography and text presented in this book take the reader on a tour of the tequila world.
This is not an in depth guide about tequila, but it embraces the variety and depth of tequila's rich culture in Mexico. It's an enjoyable read and a terrific presentation.
Chapters include where tequila is made, how tequila is distilled, tequila drinking tips and tricks, different brands, and more.
Tequila: The Spirit of Mexico The Book of Tequila:
A Complete Guide
This is the book to get if you are interested in tequila. An in depth guide, it covers all aspects of the history, production, distribution, and use of tequila, Mexico's popular, versatile liquor.
Traces tequila's origin from the agave plant, following the spirit step-by-step through harvesting, distillation, bottling, shipping, and distribution to bars and restaurants. An inventory of tequila distilleries, distributors, and importers leaves nothing undocumented.
This book would be especially appreciated by people who would like to try different kinds of tequila but don't know where to start. It has detailed information on what real tequila is and where you can get it. Most tequila available is what is known as cheap tequila, a poor imitation of the real thing.
The Book of Tequila: A Complete Guide The Brewers' Handbook
Whether you're a professional brewer, a homebrewer, or a beer buff who wants to know more about beer, The Brewers' Handbook is a comprehensive introduction on the art and science of brewing beer. This easy to read book is a practical, step by step guide that covers it all.
The author has made every attempt to discuss every aspect of the brewing process including ingredients, milling, cleaning and sanitation, mashing, wort separation, wort cooling, fermentation, conditioning, filtration, carbonation, and packaging. If you're just beginning to learn about beer, this is the book to get. If you already knowledgeable about brewing beer, get it anyway.
The Brewers' Handbook The Complete Guide to Whiskey:
A Guide to the Worlds Best Scotch Malts
Irish Whiskeys, and Bourbons
This book is a great read for anyone who enjoys whiskey. It starts with a short but informative chapter about the making of whiskey. Then the book is divided into sections by country (Scotland, Ireland, USA, Canada, ...) and then subdivided into distinct whisky producing regions.
Within each region, a couple of whiskeys are explored. For each whiskey the book looks at some history and any unique characteristics with photographs of labels and the distillery provided for many of the whiskeys.
Novice whiskey drinkers will find this an interesting read. This book is best for those who know a little about their whiskey and want a good introduction to the variety of whiskeys in the world.
The Complete Guide to Whiskey The Tequila Lover's Guide to Mexico and Mezcal:
Everything There Is to Know About Tequila
and Mezcal, Including How to Get There
Guide to tequila and mezcal, not just the drinks, but to the industries, the regions, the people and the cultures.
Part travelogue, part research, the book meanders between serious study of the spirits, and playful retelling of his many trips to Mexico.
The Tequila Lover's Guide... Wine For Dummies
If you are a novice when it comes to wine, this book will give you a good look at all aspects of wine. It gives clear information and explanations, and answers most any question you could have on the subject of wines.
Understand the different types, vintages, and tastes of wine. With this book as your guide, you will have no problem navigating a wine list in a restaurant, or the aisles of your local wine shop. There is information on pairing wine and food, how to serve wine, how to store it, and more.
Wine For Dummies
Book Reviews About Absinthe
Absinthe:
A Novel
A Novel about Jose who was a huge man that lived high in the mountains and who distilled absinthe, the green liqueur prepared from poisonous wormwood and famous for its extraordinary effects on drinkers.
But in 1915 the French government banned absinthe, and in 1916 Jose, his stock, and his secrets disappeared. Years later, the narrator found a manuscript by his mother that disclosed Jose's earlier life, which included marriage and two sons, from it this story has been fashioned.
Absinthe: A Novel Absinthe:
History in a Bottle
In words and images, the book looks at the history, art, literature, and culture related to absinthe, as well as the people in the community that adopted absinthe as their drink (primarily artists).
The main history associated with the drink took place in France (and to a lesser extent Europe) at the end of the 1800's to the beginning of the 1900's. The people who play their part in this history include Manet, Degas, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec, van Gogh, Picasso, and many others.
Nearly 200 illustrations, over 60 in color. Even the black and white pictures are good quality. The color images are for the most part good looking absinthe ads, and artwork by artists who used absinthe.
Absinthe: History in a Bottle Absinthe Sip of Seduction:
A Contemporary Guide
A rich journey into absinthe. Punctuated with color reproductions of classic and current lithographs, posters, postcards, cartoons, antiques, glassware, bottles, and other tools of the absinthe drinker, this thorough study explains and illustrates the history, culture, and mystique of the drink.
In addition to the customary glimpses of history, the authors provide insights into the controversy and effects of the Green Fairy. Explained are sipping instructions, variations including French, Czech, and German methods, cocktail and drink recipes, and even suggestions for culinary accompaniments.
Absinthe Sip of Seduction Absinthe:
The Green Goddess
This very short book was written by Aleister Crowley. As the author sips the liqueur favored by so many nineteenth-century authors and artists in a New Orleans café, he muses on a variety of subjects from mystical visions of rainbows and peacocks to prohibition and other issues of social mores.
For collectors of Crowley's pioneering writing on drugs, probably a must-have. For someone looking for information about absinthe this is not a good book.
Absinthe: The Green Goddess Hideous Absinthe:
A History of the Devil in a Bottle
This book takes a look at the reputation of absinthe on the people who used it (primarily artist) and the society they lived in.
There are many myths about the importance of absinthe upon the work of various artist and this book dispells many of those myths and informs us that absinthe was more of a symbol of defiance towards society than a source of inspiration for artists.
Hideous Absinthe The Book of Absinthe:
A Cultural History
Opening with the sensational 1905 Absinthe Murders, the book offers a cultural history of absinthe, from its modest origins as an herbal tonic through its luxuriantly morbid heyday in the late nineteenth century.
Along with discussing the rituals of absinthe drinking you'll learn how real absinthe actually works on the nervous system. Includes a guide to modern brands of absinthe and tests the various real and fake absinthe products that are available.
The Book of Absinthe