From Belgian fruit beers to hoppy cask ales, small-production microbrews to Czech Republic lagers, this is a personal and comprehensive portfolio of international beers compiled by one of the world's leading beer writers. In this unique and beautifully illustrated collection, he has distilled decades of beer knowledge into an entertaining and indispensable guide to the ales that no beer lover should miss. The book divides beers by type, including bitters, best bitters, pilsners, brown and mild ales, pale ales, extra strong beers and bitters, old ales and barley wines, golden ales, porters and stouts, alt and amber ales, fruit beers, and beires de garde, each comprising an alphabetical listing of the beers. Many of the entries are fully illustrated, and each beer comes complete with a box panel for adding your own tasting notes. Information on the country of origin, beer strength, brewery, and a detailed description of the beer and its history are also given.
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"Both experts and those new to beer will find something helpful." —Imbibe Magazine
"This is a fine collection of great beers." —The Celebrator Beer News
"Each individual beer gets great coverage." —National Barbeque News
About the Author
Roger Protz is a journalist, broadcaster, campaigner, and the author of more than 15 books about beer and brewing. He is the editor of the annual Good Beer Guide, now in its 32nd year. His awards include Glenfiddich Drink Writer of the Year 2004 and Lifetime Achievement Award British Guild of Beer Writers.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By H. S. Hill
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Pretty good book for people who like to try all different types or styles of beer.I have had 2500+ different beers so far and there are still a few in this book I haven't had.Buy this book and start checking off the list.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Mike
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I have completed about 150+ of the book (about half). Love the journey so far! Just go in knowing that you will not be able to get quit a few of the beers as either they are not sold in the US or they are discontinued. With that knowledge go forth and have fun discovery drinking!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This book is amazing! There are so many great types of beer it will make your head spin. I am slowly working my way through the book one beer at a time and I'm using their grading system to remind myself if the beer was worth buying again. So far, they're all worth buying again.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By TexasEK
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I gave this book, along with 8 beer mugs (also purchased from Amazon) as a birthday gift for a beer-loving friend. She's travelled the world and has always sampled the foreign beers during her travels and didn't recognize many of the beers listed in this book (which was great!).
Needless to say, this book piqued her - and most of my other co-worker's - curiousity and I do believe it has started a "treasure hunt" of sorts to locate some of the more obscure beers mentioned.
This was a top-notch gift and a conversation piece as well.
Needless to say, this book piqued her - and most of my other co-worker's - curiousity and I do believe it has started a "treasure hunt" of sorts to locate some of the more obscure beers mentioned.
This was a top-notch gift and a conversation piece as well.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Ray
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We like beer and drink good beers whenever possible. This book published by CAMRA (Campaign for Real Ale) in England has steered us to some really good brews. The selections are not restricted to just Europe. There a fair number of US & Canadian beers included in the reviews as well as Mexico, Brazil, Japan and Australia. All of the selections we have tried have lived up to their ratings. If you really like beer - let this be your tour guide.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I bought this book for my 21 year old nephew and he has had a great time trying to track down the various beers listed. This has opened up his world to more than just the domestic beer found at every grocery store. Great book.
By deek
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I purchased two of these as Christmas presents. No I would like one for me. It's just a fun thing to think about and when I visit places I will be checking to see what might be close by!
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Pros: The selection of beers is of reasonable quality, reasonably varied and will give the drinker a decent education in beer upon completion.
Cons: "To Try Before You Die" indicates that these are the best of the best...they aren't. Some are, some are not. There seems to be a heavy bias toward the UK, and a bias toward the US. Several of the selections are there because they were the first, or are an archetype or are so mainstream one could not think to exclude them, but in no means do they belong on someone's "bucket list".
The trivia associated with each beer is ok, sometimes interesting, sometimes not. I suspect that you could put together your own list of 300 good beers of wide variety based on reviewing blogs and web pages on the history of brewing. For people who just want to pick up a book and don't want to do any research on their own, this book will serve just fine.
My qualifications for rating this book: My personal database extends to 1216 different beers at the moment. I've sampled approximately a third to half the beers Protz lists. Many of the British beers were sampled when I lived there.
Cons: "To Try Before You Die" indicates that these are the best of the best...they aren't. Some are, some are not. There seems to be a heavy bias toward the UK, and a bias toward the US. Several of the selections are there because they were the first, or are an archetype or are so mainstream one could not think to exclude them, but in no means do they belong on someone's "bucket list".
The trivia associated with each beer is ok, sometimes interesting, sometimes not. I suspect that you could put together your own list of 300 good beers of wide variety based on reviewing blogs and web pages on the history of brewing. For people who just want to pick up a book and don't want to do any research on their own, this book will serve just fine.
My qualifications for rating this book: My personal database extends to 1216 different beers at the moment. I've sampled approximately a third to half the beers Protz lists. Many of the British beers were sampled when I lived there.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Underwhelming
I got this book for my wife as a birthday gift because she loves beer (yeah, that's right, my wife LOVES beer). Read more
Published 2 months ago by Kris Wheeler
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great for the beer lover
I gave it to a friend that owns an Ale House and he loves it. Good descriptions of very unusual beers. He plans on keeping it on the bar as a reference.
Published 5 months ago by Patricia Hyfield
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good buy
i gave this to a friend for Christmas, great gift idea. book came very quickly after order. i highly recommend.
Published 11 months ago by k
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300 Beer Book
Good book. Not a picture for every beer but good information and a good price. I would recommend it to others.
Published 12 months ago by Pdog
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Very good
I am an appreciator of beers and could recognise many brands inside this book. The brands which I recognised are really good brands and now I can know more about their histories. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Marcus Burghardt
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