Dictionary of Beer and Brewing: 2,500 Words With More Than 400 New Terms [Paperback]

Dan Rabin (Compiler), Carl Forget (Compiler)

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Publication Date: April 7, 1998

This treasury of 2,500 definitions is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary on beer and brewing terms ever published in English.

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This completely revised and expanded edition of Brewers Publication's best-selling The Dictionary of Beer and Brewing presents 2,500 technical, historical, and cultural beer-related terms and definitions gathered from around the world. Each term and definition is concise, clear, and up to date as well as accompanied by pronunciation guides. They have all been checked for technical accuracy by historians and professionals in the brewing industry. Handy conversion tables are an added bonus.

lagering. (la'-ge-ring) Storing bottom-fermented beer in cold cellars at near-freezing temperatures for periods of time ranging from a few weeks to several months and occasionally up to a year, during which time the yeast cells and proteins settle out and the beer improves in taste. This technique originated in the Bavarian Alps in the fifteenth century and was later practiced on a larger scale in Munich, Vienna, and Plzen. Syn: cold lagering.

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Dan Rabin and Carl Forget

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• Paperback: 370 pages
• Publisher: Brewers Publications (April 7, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937381616
• ISBN-13: 978-0937381618
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,146,457 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Lager (Germ.) = Lezhak (Chech), November 22, 2002

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This review is from: Dictionary of Beer and Brewing: 2,500 Words With More Than 400 New Terms (Paperback)

Mr. Dan Rabin has compiled a great list of terms that are both in depth and articulate of the brewing process. He includes other terms pertinent to brewing, classic beer styles and the history of beer. Almost any term can be found here for those who like beer and those who brew it. There are also a lot of English, German, French and Japan terms, but I didn't find any Czech or Russian beer term at all. We are brewing beer a millennium before a beginning of beer brewing in the United States. So I wish to see someday the next after-cold-war edition of this remarkable dictionary.