Discover the importance of sugar, top-fermenting yeasts and Belgian hops to the success of these intricate, traditional ales. Learn about Belgian-style ale history and character profiles, and then try your hand at brewing an Oud Bruin, Trippel, or a Grand Cru. Explore high gravity mashing, brewing, fermentation, and ester development. The Classic Beer Style Series from Brewers Publications examines individual world-class beer styles, covering origins, history, sensory profiles, brewing techniques and commercial examples.

- The ultimate book on Belgian beer is now available again - Same size, same number of pages, just a lot cheaper - The ultimate book on Belgian beer - discover Belgian beers, organized by style - Includes food pairing advice - Includes addresses of the best beer cafés in Belgium and around the world and a list of breweries to visit, with a detailed index "I love Belgian beer but until I picked up this book I never realized just how ignorant I was on the subject. The Belgian Beer Book grants you a ground floor view of Belgian Beer culture, Belgian Beer, and everything you might ever want to know about things related to Belgian Beer." ? Nerd Rage News "This massive 704-page book is packed with photos, stories, food pairing ideas, and beer and brewery guides that dig deep into one of the most storied beer cultures on the planet." ? The High Five Archive "This is the ultimate beer book, which, after reading, will have you packing your bags and getting on the first flight to Belgium." ? Celebrator Book News "This massive eight-pound, two-and-a-half-inch thick volume gives you what you would expect from its simple, straightforward title." ? Cleveland.com Belgian beer is famous throughout the world. Beer connoisseurs Erick Verdonck and Luc De Raedemaeker explain everything there is to know about Belgian beer culture. How does the brewing process work? How do you tap, serve, taste and conserve a perfect beer? What are the different styles and types of beer? Which beers are the best ones and how about the recent craft beers? This book explains it all!

"Beer Professor Kevin Verstrepen and Beer Doctor Miguel Roncoroni put 250 Belgian beers to the test in their lab, resulting in a complete encyclopaedia with scientific analyses of the taste and aroma profiles and the chemical composition of beer. The beer team of the Flemish Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) went into the laboratory for 2 years to subject 252 Belgian beers to thorough chemical analysis and to a panel of objective guinea pigs. The result is this definitive guide, which finally decomposes the complex composition of our favourite barley into the molecule and illustrates it for every type of beer lover."--Provided by publisher.

A companion volume to 300 Beers to Try Before You Die!, this showcase of the best Belgian beers encourages both connoisseurs and newcomers to sample for themselves. Written by internationally known beer writers Tim Webb and Joris Pattyn, the book provides readers with a glossary of Belgian beer styles, a map of Belgium with featured breweries. Detailed and enthusiastic tasting notes for each beer by Joris Pattyn explore the many dimensions of Belgian beers. It is lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs showing the beers themselves, where and how they are brewed, Belgian beer bars, and some of the characters involved in Belgian brewing. Visitor information includes contact details for each brewery along with any opening times and details of brewery taps. United States and UK importers are detailed, and each entry details the ABV, bottle sizes, and whether the beer is available on draught.

Discover what makes the heavenly brews of Belgium so good in this new book by long time Real Beer Page Editor Stan Hieronymus. In Brew Like a Monk, he details the beers and brewing of the famous Trappist producers along with dozens of others from both Belgium and America. Sip along as you read and, if you feel yourself divinely inspired to brew some of your own, try out the tips and recipes as well!

Belgian beer pride is one of the things that unite the country. This third revamped, revised and updated edition of our iconic All Belgian Beers demonstrates that Belgium still lives up to its reputation of being a beer lover's paradise. Over 500 new beers have successfully been introduced to the market since the last update of this beer bible in 2011. All of these new stouts, lagers, trappists, lambics, abbey beers, ales, tripels, wheat and fruit beers... have now been included in this monumental bestseller, now featuring close to 1300 beers! All Belgian Beers offers an alphabetical overview of the beers brewed by recognized Belgian brewers, for their own assortment or for other beer companies. As in the previous editions, each beer is fully described and illustrated with pictures of the glasses and bottles. The new edition of All Belgian Beers holds many new discoveries and is still the most exhaustive and indispensable guide to the flourishing Belgian beer culture. Text in English, Dutch, and French.

The ultimate travel guide for enthusiasts and those interested in learning more about these unique brewing cultures - whether or not they make the trip!

Farmhouse Ales defines the results of years of evolution, refinement, of simple rustic ales in modern and historical terms, while guiding today's brewers toward credible—and enjoyable—reproductions of these old world classics.

AB InBev is today's uncontested world leader of the beer market. It represents over 20% of global beer sales, with more than 450 million hectolitre a year flowing all around the world. Its Belgian predecessor, Interbrew, was a success story stemming from the 1971 secret merger of the country'stwo leading brewers: Artois and Piedboeuf. Based on material originating from company and private archives as well as interviews with managers and key family actors, this is the first study to explore the history of the company through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The story starts in the mid-nineteenth century with the scientific breakthroughs that revolutionised the beer industry and allowed both Artois and Piedboeuf to prosper in a local environment. Instrumental in this respect were the respective families and their successive heirs in stabilizing anddeveloping their firms. Despite the intense difficulties of two world wars in the decades to follow, they emerged stronger than ever and through the 1960s became undisputed leaders in the national market. Then, in an unprecedented move, Artois and Piedboeuf secretly merged their shareholding in1971, though keeping their operations separate until 1987 when they openly and operationally merged to become Interbrew.Throughout their histories Artois, Piedboeuf, and their successor companies have kept a controlling family ownership. This book provides a unique insight into the complex history of these three family breweries and their path to becoming a prominent global company, and the growth and consolidationof the beer market through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.