Beer Paper LA has made a triumphant print return and I have a beer book review tucked inside…
Read up without adding more glare to your eyes! Lots of other good reads so grab a copy!
Back in Print
Beer Bible in L.A.
The second edition of the Beer Bible has been out fir a month or so and author Jeff Alworth has been doing a bit of promotional travel for it and landed in Los Angeles at Firestone Walker’s Propagator to talk about it with Prop brewer Sam Tierney.
I learned a few interesting brewing and beer history factoids such as in the early days of American brewing German hops were used for aroma and American hops for bittering, something that is completely reversed now.
Yeast was not an ingredient per the reinheitsgebot because they did not consider it as staying in the beer. It was though of as transient and not in the finished product.
Germans had to have a discussion to formalize that dry hopping was kosheraccording to committee for the reinheitsgebot. Spoiler alert, it was deemed OK.
Trends to watch when it comes to IPA. Czech styled takes on America IPAs might be a new trend. And there might be a slight course correction for IPAs going back to more dry and bitter but keep the fruit.
If you did not buy the first version, I highly recommend. That and the 1909 American Bock that Firestone just added to their taplist.
Brewers Book Pairings
My love of reading probably stems from being brought up with Powell’s Books as an icon of Portland.
And Powell’s has now connected with local brewers to get some book and beer pairings and I found a pair of books that I think look great and would be even better with the chosen beer.
Check it out right HERE.
Beer Book – 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures
Looking for a beer-y Christmas idea? Then read on…
“Dogfish Head Craft Brewery proudly announces the publication of The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures, a celebratory chronology of the offbeat escapades that propelled Dogfish Head to become the beloved craft brewery, distillery, hotel and culinary hub it is today. Written by Dogfish HeadFounder & Brewer, Sam Calagione; Dogfish Head Co-Founder & Communitarian, Mariah Calagione; and longtime co-worker and Dogfish INNkeeper, Andrew C. Greeley, this heavily-illustrated, lovingly-told page-turner provides a detailed account of the brand’s history told through heartfelt stories from the authors, a timetable of Dogfish Head’s off-centered beverage releases AND a plethora of co-worker-told tales. The Dogfish Head Book: 26 Years of Off-Centered Adventures hits shelves and web stores nationwide on Tuesday, October 19.“
I will get my hands on a copy and might even review it for Beer Paper LA.
More Best Beers
Coming in November for us in the U.S. is the latest beer book from noted British beer writer Melissa Cole. The Ultimate Book of Craft Beer follows up her previous book on lagers which you should also get.
Beer Bible Revised and on Tour
Get your calendars out…
Noted beer writer Jeff Alworth will be in LA (Covid permitting) to plug his revised second edition of the Beer Bible. Which you should get if you do not have it yet. Click HERE to do it.
Frankly, even if dates get postponed, a Sunday at the Propagator is still gonna be fun.
Modern British Beer
There has been quite some noise coming from the British craft beer scene. Not that we can get much of the beer here or travel there of late but maybe we needed to get this book from Matthew Curtis first to re-acclimate us to what is going on the UK.
Kind of a “How it Started, How’s It Going” view.
Modern British Beer is available but only via CAMRA’s (Campaign for Real Ale) website for those in country. For those anxious to order in the U.S., try these three retailers: Waterstones, Blackwells and Book Depository.
Diary of a (still happening) Mad Year (+)
When historians start treading the waters of 2020-2021, trying to make sense of the Coronavirus and its impact will be key. And maybe with distance, we will be able to see the full forest of trees.
But now, we are in the weird pre-post pandemic time and it behooves us to look back at this year+ even though it is easier to read about happier things.
All that to say that you can now buy the Coronavirus Diaries compiled by Portland beer writer Jeff Alworth, where he spoke with beer people in the thick of the drama. It is honestly very dramatic.
Larsblog now Larsbook
Some blogs have a nice through line built in that makes it just right to move into book form, such is the case with Farmhouse Ale Quest which sprung from the blog of Lars Marius Garshol. Make sure to buy from him so he can get the full amount of money. Find it HERE.
Definitely in the Brewhouse
File this under I wish it was available now because a lot of people should be reading it to get their heads on straighter.
Tara Nurin’s A Woman’s Place is in the Brewhouse will be coming out this fall and I strongly suggest that you pre-order it like I did by clicking HERE.
And I hope that an addendum is needed because so much progress gets made.