This book examines methods for brewing ales suited to commercial and amateur brewers.

    Explores the world of Lambics, Flanders red and Flanders brown beers as well as the many new American beers produced in the similar style.

    It is the definitive, totally independent guide to understanding and finding the best of Belgian beer and an essential companion for any discerning beer drinker visiting Belgium or seeking out Belgian beer in Britain. With details of the 120 breweries and more than 800 beers in regular production, 500 of the best hand-picked cafes, and every known brewery tour, beer festival, and museum of brewing, this is the definitive guide to Belgian beer, whether you are touring by train, bicycle, car, or armchair.

    of Canterbury, New Zealand) analyzes the beer drinking rituals among the Xhosa of South Africa. He utilizes performance theory's concept of the social drama and practice theory's concepts of habitus and field—respectively formulated by Victor Turner and Pierre Bourdieu—in order to explore how the beer drinking rituals, with their performative practices of beer allocation, are used to respond to changing economic and political realities by negotiating relationships, pursuing economic and political goals, competing for power, and reproducing and contesting ideological representations of social order and authority opposed to the principles of apartheid and capitalism. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

    C. Lively descriptions of 57 breweries and brewpubs in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, and Washington, D.C., with a history of brewing in the area and information about the types of beer produced at each site, tours, food served, and nearby lodging and attractions, along with the author's pick of his favorite beer for each brewery.