Dictionary of Beer: CAMRA's A-Z of Beer and Brewing Terms

by Anne Webb (Editor)

• Used

  Paperback
  2001

  $3.49

  A reference work to beer and brewing terms, foreign beers, useful beer-related words in European languages, British real ale breweries, famous beer-related companies and characters. This Dictionary is a unique reference work. Where else would you find definitions of the following words grouped together: parachute, Paradise, paraflow and paralytic? Or skull-dragged, slummage and snob screen? Inside are useful definitions for beer drinkers, students, brewers, historians and language lovers. Foreign language terms make the Dictionary a European beer phrasebook - helping you translate descriptions on bottles of beer, either in the supermarket or when on a trip to France, Germany, Belgium, Holland, Czech Republic or Scandinavia. When beer and brewing are such an important part of our culture, should we be surprised that they have created such a rich language of their own? more than 2,000 detailed definitions brewing techniques and ingredients international beers and breweries tasting (beer evaluation) historical references and organisations British real ale breweries slang phrases and abbreviations culinary terms and beer cocktails