Reviews

State by state, there's now a library of guide books to point beer tourists in the direction of the craft beers produced by more than 2,000 breweries in the United States. Julie Johnson of All About Beer magazine reviews the titles available and the punishing hard work that goes into researching and writing them. The article first appeared in All About Beer, July 2013 edition, and is reprinted by kind permission: www.allaboutbeer.com. The magazine will be available on news stands in July

Added: Saturday, June 15th 2013

The eighth edition of the Good Bottled Beer Guide lists some 1,700 beers -- an enormous improvement on the number of beers available when Jeff Evans launched the first edition in 1998. The variety of beers in the new guide underlines the dramatic growth of quality beer in Britain

Added: Wednesday, May 29th 2013

Will Hawkes takes us on a capital pub crawl that will please lovers of both cask and keg -- and may even unite them

Added: Monday, March 25th 2013

Stan Hieronymus takes beer lovers on a fascinating trip through the hop fields of the world, checking out every known variety, each with a unique aroma and flavour. He tells how differences in climate and soil affect the character of hops and gives a brief history of how the plant came to be the chosen one for adding bitterness to beer.

Added: Sunday, March 17th 2013

American brewmaster Mitch Steele makes a major contribution to our knowledge of India Pale Ale, both ancient and modern, in a book that traces the history of the style and its rediscovery on both sides of the Atlantic

Added: Sunday, December 16th 2012

In Shakespeare's Local, Pete Brown tells the riveting tale of the inn in Southwark that has withstood fire and pestilence and is now the capital's only galleried Elizabethan hostelry

Added: Thursday, November 8th 2012

Two books, with radically different approaches, chart Britain's lost beers and the breweries that produced them, including Tetley's of Leeds (left)

Added: Sunday, November 4th 2012

Tim and Webb and Stephen Beaumont pick up Jackson's torch to take readers on a dizzy tour of the modern beer world and its vast range of styles

Added: Friday, September 7th 2012

Veteran pub walks writer Bob Steel has compiled a compendium of fine hostelries to visit in the vast region of South East England. There are many historic inns to find, such as Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St Albans

Added: Tuesday, April 24th 2012

Beer writer Jeff Evans boosts both beer and pubs with a timely guide to Britain's beer styles and the best watering holes where you can enjoy them

Added: Sunday, April 8th 2012