Brewology: An Illustrated Dictionary for Beer Lovers

Description

As Mark Brewer explains in his introduction, "Beer is one of the oldest beverages known to man . . . and woman! In fact women were the first brewers since one of their primary responsibilities involved cooking. Years ago beer was considered a food as well as a drink. Beer provided many of the calories needed for one's daily diet. Dating back all the way to the fifth millennium BC, beer was recorded by the ancient Egyptian scribes, who also created an extra hieroglyph specifically for "brewer." Historians tell us that beer was used as a method to compensate laborers who were building the pyramids. Perhaps more importantly, if an Egyptian man offered a woman a sip of his brew, they were betrothed." Starting with an introduction to the history of beer, this A-Z dictionary takes a humorous looks at the various types of beer and common verbiage associated with it while educating the reader in the process. Covering everything from Abbey to Aging, Hops to Head Retention, and Skunky to Stout, Mark Brewer's Brewology is perfect for beer lovers everywhere.

Mark Brewer is an illustrator whose award-winning illustrations have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Wine & Spirits Magazine, the New York Times, Zymurgy Magazine, the Washington Post, Forbes, and Yankee magazine, among other publications. Mark has illustrated four books to date. He is the former president of the Pittsburgh Society of Illustrators, the second largest illustration society in the United States.