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The contents of your pint glass have a much richer history than you
could have imagined. Through the story of the hop, Hoptopia
connects twenty-first century beer drinkers to lands and histories
that have been forgotten in an era of industrial food production.
The craft beer revolution of the late twentieth century is a
remarkable global history that converged in the agricultural
landscapes of Oregon's Willamette Valley. The common hop, a plant
native to Eurasia, arrived to the Pacific Northwest only in the
nineteenth century, but has thrived within the region's
environmental conditions so much that by the first half of the
twentieth century, the Willamette Valley claimed the title "Hop
Center of the World." Hoptopia integrates an interdisciplinary
history of environment, culture, economy, labor, and science
through the story of the most indispensible ingredient in beer.
Using 27 full color, high-definition images discover what equipment
you need and why you need certain items for the art of home
brewing. This short but comprehensive guide to home brewing
equipment clearly explains the best techniques for home brewing.
Clear and detailed for the novice but thorough enough to earn a
home in the libraries of experienced brewmasters, this is an
essential counter-top guide to brewing great-tasting beer at home.
This counter-top is a hands-on guide, which walks you through each
step of the brewing process. It fills you in on home brewing basics
with a comprehensive equipment list; instructions on keeping your
hardware clean and sanitized; and descriptions of essential beer
ingredients and their roles in the brewing process.
Over the past 40 years, the craft beer segment has exploded. In
1980, a handful of "microbrewery" pioneers launched a revolution
that would challenge the dominance of the national brands,
Budweiser, Coors, and Miller, and change the way Americans think
about, and drink, beer. Today, there are more than 2700 craft
breweries in the United States, with another 1,500 in the works.
Their influence is spreading to Europe's great brewing nations, and
to countries all over the globe. In The Craft Beer Revolution,
Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, tells the inside story
of how a band of home brewers and microbrewers came together in one
of America's great entrepreneurial triumphs. Citing hundreds of
creative businesses like Samuel Adams, Deschutes Brewery, New
Belgium, Dogfish Head, and Harpoon, he shows how their combined
efforts have grabbed 10 percent of the US beer market - and how
Budweiser, Miller, and Coors, all now owned by international
conglomerates, are creating their own craft-style beers, the same
way major food companies have acquired or created smaller organic
labels to court credibility with a new generation of discerning
eaters and drinkers. This is a timely and fascinating look at what
America's new generation of entrepreneurs can learn from the
intrepid pioneering brewers who are transforming the way Americans
enjoy this wonderful, inexpensive, storied beverage: beer.
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