Product Description

This treasury of 2,500 definitions is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary on beer and brewing terms ever published in English.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #79471 in Books
• Published on: 1998-04-07
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .84" h x 6.05" w x 9.01" l, 1.07 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 370 pages

From the Back Cover
This completely revised and expanded edition of Brewers Publication's best-selling The Dictionary of Beer and Brewing presents 2,500 technical, historical, and cultural beer-related terms and definitions gathered from around the world. Each term and definition is concise, clear, and up to date as well as accompanied by pronunciation guides. They have all been checked for technical accuracy by historians and professionals in the brewing industry. Handy conversion tables are an added bonus.

lagering. (la'-ge-ring) Storing bottom-fermented beer in cold cellars at near-freezing temperatures for periods of time ranging from a few weeks to several months and occasionally up to a year, during which time the yeast cells and proteins settle out and the beer improves in taste. This technique originated in the Bavarian Alps in the fifteenth century and was later practiced on a larger scale in Munich, Vienna, and Plzen. Syn: cold lagering.

About the Author
Dan Rabin and Carl Forget