The Beer-Taster's Log: A World Guide to More Than 6000 Beers

by James D. Robertson and James Donald Robertson

Book Overview

A guide to international beers includes ratings, descriptions of flavor, color, and body; details about alcohol content; names, locations, and histories of breweries; and explanations of beer styles. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0882669397
• ISBN13: 9780882669397
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Storey Publishing
• Length: 599 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 8.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good but getting old.. and a bit biased

Great book.. but it's getting old. There are many new breweries & beers not in the book. The reviews are good and fairly consistent. The book has the beer indexed by brewer, name, and state (US beers only). It really needs an index by type/rating as well.. it's difficult to find a highly rated beer of a certain type. The book is also biased towards 'holiday' beers that are unavailable.

an almost necessary book..

this book is a bible of beers, regardless of whether or not you agree with Robertson's opinions... he hits the great beers (Salvator, Piraat, Aventinus, EKU 28, Orval, etc.) and the horrible ones... for someone just starting to discover the world of beers to all the self-proclaimed "beer experts" out there, this really is a comprehensive, well organized catalog... i was starting to think i was running out of beers to taste, now i have a whole list of targets! enjoy... keep it on the basement bar...

A comprehesive index of many beers

As a novice beer taster, I enjoy this book a lot. It has easy to understand language and beers are arranged according to country of origin and brewery and also through an alphabetic index. While no book could contain all beers, this volume does a nice job including both macro and microbrews. A friend once brought a case of various little known microbrews to a party, and "The Beer Tasters Log" had over half of them. For beers that are not listed, there is plenty of room to write your own "reviews" and keep them in order with the other entries. If you are an experienced beer taster or a novice like me, I'm sure you will enjoy this book. Incidentally, all of the beers I have tasted that are in the book, I have agreed with the authors review of them.