The Beer Guide

By Josh Oakes

Recently updated, this is most comprehensive guide to ales and lagers sold in the United States: More than 2,700 beers are described and rated, based on tens of thousands of reviews on RateBeer.com,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1892588161
• ISBN13: 9781892588166
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Great Texas Line Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.2" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

This is the beer bible

I love beer and always look forward to trying new ones. Nevada the state I live in does not have a great selection, so I am forced to buy beer when I travel. Than I run into the problem so many new beers and I have to transport them back home. This is where the Beer Guide comes in, they do a great job rating beers and I can pull out the Beer Guide for ideas on what to get. I find my tastes run smiliar to the Beer Guide's raters and have never been disappointed. No Beer Guide will be complete and it is important to get something that is current as beers change over time or go out of business. The Beer Guide is current and comprhenisive. A great buy for any beer lover.

Excellent!

I bought this for my fiancee for Christmas and he likes it so much he wants to take it into beer stores with him to evaluate what beers he wants to get. For the beer lover this is a great buy. Well worth the price paid too.

Perfect for the glove box or the home bar!

This book is great for several reasons. 1) It has a listing for nearly every beer you can find in the best beer stores anywhere in North America. 2) It is small enough to keep in your glove box and take INTO the liquor store with you. 3) It's concise ratings and descriptions give you just enough information to make an informed purchase of any beer you can find. If you want a book that will help you buy good beer, this is it. No history, no fancy pictures, just the information that you need. It's like the beer encyclopedia. VERY useful!

Unbeatable Dictionary of Beer

In case you haven't heard, beer's the new wine, and RateBeer's been guiding drinkers of Milwaukee's finest through the microbrew revolution for seven blurry years. "The Beer Guide" basically puts the best of the website in your pocket, with reviews of nearly 3,000 brews that range from Bud Ice to Zywiec Porter. Everything's ranked alphabetically, with an easy (if brutally honest) five-star rating system, listing of alcohol content, and short descriptions that are as funny as they are informative. I especially liked the section in front with brief, helpful definitions of the different styles of beer (a crash course on learning your lagers from your lambics) and a Food-to-Beer pairing guide in the back that suggests, wine-style, what brews go best with which meals. There's also a Judging Sheet in the back to help get your own tasting chops up--you too could be a RateBeer star. Sized to fit in the palm of one hand (presumably with a pint in the other), it's the ideal guide for sudsers of any level looking to elevate their game.

Online power offline

There hasn't been a beer book released yet that's so comprehensive and accurate. The Beer Guide by RateBeer, edited by Josh Oakes and with a food pairing guide by award-winning beer writer Stan Hieronymous, is the strongest and newest guide for beer lovers and beer newbies alike. A bit of beer education and a lot consumer guide, this book eliminates the confusion of an overwhelming new array of beers in the market place -- a few of which being among the best in the world. [...] is now nearing a remarkable one million beer ratings and that online power has been in part selectively reduced to this special little pocket sized tome. Enjoy!