Beer Is Proof God Loves Us Reaching for the

Why beer is good for you! A funny, engaging, deeply personal guide to beer + brewing: its history, culture, and future bull; bull;By Charles Bamforth, author of Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing, And The world's #1 expert on beer. bull;Debunks a world of misconceptions about beer, and helps readers appreciate truly great beer. bull;Illuminates the radical changes now underway in the beer industry, As huge brewers consolidate and small 'craft' brewers rise. Beer is Proof God Loves Us is a funny, engaging, and downright joyous examination of the whole world of beer and brewing. Your guide, Charlie Bamforth, may be the world's #1 expert on every aspect of beer: After a worldwide search, he was selected as the first Anheuser-Busch Professor of Brewing Science at the University of California, Davis. Now, he presents the most compelling social history of beer ever written: where it's come from, where the brewing business stands now, and what the future holds. In this farreaching book, he reveals bull; bull;The extraordinary complexity and artistry that can be found in great brewing. bull;The factors that impact beer quality and wholesomeness. bull;Centuries-old cultural values embedded in good beer. Bamforth also explains what the rise of new craft breweries means to beer drinkers and what the latest global trends will have on beer consumption. The book concludes with a look To The future, illustrating how environmental issues will change the brewing industry and addressing radical new approaches to brewing, such as Happoshu and malternatives.

Charles W. Bamforth has been in the brewing industry for 32 years, including 13 years in research, 11 in academia, and 8 with the famed brewing company Bass. After an international search, he was selected as UC Davis’ first Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences. His Web site gives fuller details of his career and much interesting information about beer and brewing, besides: http://www-foodsci.ucdavis.edu/bamforth/.

Throughout his diverse career, he has embraced every dimension of beer, from raw materials and processing, through quality, to beer’s impact on the body. This makes him unique among “beer people” worldwide. He has published many research papers in the peer-reviewed domain, but also those targeted at the layperson, seeking to engage awareness and debate about beer as a product and as part of social fabric. This is his ninth book on beer (one of his earlier ones is in its third edition), and he is generally considered to be one of the world’s leading writers and speakers on beer, from an authoritative, but also humorous and engaging, perspective. In recent years his major research thrust has been on the wholesomeness and public perception of beer.

Preface	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv
Global Concerns	p. 1
The Not-So-Slow Death of a Beer Culture	p. 23
Barbican, Balls, and Beyond	p. 39
On The Other Hand: The Rebirth of a Beer Ethos	p. 49
So What Is Quality?	p. 65
Despite the Odds: Anti-Alcohol Forces	p. 79
Societal Issues	p. 93
Looks Good, Tastes Good, and...	p. 101
Whither Brewing?	p. 115
God in a Glass	p. 123
Conclusion	p. 129
Endnotes	p. 133
The Basics of Malting and Brewing	p. 213
Types of Beer	p. 219
About the Author	p. 223
Index	p. 225
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