This reference guide will help the reader to understand these plants better in order to achieve success with all the different types. It contains information on growth, spread, size and flowering as well as habitat and suitable growing conditions.'

This book covers every facet of the world's favourite alcoholic drink, from the fruit beers of Belgium to the revivalist porters and stouts of Britain and the United States and the designer beers of Mexico and Japan.

Lager explores the history, styles, brewing techniques, and allure of the world's most popular type of beer.

"Sample a beer in Hong Kong that tastes like bacon. Discover an out-of-the-way brewery in Vermont that devotees will drive hours to visit. Travel to a 500-year-old Belgian brewery with a beer pipeline under the city streets. This ... atlas meets travel guide explores beer history, geography, and trends on six continents - plus, you'll learn what to drink and where to go for the greatest beer experiences across the globe"--Publisher's description.

Now seen as something to taste, savor, travel for, and talk about, beer really is the new wine. This new, up-to-date edition of The Beer Book features every significant brewery in every significant brewing nation, and showcases new beers and specialist beers, as well as the classics. With a visual catalog of more than 800 breweries, whistle-stop beer trails, and key beer facts throughout, The Beer Book is the indispensable guide to the world's favorite drink.

"The first major reference work to investigate the history and vast scope of beer, The Oxford Companion to Beer features more than 1,100 A-Z entries written by 166 of the world's most prominent beer experts"-- Provided by publisher.