Go behind the scenes with more than 30 cutting-edge brewers across the globe and see how the magic happens. Meet the award winners, visionaries, and scofflaws leading the homebrew revolution. How did they get started? What equipment do they use? Where do they find storage space? What are their hopping techniques, yeast strategies, and aging methods? How do they keep temperatures constant without sophisticated climate controls? What’s their best recipe? Get to know the Stylists who hammer home perfect takes on time-honored beers; the Hop Pack who boldly push IPAs and other hop-forward brews into fragrant new territory; the Wild Ones who are harvesting ambient yeast, unleashing rowdy microbes, and experimenting with souring bacteria to extend the boundaries of good taste; and the Creative Front, who follow one simple rule—no rules at all. Along the way, you’ll discover what triggered the homebrewing renaissance, learn how some of the greatest beers went from kitchen table to world domination, hear from the pros about their successes and failures, and find out how to run your own homebrew tour. Then use the handy calendar of events to plan your next beer trip and dive headlong into the homebrew world. Recipes include: American Red Ale, Belgian Tripel, Berliner Weisse, English Mild, Farmhouse-Style Saison, Hefeweizen, Imperial Stout, New England IPA, Porter, and Raspberry Lambic.
Increase your beer IQ with this insider look at how to sip superior suds, written by one of America’s foremost beer experts. Winner of the Gourmand Award in the Beer category (US). With thousands of breweries creating a dizzying array of beers each year, learning from the experts is practically a necessity for the modern beer lover. Luckily, beer guru Joshua M. Bernstein is here to tap their wisdom for you, with sage advice about which brews to buy, how to taste your suds, and what to eat with them. Drink Better Beer features the must-know insights of more than 100 professionals, including competition judges, beer consultants, and master brewers. Find out how to shop clever by heeding two simple rules. Learn the art of selecting the right glass, cleaning it, and executing the perfect pour. Make sense of all those aromas with just a couple of sniffing tricks. Unlock the taste secrets of different styles, learn when to drink and how to know if your favorite beer store is treating their beer the way they should. Beer is getting complicated—Drink Better Beerwill give you the confidence to buy smart and enjoy your pour even more. The universe of beer is expanding fast. Suddenly there’s CBD beer, beer-wine mashups, and beer-in-a-box that’s sold uncarbonated. Brewers large and small are pushing boundaries on aroma, taste, and ingredients, while beer retailers are blurring the lines between store and bar. A second beer revolution—close on the heels of the craft beer boom—is underway, and the average beer lover is at risk of getting left behind. Thankfully, acclaimed beer authority Joshua M. Bernstein and a slew of other industry experts such as brewers, bar owners, and Master Cicerones are here to help. In Drink Better Beer, Bernstein has culled advice from a diverse array of experts to create a roadmap to beer 2.0, including detailed advice on buying and pouring, glassware, and the rise of cans, as well as new science on flavor and fermentation, how brewers are getting into food, and what the future holds. For beer lovers looking to raise their beverage IQ, Drink Better Beer is a master class in the new era of brewing.
“A wide-ranging volume that is sure to appeal to beer enthusiasts and casual consumers alike. Highly recommended.” —Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW) Go on a fun, flavorful tour through the world of craft brews with one of the most unique and fascinating voices in beer today. It's a great time to be a beer drinker, but also the most confusing, thanks to the dizzying array of available draft beers. Expert Joshua Bernstein comes to the rescue with The Complete Beer Course, demystifying the sudsy stuff and breaking down the elements that make a beer's flavor spin into distinctively different and delicious directions. Structured around a series of easy-to-follow classes, his course hops from lagers and pilsners to hazy wheat beers, Belgian-style abbey and Trappist ales, aromatic pale ales and bitter IPAs, roasty stouts, barrel-aged brews, belly-warming barley wines, and mouth-puckering sour ales. There is even a class on international beer styles and another on pairing beer with food and starting your own beer cellar. Through suggested, targeted tastings, you'll learn when to drink down-and when to dump those suds down a drain.
Fine wine has always had its expert guides to taste and terroir. Why not beer? Funky, young, and smart, this is the ultimate beer geeks companion, covering everything from the homebrew renaissance to nanobreweries to many of Americas preeminent beer events and festivals. Theres a revolution brewing among craft beer makers: Theyre reviving long-forgotten recipes, dosing brews with wild yeasts to create new flavors, and using organic grains and hops to forge a delicious new frontier of beer. And no ones better equipped to tell us whats happening than Joshua M. Bernstein, former Gourmet.com writer and one of the worlds foremost beer experts. He covers all of todays top trends, including high-alcohol, bourbon barrel-aged, cask-conditioned, and even gluten-free beers. Designed to look just like Joshuas notebook and featuring labels and photos, this extreme guide is a one-stop shop for cutting-edge beer technology, taste, and information.
This book is a how-to manual for school mental health professionals, educators, and administrators that discusses a series of steps that can be used to proactively manage and prevent many different types of behavioral problems in a positive manner. It incorporates both the high structure and high behavioral expectations that are crucial for school success, but also describes following this structure in such a way that students feel included, important, and respected. Rather than requiring the mental health providers to investigate the research themselves and come up with a behavioral problem solving model, this book includes step-by-step guides on how to implement school-wide and classroom-wide interventions in a response-to-intervention format. For those students who demonstrate more behavior problems, more intensive interventions are included to help alleviate those problems. The first section of the book discusses Tier I interventions and assessments designed to ensure that the school is effectively implementing a high quality, research-based behavioral management system. The next section covers Tier II interventions, those used for students who do not respond adequately to those of Tier I. These interventions are research-based, rigorous, and designed to address a broad range of behavior problems. Finally, the last section discusses Tier III interventions for students in need of highly individualized and intensive interventions to manage behavior problems.
Everybody’s drinking IPAs! Josh Bernstein, author of the critically acclaimed The Complete Beer Course, tells you everything you need to know about your favorite brew. India Pale Ales have captured the hearts and taste buds of beer lovers like no other brew, and brewmasters are using it to unlock new dimensions of flavor, turning IPAs into the top-selling craft beer style. But not all beers are created equal. Beer expert Josh Bernstein takes you on a tangy tour of the world’s finest IPAs, from easy-drinking session ales to bitter brews gone wild. Complete IPA showcases the best choices in each category, profiles the brewers who helped innovate the sub-categories, and highlights emerging IPA styles and the most exceptional breweries making them right now. With this definitive guide, you’ll be drinking the best beers and cutting-edge brews in no time.
A completely revised, updated, and repackaged second edition of the 2013 bestselling beer guide. First published in 2013, The Complete Beer Course has helped thousands of beer enthusiasts navigate the vast and often confusing world of beer. Bernstein is back to serve up a second round of insights. He introduces readers to must-know breweries, craft beers, and the industry’s rising stars. Each chapter is devoted to a specific beer style and teaches readers how to taste and evaluate a wide selection, especially new beers gaining popularity such as sours and nonalcoholic varieties. Additionally, readers will find up-to-date information on the pandemic’s effects on the beer world, expanded coverage of international beers, and the author’s top picks for any beer-drinking occasion. If your knowledge of IPAs is a little hazy, then this guide is for you. Fans of Randy Mosher’s Tasting Beer or The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth, who are looking for the most up-to-date information on the world of beer, will find just what they need in this book. Perfect for beer fans everywhere—from casual beer drinkers to homebrew enthusiasts—The Complete Beer Course is the ultimate beer book and makes a great gift for dads, bartenders, or anyone else looking to level up their beer knowledge.
Deux antihéros, très différents mais très proches à la fois, Weston et Jo sont deux jeunes londoniens que tout sépare. L'un est un trader de la City au bord du gouffre et l'autre un étudiant fauché qui veut changer le monde, sans le pouvoir vraiment. Subissant l'existence plus que la vivant, ils vont tous deux perdre leur emploi. Alors que Weston sombre peu à peu dans la déprime, Jo, lui, décide de se battre. C'est l'histoire de la dérive de deux hommes qui vont se croiser et poursuivre leurs routes en se battant l'un pour l'autre pour un même idéal.
What if there were no limits imposed by budget or practicality? This book takes you to a world where anything is possible. Let your fantasy free with this array of ultimate consumer delights. These pages feature such objects as underwater motorcycles, personal spaceships, and every manner of gadgets and accessories. These luxury toys offer fine detailing, craftsmanship, design, and materials. Whether you feel envy or a rush of acquisitive frenzy will depend purely on you. One thing is for sure: you’ll be entertained by the spectacular photography and tantalizing descriptions.
Whether you're a brew master or just a beer lover who loves to throw a party, this complete kit is for you. Carlo Devito's How To Host a Beer Tasting Party In Your Own Home kit contains everything you'll need to host a beer tasting in your own home. A beer-tasting party is fun and educational for everyone from novices to serious craft beer or microbrew drinkers. Within this all-inclusive kit are the elements to be a terrific host. So grab some glasses, start pouring, and let's have a party! Includes all the brew-tasting party essentials: -64-page book with full-color photography -Beer-aroma wheel -Beer-and-food chart -20 craft paper beer bottle covers -Four tasting notepads -Four 2oz glasses for sampling
This book is a myth for our time. It is a story, not in that it has a plot, but rather that it grows as it goes on. It consists of 72 interwoven chapters, which can be read independently, but together name the collective experience of life in the present age. Each chapter addresses a current personal, cultural, or spiritual topic, and each word participates meaningfully in the development of these ideas. At the beginning of October 2019, I had an urge to sit down and begin speaking. This book is a record of all that I said over the course of the following 40 days. I offer here the result of that work. Anyone who wishes to contact me may do so at heller.joshua.98@gmail.com. I warmly welcome any curiosity or conversation.
Matzoh Ball Soup is a distinctive collection of personal stories, poems, and rabbinical sermons that inspires the Jewish spirit. This collaboration of many impressive figures has resulted in a heartfelt and poignant anthology that is rich in both quality and content. The selections in Matzoh Ball Soup have been collected as a way to help individuals understand many of life's important lessons through the Jewish perspective. The writings are divided into eight chapters that are based on identifiable Jewish topics such as Shabbat, Hanukkah, Family, High Holidays, and others. Individually, these stories evoke strong emotion; collectively, they maintain the common thread of an uplifting and positive spirit. These accounts speak to people of all ages, and allow the reader to gain a new understanding of Jewish heritage, culture and spirituality. Ultimately, Matzoh Ball Soup is about people living life, and enduring through all that life has to offer.
The Talmud states, "In a world that lacks humanity, be human." In a world as untethered as ours has become, simply being human, a good person, is a measure of heroism. At a time when norms of civility are being routinely overwhelmed, it may be the only measure that matters. Mensch-Marks represents Rabbi Joshua Hammerman's personal Torah scroll—the sacred text of his experiences, the life lessons he has learned along his winding, circuitous journey. Mirroring 42 steps Israel wandered in the Wilderness, Hammerman offers 42 brief essays, several of which first appeared in The New York Times Magazine, organized into categories of character, or "mensch-marks," each one a stepping stone toward spiritual maturation. These essays span most of Rabbi Hammerman's life, revealing how he has striven to be a "mensch," a human of character, through every challenge. Mensch-Marks creates a brand-new genre. It is memoir as sacred story, as how-to book; a series of personal vignettes in dialogue with one another over the span of decades, resonating with eternal ideas that span centuries. It traces the author's own personal growth while providing a road map for people of all backgrounds seeking a life of moral vision. The wisdom is shared not from a pulpit on high, but rather from an unfolding story of a fellow traveler, one who has stumbled, failed, and persevered, struggling with the questions large and small. Through it all, Rabbi Hammerman has tried to live with dignity and grace, what he calls the "nobility of normalcy." He writes, "If by sharing what I've learned, I can add a modicum of generosity, honesty and human connection in a world overflowing with cruelty, loneliness and deceit, then I'll have done my job.' The essays cover crucial moments of failure and forgiveness, loving and letting go, finding deeper meaning in one's work, and holiness in the seemingly inconsequential moments of everyday life. Rabbi Hammerman, ever the optimist, believes that we can turn things around, one mensch at a time.
You Can Fulfill the Plan of God for Your Life God has an amazing plan for your life! Do you know Gods awesome plan that He has designed especially for you? Has God ever spoken to your heart about the assignment He has called you to fulfill? If not, are you ready to discover it? Are you ready for the adventure of a lifetime as you launch out to do what He has put in your heart to do? Whether you have discovered the will of God, or youre still in the process of discovery, you can rest assured that He has had a perfect plan for your life from the beginning. And try as you might, you will never find true fulfillment until youre walking in the divine purpose that is unique to only you. Your life will take on new meaning as you step out to do what you were born to do. In this book, Rick Renner shares biblical teaching and amazing experiences to show you that life doesnt have to be boring! But youre going to have to pursue, protect, and possess your purpose. Ricks teaching will encourage, strengthen, and ignite to take your place among the ranks of others who have been awakened to Gods plan. One thing is sure: God has chosen you for a divine purpose!
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