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My Beer Year

Adventures with Hop Farmers, Craft Brewers, Chefs, Beer Sommeliers, and Fanatical Drinkers as a Beer Master in Training

by Lucy Burningham
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A love note to all things beer—appreciating the history, craftsmanship, and taste of craft beer, as told by an aspiring beer sommelier
 
As a journalist spurred by curiosity and thirst, Lucy Burningham made it her career to write about craft beer, traveling to hop farms, attending rare beer–tasting parties, and visiting as many taprooms, breweries, and festivals as possible. With this as her introduction, Lucy decided to take her relationship with beer to the next level: to become a certified beer expert.
As Lucy studies and sips her way to becoming a Certified Cicerone, she meets an eclectic cast of characters, including brewers, hop farmers, beer sommeliers, pub owners, and fanatical beer drinkers. Her journey into the world of beer is by turns educational, social, and personal—just as enjoying a good beer should be.
“Part history, part travelogue, and part tasting notes, this charming, beer-soaked memoir is a must-read for anyone who ever ordered a pint and wished they knew more.”
—Amy Stewart, author of The Drunken Botanist

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  • Release date

    October 25, 2016

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      • ISBN: 9780834840539

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      • ISBN: 9780834840539
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      • ISBN: 9780834840539
      • File size: 914 KB

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Library Journal

      October 15, 2016

      Unique among current offerings on beer, this book is written by a woman who sought the Master Cicerone certification (akin to a high-level sommelier) and needed to understand everything about the beverage, from creation to service. Burningham, a journalist in the beer epicenter of Portland, OR, takes us through her adventures (bottling a homemade stout for giving at Christmas) and misadventures (five hours of rescuing a towed car in Brussels). A chapter devoted to the fragrant matter of growing hops and purchasing them is a good example of how this title stands out by digging into places that don't often get as much attention. The author is by turns amusing and self-effacing, and the support she gets from her family and from the community of beer makers around her is a delight to read. VERDICT More than the usual insight into beer from someone who is eminently qualified to write about it. A solid choice where books on beverages are popular.--Peter Hepburn, Coll. of the Canyons Lib., Santa Clarita, CA

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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