Contents

Acknowledgments

The Making of a Beer Geek

One | Ingredients of Success: Meet the Malts, Hops, and Yeasts Leading Craft Beer to a Flavorful New Frontier

Two | Going to Extremes: Exploring the Great Heights and Not-so-Dizzying Lows of Booze in Craft Beer

Three | A Taste of the Past: Saved from Extinction, These Beer Styles Have a Flavorful Future

Four | Back to the Land: Breweries Are Harvesting a Whole New Crop of Eco-Conscious Beer

Five | Drinking Season: From Spring to Summer, Fall to Winter, Flipping the Calendar’s Pages Brings a New Beer to Embrace

Six | On the Make: Collaborators, Amateurs, Semipros, Small-Fries, Gypsies: Inside the Men—and Women—Behind Your Beer

Seven | Nice Package: Craft Beer Has Found a Happy New Home in Cans and Growlers

Eight | Bringing It Home: In Basements, in Bedroom Closets, and on the Dinner Table, Beer Is Taking Over New Territory

Beer Weeks

Glossary

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