The Beer Bible
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This is the one I keep coming back to when I want to actually understand what's in the glass rather than just drink it. Alworth writes like a good bartender talks — thorough without being dry — and organizing it by style makes it easy to read a couple pages before heading out to a new taproom.
Fair warning: there's a lot packed in here, so it can feel like a firehose if you're brand new to beer. Worth every bit of shelf space.
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