Tasting Beer, 2nd Edition: An Insider's Guide to the World's Greatest Drink
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If you've ever wanted to put words to why one beer works and another falls flat, this fills that gap. It walks through history, brewing, and how to actually taste — enough grounding that people study it for the Cicerone exam, but it never reads like a textbook.
Mosher repeats himself here and there between sections, and it's dense enough that I take it in chapters rather than one sitting. It genuinely changed how I order at a new brewery.
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