A Natural History of Beer

Interesting, though at times he goes into too much detail about topics that aren't exactly beer. You can clearly see his scientific background come through, but at time it seems a little too much and diverges from the main topic. Worth the read.......more

A Natural History of Beer Rob DeSalle & Ian Tattersall Well, I like beer. As I mentioned in a previous review, about a year ago, I found myself in a rut; I always drank the same mass produced brew and did not take any real pleasure in it. That’s when I went on a quest to try different beers, and I pro......more

The feeling of thirst is the psychological correlate of the metabolic functions of water. In direct importance drink comes after air, and before food. Thus, in the field of social psychology, drink has played a more important part than food, specially since the primitive discovery of fermentation, a......more

Picked up this book because my father was an agronomist who studied grasses and worked with wheat and barley his entire career. Put down this book because I only know .01% of what my father forgot about grasses. Genomic prediction was familiar to him. But HIS knowledge was not genetic.......more

Before picking up this book, ask yourself: Are you excited to learn specifics about the barley genome and how the subsequent proteins interact with your sense of smell? If not, then this book may not be for you. I like that stuff, so I liked the book. Otherwise, I recommend The Drunken Botanist by A......more