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The Botany of Beer

An Illustrated Guide to More Than 500 Plants Used in Brewing
  • Giuseppe Caruso
  • Translated by: Kosmos SRL
  • Preface by: Marika Josephson
Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2022
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This book is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated compendium of the characteristics and properties of the plants used in making beer around the world. The botanical expert Giuseppe Caruso presents scientifically rigorous descriptions, accompanied by his own hand-drawn ink images, of more than 500 species.

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Giuseppe Caruso teaches forest botany at the Mediterranean University in Reggio Calabria and biology and agricultural biotechnology at the Istituto Tecnico Agrario “V. Emanuele II” in Catanzaro, Italy. He holds a doctorate in environmental and applied botany and researches the flora and vegetation of southern Italy, as well as habitat recovery and restoration processes. He is also a beer expert and taster.

Marika Josephson is the James Beard Award–nominated co-owner and brewer at the Scratch Brewing Company in Ava, Illinois. She is a coauthor of The Homebrewer’s Almanac: A Seasonal Guide to Making Your Own Beer from Scratch (2016).

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from the foreword by Marika Josephson, co-owner and brewer, Scratch Brewing Company:
The book you have in your hands is the book I wish we’d had ten years ago. Dr. Caruso’s work is an essential collection that documents the vast life of plants in the creation of beer, beyond simply hops and grain. This is a vital record that shows precisely which plant parts can be utilized in beer, chemical compounds of each that convey flavor and aroma, and both historical and contemporary instances of use in beer manufacturing.


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eBook published on:
August 11, 2022
eBook ISBN:
9780231554176
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