Learn all about your favourite beer with expert advice and information from a team of specialists, introduced by the world's best-selling beer writer Michael Jackson. In this work: uncover drinks from every significant brewing region as well as less well-known areas; find out why beers taste the way they do, how to appreciate flavour, aroma, texture and finish, and identify your own favourite style; meet the producers and explore their origins, history and particular brewing processes; and, get to the bottom of bottles, barrels and breweries and discover how to identify the labels, choose the correct glasses and locate the breweries. An exciting addition to "Eyewitness Companions"; the visual reference series covering favourite hobbies and pastimes from French Cheeses and Opera to Horse Riding.