Home Brewer's Gold: Prize-Winning Recipes from the 1996 World Beer Cup Competition

In 1996, the brewers of the world met the ultimate challenge:the World Beer Cup International Competition. More than250 breweries entered their finest creations in sixty-one differentcategories before an international panel of beermaking experts.Only the most magnificent examples of the brewmaster's artqualified for the top award: the Gold Cup. And now, you can tasteall these prize-winning brews -- at home.

Here's all you need to know to make five gallons of each Gold Cupchampion brew. Based on brewery data, lab analysis, tasting notes,and Charlie Papazian's quarter-century of home brewing experiencehere are recipes encompassing:

• British ales, bitters, porters, and stouts
• Ale in the American, German, and Belgian styles
• Pilseners
• Premium, dark, ice, and dry lagers
• Bocks
• Light beers
• Malt liquors
• Herb, spice, and fruit beers e Non-alcoholic malt beverages
• And much more.

Chock-full of information about the winning breweries, brewing styles andinternational beermaking traditions, Home Brewer's Gold represents thestate of the art in home brewing.