A Natural History of Beer

There are plenty of books out there that can teach you how to make great beer, but how many books explain the genetic origins of brewing and how beer has progressed (biologically speaking) over millennia? This exhaustive new volume from Yale University Press tackles biology in a historical perspective, from the earliest brewers to today, with equal parts anecdote and scientific rigor. The result is a book both rich in historical context and forensic biology. A must for anyone who really wishes to understand how beer has progressed to what we call it today. —Jamie Bogner