This is the ideal drinking companion - an extensive directory of over 1,700 beers. Explore beer's astonishing variety and rapidly expanding new tastes - thirst-quenching lagers, "meal-in-a-glass" stouts, peppery white beers, tangy fruit-based brews, and classic ales and bitters - with this up-to-date guide to every good beer in the world. Visit over 800 breweries and read detailed tasting notes for over 1,700 beers from a team of local specialists. Whet your appetite with tours to key beer-producing destinations, and discover the beers to try and how best to enjoy them, with brews that are anything but 'a pint of the usual'.