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by: Perozzi, Christina; Beaune, Hallie

ISBN: 9780399161322 | 0399161325

Renowned beer sommeliers Perozzi and Beaune offer a down-to-earth guide to craft and artisanal brews that celebrates beer for what it truly is: sophisticated, complex, and flavorful.

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From Stouts, Barleywines, and Lambics to food pairing, tasting, and homebrewing—this is beer as you’ve never known it before.

The Naked Pint is a definitive primer on craft brews that celebrates beer for what it truly is: sophisticated, complex, and flavorful. Covering everything from beer history to the science... MORE behind beer, food and beer pairings, tasting, and homebrewing, Perozzi and Beaune strip down America’s favorite beverage to its truest form. Whether you’ve just started wondering what life is like beyond the ice-cold six-pack or have already discovered your favorite Porter or IPA, The Naked Pint will help you unearth the power that comes with knowing your ales from your lagers.

Named “Best Beer Sommelier in Los Angeles” by Los Angeles Magazine, Christina Perozzi has gained a following as one of the top female beer experts in the United States. Christina realized her affinity for beer while managing the famous Father's Office in Santa Monica, CA. She founded the popular website www.beerforchicks.com and started working as a consultant, a beer educator, a writer and beer sommelier in 2006. Christina gives beer tastings, seminars, and classes, and teams with innovative chefs hosting Beer Pairing Dinners. She has been featured in Gourmet, Los Angeles Magazine, Daily Candy, Yahoo! Food, Metromix, the Los Angeles Times, and Imbibe magazine, among others. She is a contributing writer for Draft magazine and Beer Connoissieur and is the recipient of DailyCandy.com's 2008 Sweetest Things Award.
Hallie Beaune grew up in Arizona where her first beer was from a can (and it wasn’t good). Her Beer Journey brought her to the famed beer bar Father’s Office in Santa Monica, CA where she taught the illustrious “F.O. Beer School” and was featured on the hit cable foodie show, “After Hours with Daniel Boulud” as F.O’s resident beer expert. Hallie writes about beer for the web magazine The Rundown and for www.beerforchicks.com. She has worked with co-author Christina on sold-out beer dinners at critically acclaimed L.A. restaurants like Rustic Canyon Winebar & Seasonal Kitchen, which was featured in The Celebrator Magazine. Hallie currently resides in L.A.