Beginning in the UK in the 1600s with smoky brown beer and ending with current areas of innovation, this fun and interactive guide moves through time and across the world to tell the stories behind some of today's best-known beer styles.

Including German lagers, stouts, porters, pilsner and sour beers, this book takes you through all variations and styles, explaining the wide array of aromas, flavours and main ingredients. With each change in method, style or ingredient Natalya offers a modern beer to try that will bring that section's story to life and help you to truly taste the evolution of beer through the years.

Each chapter focuses on one of beer's key ingredients - malt, water, hops and yeast, sharing how, as each ingredient modernized over time, new flavours and styles emerged. Fun facts, explanations of how movements started and stories of the development of beers in different countries are the basis for this fun and exploratory book.

With five centuries worth of information to discover and 50 beers to taste, BEER: TASTE THE EVOLUTION IN 50 STYLES breathes new life into the exploration of one of the world's oldest and most enduring drinks.