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"Adeptus":11vjwur0 wrote: Just wondering if anyone has a copy of Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles[/url:11vjwur0], and if so, is it worth having?[/quote:11vjwur0]
Yes, it is a very good book.

The only problem with it is that a large proportion of the statistics relating to styles comes from entries into American Homebrew competions. That only gives information on what a population of Americans think they can do within a set of style guidelines to best win a competition, often with a style of beer that they are only likely to encounter on holidays to Europe.

However, he does include data from the Real Ale Drinker's Almanac which is likely to give a more accurate representation of the British ales at least.