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Beer Knowledge Box
If only there was a concise book that offered quick and easy to learn beer education. Well, there is and this is it!
Beer Knowledge Box contains essential foundation information for a deep understanding of beer. Whether you are studying for a beer accreditation or seeking facts with which to impress your friends this is the book.
It will give you the know-how on a range of subjects from beer’s early history, ingredients, how it is brewed, identifying dozens of different beer styles, how to taste beer like a professional, pairing beer with food, how glassware impacts the drinking experience, beer and health, the answers to frequently asked questions, and more.
Worldwide there are over 100 styles of beer. Some are ales, some are lagers, some are hybrids, and some defy classification. By reading Beer Knowledge Box you will know how to identify and them.
Beer is the world’s favourite alcoholic drink, consumed in almost every country where alcohol is legal. Begetter of pleasure, sociability, and companionship. It’s not just the taste and diversity of beer, or the buzz it bestows that makes it so extraordinary but it's also beer’s superpower as an egalitarian refreshment that knows no borders. It is a uniting force and friendship builder, and the way to start a party. That’s how it has been for thousands of years ever since that first person sampled a liquid containing fermented cereal sugar and saw stars.
Your teacher for this book was Britain’s first accredited beer sommelier of the year, Britain’s first accredited cider sommelier, a former drinks’ educator of the year, and founder of the School of Booze. At the School of Booze homework can be done at the pub. Where better to study beer? So, take Beer Knowledge Box to a favoured spot and let’s make a start on your journey to beer enlightenment then you can show off to your associates about being a knowledge box!
An audio book is coming soon if you prefer to listen rather than read.
Beer Knowledge Box contains essential foundation information for a deep understanding of beer. Whether you are studying for a beer accreditation or seeking facts with which to impress your friends this is the book.
It will give you the know-how on a range of subjects from beer’s early history, ingredients, how it is brewed, identifying dozens of different beer styles, how to taste beer like a professional, pairing beer with food, how glassware impacts the drinking experience, beer and health, the answers to frequently asked questions, and more.
Worldwide there are over 100 styles of beer. Some are ales, some are lagers, some are hybrids, and some defy classification. By reading Beer Knowledge Box you will know how to identify and them.
Beer is the world’s favourite alcoholic drink, consumed in almost every country where alcohol is legal. Begetter of pleasure, sociability, and companionship. It’s not just the taste and diversity of beer, or the buzz it bestows that makes it so extraordinary but it's also beer’s superpower as an egalitarian refreshment that knows no borders. It is a uniting force and friendship builder, and the way to start a party. That’s how it has been for thousands of years ever since that first person sampled a liquid containing fermented cereal sugar and saw stars.
Your teacher for this book was Britain’s first accredited beer sommelier of the year, Britain’s first accredited cider sommelier, a former drinks’ educator of the year, and founder of the School of Booze. At the School of Booze homework can be done at the pub. Where better to study beer? So, take Beer Knowledge Box to a favoured spot and let’s make a start on your journey to beer enlightenment then you can show off to your associates about being a knowledge box!
An audio book is coming soon if you prefer to listen rather than read.
112 pages, Paperback
Published September 22, 2025
About the author
Jane Peyton
29 books1 followerJane Peyton writes non-fiction under her own name and has published books about alcoholic drinks, architecture & design, and British traditions.
She writes fiction under her pen name B.A. Summer and is the author of the magical realism romp 'Sole Brethren: If The Shoe Fits’ (to be published February 2023).
Jane was the UK’s first accredited Pommelier (cider sommelier) and Britain's first Beer Sommelier of the Year. She is a former Imbibe Magazine Drinks Educator of the Year. Jane is the instigator and driving force of the UK’s annual national beer day, Beer Day Britain (June 15th). For her beer work she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement from Britain’s Parliamentary Beer Group, and has won several other professional awards. She has won gold and silver medals for her beer writing. Although she never earned a Blue Peter badge, she is a Guinness World Records holder for hosting the world’s largest beer tasting tutorial in 2016 when 1, 256 people took part at a venue in London, UK.
She is the founder of the School of Booze – a training, education, events company, and consultancy specializing in alcoholic drinks and their no & low alcohol equivalents.
Jane loves pubs and considers herself very fortunate that her profession means she spends a lot of time in them!
She writes fiction under her pen name B.A. Summer and is the author of the magical realism romp 'Sole Brethren: If The Shoe Fits’ (to be published February 2023).
Jane was the UK’s first accredited Pommelier (cider sommelier) and Britain's first Beer Sommelier of the Year. She is a former Imbibe Magazine Drinks Educator of the Year. Jane is the instigator and driving force of the UK’s annual national beer day, Beer Day Britain (June 15th). For her beer work she was awarded a Lifetime Achievement from Britain’s Parliamentary Beer Group, and has won several other professional awards. She has won gold and silver medals for her beer writing. Although she never earned a Blue Peter badge, she is a Guinness World Records holder for hosting the world’s largest beer tasting tutorial in 2016 when 1, 256 people took part at a venue in London, UK.
She is the founder of the School of Booze – a training, education, events company, and consultancy specializing in alcoholic drinks and their no & low alcohol equivalents.
Jane loves pubs and considers herself very fortunate that her profession means she spends a lot of time in them!
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