What Is a Good Beer?

This is the eBook version of the printed book.

This Element is an excerpt from Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing (9780137065073) by Charles W. Bamforth. Available in print and digital formats.

An expert meditates on beer quality: from the bottle to the bubbles and beyond.

What exactly does beer qualitymean to the consumer? Does anyone have the right to stamp...