Answers.Body: <p><a href="http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1603420894" rel="nofollow">Tasting Beer</a> by Randy Mosher is by far the most valuable beer book I've ever read.  It covers the styles you'll encounter, the flavors, the technology, the history, the science, and more.  I was a fairly knowledgeable beer enthusiast when I read it, but I wish I'd read it ten years earlier.  If I had, it would have increased my enjoyment of getting to know beer ten-fold by increasing my  understanding of what I was drinking.  </p>
  
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Body: <p>If you could go back in time and tell yourself to read a specific book about beer, which book would it be?</p>
  
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Comments.Text: While beer is inherently a subjective matter and we should give leeway in the questions here, this feels like an altogether subjective question.  I can see this being rephrased to cover a certain ground or topic, but answer a question this broad will certainly differ from many people's, and there isn't really a "correct" answer.
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Comments.Text: I must, unfortunately, agree.  We have some leeway in constructing the rules of our little Stack Exchange, but on of the high-level rules for all SEs is to avoid opinion questions like "what's your favorite book on X."
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Comments.Text: As an addendum, I'd love to chat about exactly this topic on the beer.SE [chat] room with anyone interested.  :)
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Title: What is the single most influential book every beer enthusiast should read?
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ThreadText: # What is the single most influential book every beer enthusiast should read?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-02-06)
  
  If you could go back in time and tell yourself to read a specific book about beer, which book would it be?
  
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  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: While beer is inherently a subjective matter and we should give leeway in the questions here, this feels like an altogether subjective question.  I can see this being rephrased to cover a certain ground or topic, but answer a question this broad will certainly differ from many people's, and there isn't really a "correct" answer.  
  > **username_2**: I must, unfortunately, agree.  We have some leeway in constructing the rules of our little Stack Exchange, but on of the high-level rules for all SEs is to avoid opinion questions like "what's your favorite book on X."  
  > **username_2**: As an addendum, I'd love to chat about exactly this topic on the beer.SE [chat] room with anyone interested.  :)  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-02-06. Score: 4
  
  [Tasting Beer](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1603420894) by Randy Mosher is by far the most valuable beer book I've ever read. It covers the styles you'll encounter, the flavors, the technology, the history, the science, and more. I was a fairly knowledgeable beer enthusiast when I read it, but I wish I'd read it ten years earlier. If I had, it would have increased my enjoyment of getting to know beer ten-fold by increasing my understanding of what I was drinking.
  
  
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