| The Oxford Companion to Beer | |
| Author: | Garrett Oliver (editor) |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
| Subject: | Beer |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
| Release Date: | October 2011 (first edition) |
| Media Type: | Print (hardcover) |
| Pages: | 920 |
| Isbn: | 978-0-19-536713-3 |
| Dewey: | 641.2'3–dc23 |
| Congress: | TP570.O95 |
| Oclc: | --> |
The Oxford Companion to Beer, abbreviated OCB, is a book in the series of Oxford Companions published by Oxford University Press. The book provides an alphabetically arranged reference to beer, compiled and edited by Garrett Oliver with a foreword by U.S. chef Tom Colicchio. Published in 2011, the work draws on 166 contributors from 24 countries to amass over 1,100 entries on beer.[1]
Eric Asimov of The New York Times described the work as a "mammoth undertaking ... encyclopedic in scope", and that the editor has "captured the blossoming of a global beer culture at a thriving moment".[2]
Critical opinion of the work has also been voiced, with contentions that the OCB perpetuates certain beer history myths,[3] and other omissions published by writers and beer enthusiasts,[4] some of whom OCB contributors themselves.[5] Shortly after publication an unofficial wiki site was launched to "make comments, add annotation, identify errata and suggest further sources to the text of The Oxford Companion to Beer".[5] [6]