Beer

Guides for this shelf

• How to pull the perfect pint Cask ale through a handpump, keg beer from the tap and stout's two-part pour: clean glasses, the right temperature and a proper head.
• How to pour bottled and canned beer Tilt, pour, straighten: how to pour a bottle or can for a good head, what to do with yeast sediment, and the German wheat beer pour.
• A guide to beer styles Mild, bitter, pale ale, IPA, stout, porter, lager and wheat beer: what each style tastes like, based on CAMRA's style notes.
• Drinking responsibly: the UK guidelines The UK Chief Medical Officers' low-risk drinking guidelines, what a unit is, alcohol and young people, and where to get help.
• Glassware: which glass for which drink Coupes, martini glasses, rocks, highballs and flutes; nonic pints, tulips and weizen glasses; Irish coffee glasses, and how to look after them.