David Burkhart Knihy

The sweeping illustrated story of America’s oldest and most iconic craft brewery, featuring a history of American brewing traditions and homebrew recipes for Anchor’s top brews including Anchor Steam and California Lager San Francisco’s Anchor Brewing Co. is one of America’s oldest breweries, with an extraordinary heritage rooted in the California Gold Rush. Undaunted and resilient, it has survived earthquakes, fires, insolvency, and Prohibition. In 1965, when mass-produced, mass-marketed beer completely dominated the American brewing landscape, Fritz Maytag rescued the nation’s smallest brewery and its unique Anchor Steam Beer from the brink of bankruptcy. Focusing on tradition, quality, and flavor, Maytag transformed Anchor Brewing, igniting a revolution that paved the way for today’s craft beer movement. Anchor brewery historian David Burkhart tells the story of America’s first craft brewery in this compellingly definitive insider’s guide. With three hundred images—most shown for the first time—and original homebrew recipes for four of Anchor’s iconic brews (Anchor Steam, Anchor California Lager, Anchor Porter, and Liberty Ale), The Anchor Brewing Story is a book for beer drinkers, homebrewers, pro brewers, entrepreneurs, San Francisco–philes, and anyone who loves a good comeback tale.

Technical texts translated from German into English often contain awkward wordings, because the original sentences are long, complicated and overly abstract. How can complicated technical matters be expressed adequately in English that is simple, direct and easy to understand? The author presents a series of recommendations on how to deal with difficult stylistic issues frequently encountered in technical documents. Examples are provided throughout the book; each chapter includes exercises, with suggested solutions at the end of the book. This book is a stylistic toolbox for writers and translators of technical texts. Das Buch lenkt die Sprachaufmerksamkeit durch abwechslungsreiche Übungen, es enthält alle Lösungen sowie den grundlegenden Wortschatz.