''The Oxford Companion to Beer'', abbreviated ''OCB'', is a book in the

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. The book provides an alphabetically arranged reference to

beer Beer is an alcoholic beverage produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches from cereal grain—most commonly malted barley, although wheat, maize (corn), rice, and oats are also used. The grain is mashed to convert starch in the ...

, compiled and edited by Garrett Oliver with a foreword by U.S. chef

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. Published in 2011, the work draws on 166 contributors from 24 countries to amass over 1,100 entries on beer.Martineau, Chantal, ''The Village Voice'' (September 23, 2011)
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'' 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". Critical opinion of the work has also been voiced, with contentions that the ''OCB'' perpetuates certain beer history myths, and other omissions published by writers and beer enthusiasts, some of whom ''OCB'' contributors themselves.Risen, Clay, ''The Atlantic'' (October 31, 2011)
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/ref> 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''".OCBeerCommentary Wiki archived at A Good Beer Blog
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