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Pale Ale, Revised: History, Brewing, Techniques, Recipes
Never before has the evolution of pale ale been so thoroughly explored. Terry Foster pays proper homage to pale ale and the sub-styles it has spawned. This all-new revised and expanded edition includes a new section on American IPAs, pale ales and amber ales. The Classic Beer Style Series from Brewers Publications examines individual world-class beer styles, covering origins, history, sensory profiles, brewing techniques and commercial examples. Author: Terry FosterPaperback: 340 pages ISBN-10: 0937381691ISBN-13: 978-0937381694Product Dimensions: 5.9 x 0.8 x 7.7 inches
$14.95
Lager: The Definitive Guide to Tasting and Brewing the World's Most Popular Beer Styles
Lagers are being reinvented in the United States and abroad as intrepid breweries are rediscovering the joys of colder fermentation and pushing lagers well beyond the realm of pilsner. Lager offers a complete tasting guide to the full spectrum of lager styles, from Munich Helles and Festbier to California Common and Baltic Porter. Taste along and find your new favorite lager! This book also answers such historical and contextual questions as: Why does lager, not ale, dominate world beer production, despite its comparative difficulty to produce? Why are certain European styles like Vienna lager more associated with brewing in Mexico than on the Continent? What role does lager play in today's expanding craft beer landscape? For homebrewers, Lager includes key brewing considerations as well as a selection of lager recipes.
$25.00
IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale
IPA: Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale, by Mitch Steele.Explore the evolution of one of craft beer's most popular styles, India Pale Ale. Equipped with brewing tips from some of the country's best brewers, IPA covers techniques from water treatment to hopping procedures. Included are 48 recipes ranging from historical brews to recipes for the most popular contemporary IPAs made by craft brewers such as Pizza Port, Dogfish Head, Stone, Firestone Walker, Russian River, and Deschutes.
$24.95
Drink the Harvest
Preserving the harvest doesn't have to stop with jam and pickles. Many fruits, vegetables, and herbs can be made into delicious beverages to enjoy fresh or preserve for later. Drink the Harvest presents simple recipes accompanied by mouthwatering photographs for a variety of teas, syrups, ciders, wines, and kombuchas. DeNeice C. Guest and Nan K. Chase also provide advice for harvesting ingredients for maximum flavor and even creating your own backyard beverage garden. Pour a refreshing glass of Passionflower-Lemon Balm Wine and drink in the possibilities.
$18.95
Brew Chem 101
Understand the science that goes into making your favorite beverage. This crash course in brewing chemistry makes it easy for every homebrewer to make better beer. Using simple language and helpful diagrams, Lee W. Janson guides you through every chemical reaction in the brewing process and explains how you can avoid potential problems. Steer away from common mistakes in taste, fermentation, and alcohol content, and use your newfound knowledge to successfully brew your most delicious beer yet.
$14.95
How to Make Hard Seltzer: Refreshing Recipes for Sparkling Libations
Hard seltzer is a booming category in the world of lifestyle beverages and many craft brewers are lending their artisanal skills to this refreshing beverage. Simple to make and with a wide range of creative flavor additions, hard seltzer is a sparkling alternative for beer lovers looking to give their palate a different experience. Learn about the development of the current market and delve into the intricacies of sugars used in making seltzer. Understand the different regulations for this beverage based on how you make it so you can be in legal compliance. Explore recipes, serving suggestions, and even mocktails for using hard seltzer. In this guide, some of the country' s best hard seltzer producers provide recipes and advice for making seltzer for both commercial and home enjoyment. Author: Chris ColbyPaperback: 192 pages
$19.95
Historical Brewing Techniques: The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing
Ancient brewing traditions and techniques have been passed generation to generation on farms throughout remote areas of northern Europe. With these traditions facing near extinction, author Lars Marius Garshol set out to explore and document the lost art of brewing using traditional local methods. Equal parts history, cultural anthropology, social science, and travelogue, this book describes brewing and fermentation techniques that are vastly different from modern craft brewing and preserves them for posterity and exploration. Learn about uncovering an unusual strain of yeast, called kveik, which can ferment a batch to completion in just 36 hours. Discover how to make keptinis by baking the mash in the oven. Explore using juniper boughs for various stages of the brewing process. Test your own hand by brewing recipes gleaned from years of travel and research in the farmlands of northern Europe. Meet the brewers and delve into the ingredients that have kept these traditional methods alive. Discover the regional and stylistic differences between farmhouse brewers today and throughout history. Author: Lars Marius GarsholPaperback: 432 pages
$24.95
Brewing Classic Styles - Zainasheff
Brewing Classic Styles, by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer.80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew!
$19.95
Brewing with Cannabis: Using THC and CBD in Beer
Brewing with Cannabis: Using THC and CBD in Beer By: Keith Villa, Ph. D. Brewing with Cannabis introduces the convergence of marijuana and brewing in the modern craft beer movement. Explore the varied history of how the cannabis plant became federally illegal and dive into both historic and current laws on decriminalization and legalization of cannabis in the U.S. Learn about the agriculture and biology of cannabis, unique characteristics of the plant, the similarities between cannabis and hop plants, and what is needed to successfully grow cannabis plants at home (where state legal). Examine the active components of cannabis and the chemistry of how they interact with beer. Discover how to de-carboxylate THC-A into the fully psychoactive form of THC and learn methods of adding cannabis and CBD to non-alcoholic beer and homebrew for different effects. Delve into how and why the plant produces compounds such as cannabinoids and terpenes, how they function, and how to incorporate them into beer recipes. Both homebrewers and professional brewers will be inspired by a wide-range of extract-based and all-grain recipes they can adopt or use as guidance when creating non-alcoholic beer or homebrew. Designed as a practical guide to use in brewing, the final chapter will inspire readers on how the discovery of new cannabinoids and terpenes may be used in the future. This book will be especially useful to brewers seeking information on the responsible and state legal of use of cannabis in brewing.
$19.95
The Wine Maker's Answer Book
The Wine Maker's Answer Book: Solutions to Every Problem; Answers to Every Question, by Alison Crowe.The Wine Maker's Answer Book is a 24/7 help line with advice on hundreds of winemaking problems. From the basic questions of the novice (What equipment do I need to get started?) to the finer points of fermentation (What is the effect of malolactic fermentation on acidity?), every step of the process is covered in a friendly question-and-answer format. For winemakers at all levels of expertise, this handy, at-a-glance reference will make every batch of wine taste better.
$14.95
The Home Brewer's Answer Book
Ashton Lewis supplies practical, easy-to-follow answers to all the questions that bubble up in the course of brewing your own beer. Covering all stages of the homebrew process, Lewis provides expert advice on buying hops, sanitizing your equipment, troubleshooting unpleasant flavors, the best way to pour beer into a glass, and much more. This comprehensive guide will help you understand brewing chemistry, fix problems, and achieve the flavor and balance you want in all of your handcrafted beers.
$14.95
Session Beers: Brewing for Flavor and Balance
Sharing a beer or two with friends after work or play is one of life’s many joys. Session beers, whose mild strength invites more than one round, adhere to high quality standards and are dedicated to balance and drinkability above all. Some naturally low-alcohol beer styles were “sessionable” long before that word was coined, but brewers have reinvented traditionally stronger classic beer styles to make them, too, well-suited to casual drinking sessions. Responsible consumption of these high-quality, easy-drinking beers gives beer lovers the freedom to celebrate community and friendship while consuming less alcohol. Such beers can be challenging to brew, but they present many opportunities to showcase skill, flavor, and refreshment. Session Beers explores the history behind some of the world’s greatest session beers, past and present. Learn about the brewing processes and ingredients to master recipe development. Explore popular craft session beer recipes from some of the best brewmasters in America, and discover why beer drinkers enjoy exploring and drinking session beers. Author: Jennifer TalleyPaperback: 249 pages ISBN-10: 1938469410ISBN-13: 978-1938469411Product Dimensions: 6 x 9 inches
$19.95
Principles of Brewing Science
Principles of Brewing Science is an indispensable reference which applies the practical language of science to the art of brewing. As an introduction to the science of brewing chemistry for the homebrewer to the serious brewer’s desire for detailed scientific explanations of the process, Principles is a standard addition to any brewing bookshelf. Author: George Fix, Ph.DPaperback: 199 pages
$29.95
New Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbrewers
By popular demand Brewers Publications and the Brewers Association re-released Greg Noonan’s classic treatise on brewing lagers, New Brewing Lager Beer. This book offers a thorough yet practical education on the theory and techniques required to produce high-quality beers using all-grain methods either at home or in a small commercial brewery.This advanced all-grain reference book is recommended for intermediate, advanced, and professional small-scale brewers. New Brewing Lager Beer should be part of every serious brewer’s library. Author: Greg NoonanPaperback: 363ISBN-10: 0937381829ISBN-13: 978-0937381823Product Dimensions: 5.7 x 0.9 x 8.6 inches
$19.95
Homebrew All-Stars: Top Homebrewers Share Their Best Techniques and Recipes
By Drew Beechum and Denny Conn The heavyweight champions of homebrewing showcase their skills in Homebrew All-Stars--a collection of techniques, tips, and recipes for homebrewers. Shake up your homebrewing routine with the masters. From the mad scientists who brought you Experimental Homebrewing comes an all-new type of brewing book. For the first time, drop by the garage - err, we mean brewery - of 25 of today's most talented homebrewers. Pick their brains about ingredients and equipment, learn their techniques, and of course, try their recipes. Among the brewers in this book, you'll find traditionalists and rule-breakers, gear nerds and the science-obsessed. Start a solera with Mike Tonsmeire, talk temperature control with John Palmer, or tweak your pH with Martin Brungard. Featured brewers also include: Fred Bonjour, Amanda Burkemper, Chris Colby, Kent Fletcher, Joe Formanek, Lars Marius Garshol, Jeff Gladish, Gary Glass, Janis Gross, Mary Izett, Annie Johnson, Brandon Jones, Mike Karnowski, Mike "Tasty" McDole, Marshall Schott, Nathan Smith, Curt Stock, Gordon Strong, Roxanne Westendorf, Keith Yager, and two guys named Denny and Drew. Brewers cover their favorite malts, hops, and yeasts, and recipes include a wide variety of styles, from IPAs and stouts to saisons and lagers. Whether you're looking to become the best brewer ever or simply looking for a new recipe to try this weekend, this book is a home run. Contributor Bio(s) Drew Beechum has been brewing and writing about brewing since he first picked up a kettle in 1999. He is the author of The Everything Homebrewing Book, The Everything Hard Cider Book, and The Homebrewer's Journal, and coauthor of Experimental Homebrewing. Beechum has also written for Zymurgy, the journal of the American Homebrewers Association, writes a regular column for Beer Advocate, and is the cohost of the Experimental Brewing podcast. He lives in Pasadena, California, with his lovely wife, a dedicated brewery, and his loyal army of dogs and cats. Denny Conn brewed his first batch of homebrew in 1998 and since then has brewed over 500 more. He is a BJCP national-ranked beer judge and has been a member of the governing committee of the American Homebrewers Association for nine years. His recipes have been brewed by several commercial breweries in both the United States and Europe. He was a contributing author to Craft Beer for the Homebrewer and coauthor of Experimental Homebrewing. He currently consults for several breweries and co hosts the Experimental Brewing podcast. He lives in the foothills of the Coast Range in Oregon with his wife, cats, and dogs.
$24.99 $17.49
Gose: Brewing a Classic German Beer for the Modern Era
Explore the sensation of tart, fruity and refreshing Gose-style beers, popular in Germany centuries ago and experiencing a renaissance today. Follow the development of this lightly sour wheat beer as it grew, then bordered on extinction, before surging into popularity due to the enthusiasm and experimentation of American craft brewers. Gose explores the history of this lightly sour wheat beer style, its traditional ingredients and special brewing techniques. Discover brewing methods from the Middle Ages and learn how to translate them to modern day beer. Learn about salinity, spices, and lactic acid as you experiment with Gose recipes from some of the best-known craft brewers of our time. This refreshing journey captures the innovation and experimentation that is occurring within the style and help you brew your own Gose-style beers. ISBN: 978-1-938469-49-7EISBN: 978-1-938469-50-3Size: 6 x 9 inchesFormat: Paperback & eBook
$19.95
Farmhouse Ales - Markowski
Farmhouse Ales defines the results of years of evolution, refinement, of simple rustic ales in modern and historical terms, while guiding today's brewers toward credible--and enjoyable--reproductions of these old world classics.
$17.95
Experimental Homebrewing
Have you ever wanted to brew with pork chops? Mushrooms? Spinach? Peanut butter powder? Then this is the book for you! Learn how to make new, unique beers out of uncommon brewing ingredients. Denny and Drew also lend their expertise to topics such as recipe design, small batch brewing, and different techniques to use from fermentation to kegging/bottling.
$24.99
Craft Brew
For the first time, the most exciting, groundbreaking, and uncompromising craft breweries share the recipes behind their best beers, for you to make at home. Includes 50 recipes from breweries such as Ninkasi, Deschutes, Firestone Walker, Rogue, Anchor, Boneyard, and more.
$22.99
Brewing with Wheat: The "Wit" and "Weizen" of Wheat Beer Styles
Author Stan Hieronymus visits the ancestral homes of the world's most interesting styles—Hoegaarden, Kelheim, Leipzig, Berlin and even Portland, Oregon—to sort myth from fact and find out how the beers are made today. Complete with brewing details and recipes for even the most curious brewer and answers to compelling questions such as "Why is my beer cloudy?" and "With or without lemon?" Author: Stan HieronymusPaperback: 200 pagesPublisher: Brewers PublicationsISBN: 0-937-381-95-0ISBN-13: 978-0-937381-95-3Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5
$17.95
Brewing Made Easy, 2nd Edition
Get brewing! This foolproof beginner's guide to brewing great beer at home includes everything you need to know to make your very first batch. With step-by-step instructions, insightful advice, and simple recipes for a variety of beer styles, you'll be proudly sipping your own homemade beer in no time. This revised edition covers additional techniques and equipment, as well as new varieties of hops and other ingredients. Ground yourself in the basics of homebrewing and experiment with new tastes and combinations. It's fun, easy, and oh-so-rewarding!
$12.95
Brewing Local: American-Grown Beer
Americans have brewed beers using native ingredients since pre-Columbian times, and a new wave of brewers has always been at the forefront of the locavore movement. Brewers use locally-grown, traditional ingredients as well as cultivated and foraged flora to produce beers that capture the essence of the place they were made. In Brewing Local: American Grown Beer, Hieronymus examines the history of how distinctly American beers came about, visits farm breweries, and goes foraging for both plants and yeast to discover how brewers are using novel ingredients to create unique beers. The book introduces brewers and drinkers to the ways herbs, flowers, plants, trees, nuts, and shrubs flavor distinctive beers. Author: Stan HieronymusPaperback: 368ISBN-10: 1938469275ISBN-13: 978-1938469275Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 8.8 inches
$19.95
Brewing Eclectic IPA: Pushing the Boundaries of India Pale Ale
Craft beer’s most popular style, India Pale Ale, is experiencing a flavor revolution. Brewers are using a wide range of ingredients, from cocoa nibs to coffee, fruits to vegetables, spices, herbs, and even wood, to push the boundaries of the style. Explore the creative ways these flavors are included when brewing these highly-hopped beers. Try your own version using 25 recipes for contemporary IPAs designed by one of the country’s top brewers. Author: Dick CantwellISBN: 978-1-938469-46-6EISBN: 978-1938469473Size: 6 x 9 inchesFormat: Paperback & eBook
$19.95
Brew Like a Pro
Make your best beer ever! Legendary brewer Dave Miller brings a lifetime of professional experience into your home. With complete plans for a system that requires just 18 square feet and full of small-batch recipes, Brew Like a Pro reveals the secrets of truly great draft- and pub-style brewing. Learn to make classic all-grain beers that stay fresh in kegs for months, eliminating the need for bottling. This clear, concise guide is sure to take your homebrewing to the next level.
$18.95
The Backyard Vintner
The Backyard Vintner is a handy guide for the home wine maker that teaches the reader the tips and tricks of the trade. With full-color photographs and step-by-step illustrations, it provides recipes and techniques for making and evaluating red, white, and rose wines. The Backyard Vintner also provides information on how to start and maintain a vineyard.
$14.95
