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300 Beers to Try Before You Die!

Roger Protz

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

From Belgian fruit beers to hoppy cask ales, small-production microbrews to Czech-republic lagers, this is a personal and comprehensive portfolio of international beers compiled by one of the world's leading beer writers. In this unique and beautifully illustrated collection, he has distilled decades of beer knowledge into an entertaining and indispensable guide to the ales that no beer lover should miss. The book divides beers by type, including bitters, best bitters, pilsners, brown and mild ales, pale ales, extra strong beers and bitters, old ales and barley wines, golden ales, porters and stouts, alt and amber ales, fruit beers, and beires de garde, each with comprising an alphabetical listing of the beers. Many of the entries are fully illustrated, and each beer comes complete with a box panel for adding your own tasting notes. Information on the country of origin, beer strength, brewery, and a detailed description of the beer and its history are also given.

Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew

Jamil Zainasheff, John Palmer

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Total reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Best recipe book out there 5 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

I have already brewed several of the beers from this book and have had outstanding results. You will need a primary book for the beginner, but if have brewed before and want to get away from kits this is definitely the way to go. You can get most of the recipes free via podcast, but there is other information included in the book that the podcasts miss. I would definitely recommend adding this book to your brewing repertoire.

Recipes great but not a howto book 3 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

Browsing through the 80 recipes in this book was a great source of inspiration for my next batch of home brew. If you can't decide what to do next, pick up this book. There is bound to be something you haven't tried.

The title is misleading, the sub-title would be more accurate. It is primarily recipes. The book contains short introductory chapters on ingredients and brewing that other books have covered in more detail. If you don't know what terms like lovibond, OG, FG, and IBU are I would read an introductory how to brew book first.

The recipes are primarily setup for all grain brewers. For extract based brewers the recipes are modified to `fit' the style. I get the sense the authors are all grain brewers who wanted to broaden the market for their book by adding the extract formulations.

This is a great book to browse and see what a style has in common in terms of grains, hops and yeast.

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Brew Ware: How to Find, Adapt & Build Homebrewing Equipment

Karl F. Lutzen, Mark Stevens

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Total reviews: 21 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Good, but not great. 3 out of 5 stars.
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I recommend this book as a collection of plans and details you can generally find in many other places. However, most of the information is available for free elsewhere.

If you are just getting started brewing, this book might save you a little money in giving you the basics of how to build your own equipment, but a caveat to that is that you should also subscribe to a good online brewer's forum.

Brew Ware: How to 4 out of 5 stars.
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Good step by step procedure on how to make your first batch then takes you to the next levels step by step. Tells what essential equipment needed, offers simple alternatives. With this book I was finally able to see and understand the process clearly.

Just can't bring myself to buy it 3 out of 5 stars.
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I can't tell you how many times I've picked this book up with the intention of buying it. I've ended up putting it back on the shelf every time. Reason? There simply isn't enough content of value. First, a lot of it is simply obvious. Second, a lot of it is available elsewhere. Third, it's simplistic. Fourth, it's irritating that that it includes commercially-made items (i.e., not everything is about home-made items, in spite of the title). Finally, it's just not that well written. I've read it through standing in the bookstore a dozen times. I guess I think I'll find something I've missed. I never do ...

Buy it only if you're absolutely strapped, are just starting out, and really don't know where to begin.

Editorial Review:

Using this handbook, homebrewers, tinkerers, and putterers can create their own microbrewery that is safe and makes brewing easier.

The Beer Book

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The world-wide interest in good beer is on the rise, and with it comes a thirst for more knowledge on the subject. The Beer Book offers a wealth of information on all aspects of beer, from its history to popular styles to brewing techniques. This a new generation of beer guide that follows in the large footsteps of Michael Jackson's authoritative title from DK, Ultimate Beer.

Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers: The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation

Stephen Harrod Buhner

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Total reviews: 19 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

If you already homebrew, this book may not be for you 2 out of 5 stars.
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Negatives: This book is not geared towards people who already know how to homebrew. The author uses very liberal definitions of what constitutes an "ale" and a "beer". Most of the "ale" and "beer" recipes range from 33% to 100% adjuncts, usually table sugar, molasses, and brown sugar. The author doesn't seem terribly concerned that high percentages of processed sugars in a wort create cidery and cloying off-flavors.

The recipes would be better if the user substituted honey for the processed sugars and made meads and braggots instead.

In addition, the author isn't terribly concerned with placing any kind of controls on the fermentation process. The author's argument is that +300 years ago, brewers didn't have the technology to control their fermentations and measure the gravities of their beers. Therefore the user of the book doesn't need to either. I would counter that argument with three points: 1) If they had the technology, they would have used it. Brewers readily accepted new technologies when they new it would enhance the quality of their beers. 2) Brewers only resisted technologies when they suspected it might adversely effect their beer's flavor. And even in those cases, they tinkered with the new technologies until they were able to replicate the desired beer flavor with it. 3) If you don't control your brewing and fermentation processes, you'll never be able to fully predict or duplicate your results.

Positives: This book has a lot of information on a lot of different herbs. If you are interested in making Metheglins (meads made with spices and herbs), Hydromels (low ABV meads), or Braggots (meads made with malt) you might get some good ideas for formulating your own recipes.

Editorial Review:

This is the first comprehensive book ever written on the sacred aspects of indigenous, historical psychotropic and herbal healing beers of the world.

Cider: Making, Using & Enjoying Sweet & Hard Cider

Annie Proulx, Lew Nichols

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The Pilgrims drank cider as they sailed to America aboard the Mayflower. John Adams had a tankard of cider every morning at breakfast. After a long day on safari, Ernest Hemingway liked to kick back beside the campfire with a glass of cider. And Robert Frost saluted his favorite beverage with a poem titled ?In A Glass of Cider.? Neck and neck with brewing beer at home is the resurgence of making cider. Whether sweet, hard, blended, or sparkling, trend watchers say cider, once the preferred beverage of early America, could very well become the drink of the future. (Hard cider is the fastest growing segment of the beverage industry.) Keeping pace with the commercial cider producers are small-scale and individual cider makers who have discovered how easy it is to make their own. After all, the only ingredient you need is an apple. In this updated edition of Cider, Annie Proulx and Lew Nichols take you step-by-step through the process that renders fruit into a refreshing drink. In addition to learning about the equipment you?ll need to make a glorious cider, Proulx and Nichols also discuss the pros and cons of various types of apple presses ? from traditional heavy grinders to sleek hydraulic presses. You?ll also learn about the glass bottles vs. wooden barrels debate; how to filter, fine, and rack your cider; and where and how to store it. Proulx and Nichols provide detailed recipes for making six types of cider: still, sparkling, champagne, barrel, French, and flavored, with advice on which apples to use to achieve a tart, aromatic, astringent, or neutral quality in your cider. In fact, this book is brimming with expert advice on cidermaking. If you want to plant your own apple orchard, this book has an entire chapter that lists which cultivars of apples thrive in which parts of the United States and Canada, along with each cultivar?s characteristics and when it is ready for harvesting. Another chapter explains how to care for an orchard, from improving the soil to pruning and thinning the trees to fighting off pests and wildlife. Once a cidermaker has learned how to make excellent cider, he or she is likely to look for further fields t o explore. With that in mind, the authors include a chapter on making cider vinegars and brandy and using cider in cooking.

Finally, Proulx and Nichols walk you through the latest federal regulations covering the production and sale of homemade cider in the United States and Canada, and they familiarize you with the kind of impact state and provincial laws can make.The clear, simple language, numerous illustrations, and detailed step-by-step directions make it easy for even novices to become skilled cidermakers. This revised edition of the classic handbook is a complete guide for anyone who wants to discover the pleasure of making ? and drinking ? fresh cider.

365 Bottles of Beer for the Year Page-A-Day Calendar 2009 (Page-A-Day Calendars)

Charles Papazian

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A day without beer is a day without purpose. Celebrating the brew, 365 Bottles of Beer features a year of delicious discoveries, from Celis Dubble, its fruity quality well blended with chocolate and malt sweetness, to Blue Moon's spicy Pumpkin Ale. With a fantastic new author for 2009—Charlie Papazian, president of the Brewers Association and one of the most prominent names in the world of beer and brewing—this calendar features hundreds of award-winning ales, stouts, lagers, and seasonal brews, plus in-depth discussions of beer styles, weekly homebrew recipes, beer facts, trivia, and more.

The Homebrewers' Recipe Guide: More than 175 original beer recipes including magnificent pale ales, ambers, stouts, lagers, and seasonal brews, plus tips from the master brewers

Patrick Higgins, Maura Kate Kilgore, Paul Hertlein

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Total reviews: 15 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Worst recipe book that I own. 2 out of 5 stars.
7 of 12 people found this review helpful.

If you are looking to start brewing with extract then this might work for you but don't count on the recipes making anything that is close to professional quality beers.

The recipes are at some points, proposterously bad and some of the clones are just innacurate.

In all I own 48 books on brewing. Many are great, some are just OK and then a few are downright bad. This is by far the worst one that I own. Common, not even giving the brewer yeast suggestions???

An invaluabe stepping stone 5 out of 5 stars.
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As a beginning homebrewer looking to extend beyond pre-hopped extracts and pre-packaged kits, this book was exactly what I was looking for. I found the asides and exerts amusing. I would higly recommend this book for anyone who's already brewed a few batches and is looking for more recipes.

Editorial Review:

A group of experienced homebrewers offers a collection of recipes for pale ales, ambers, stouts, lagers, and seasonal brews, along with tips for brewing at home, drinking trivia from famous writers, and other beer lore. 25,000 first printing.

Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery

Steve Hindy, Tom Potter

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Total reviews: 36 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

What do you get when you cross a journalist and a banker? A brewery, of course.

"A great city should have great beer. New York finally has, thanks to Brooklyn. Steve Hindy and Tom Potter provided it. Beer School explains how they did it: their mistakes as well as their triumphs. Steve writes with a journalist's skepticism-as though he has forgotten that he is reporting on himself. Tom is even less forgiving-he's a banker, after all. The inside story reads at times like a cautionary tale, but it is an account of a great and welcome achievement."
—Michael Jackson, The Beer Hunter(r)

"An accessible and insightful case study with terrific insight for aspiring entrepreneurs. And if that's not enough, it is all about beer!"
—Professor Murray Low, Executive Director, Lang Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School

"Great lessons on what every first-time entrepreneur will experience. Being down the block from the Brooklyn Brewery, I had firsthand witness to their positive impact on our community. I give Steve and Tom's book an A++!"
—Norm Brodsky, Senior Contributing Editor, Inc. magazine

"Beer School is a useful and entertaining book. In essence, this is the story of starting a beer business from scratch in New York City. The product is one readers can relate to, and the market is as tough as they get. What a fun challenge! The book can help not only those entrepreneurs who are starting a business but also those trying to grow one once it is established. Steve and Tom write with enthusiasm and insight about building their business. It is clear that they learned a lot along the way. Readers can learn from these lessons too."
—Michael Preston, Adjunct Professor, Lang Center for Entrepreneurship, Columbia Business School, and coauthor, The Road to Success: How to Manage Growth

"Although we (thankfully!) never had to deal with the Mob, being held up at gunpoint, or having our beer and equipment ripped off, we definitely identified with the challenges faced in those early days of cobbling a brewery together. The revealing story Steve and Tom tell about two partners entering a business out of passion, in an industry they knew little about, being seriously undercapitalized, with an overly naive business plan, and their ultimate success, is an inspiring tale."
—Ken Grossman, founder, Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

Great Beer Guide: The World's 500 Best Beers

Michael Jackson

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Total reviews: 25 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Celebration of the primordial liquid gold 4 out of 5 stars.
11 of 12 people found this review helpful.

Being one of the world's oldest beverages, beer was known to Egyptians and Mesopotamians, even written about by ancient Sumerians and still enjoyed to this day, the constant way of reinventing and flavor and introducing new brands can be overwhelming but not with this easy to read guide.

Sometimes there's more to beer than meets the eye. Like tea it's more of a simple, easy and relaxing beverage that lacks the arrogance of coffee and hard liquors and the overly sweetness of cocoa and some wines. Even thought I like all the above beer is still an incredible invention, it's perfect for a weekend afternoon or chilled one or two for dinner when I just don't feel like cooking. I really do drink it because it like everything about it, not to get tipsy and forget everything, people tend to look down on it for some reason, but beer deserves some love and appreciation. Apparently one beer a day is good for the circulation, the hard part is having just one!

This book is more of a large pocket manual, but too thick to fit into any pocket, with each beer in alphabetical order taking places on each page, showing beautiful photos of the bottle, the proper glassware for serving and all sorts of flavor and history information. I can count on this to inform, entertain and show me beers that I will probably never tastes or find but at least I know to be on the lookout! I tend to like lighter beers, and the Asian ones always seem to tickle my fancy, currently Tiger beer just has my heart, and its extremely simple and non fussy I even love the name, which represents my favorite animal. Fruit flavored beers are also fun, but when I feel like something sweet. Currently having discovered great strawberry ale I am in search of new and untested brews.

This is a fun, sort of a mini encyclopedia for anyone who's a fan of the beverage and fan of history and the way different countries can interpret hops, malted barley, wheat, corn or even rice into their own distinct beverages. So yeah you have to do a few more crunches but beer is worth it.

- Kasia S.

Editorial Review:

This is an A-Z international beer guide, presented in a "dumpy" format, with each beer shown in the bottle and poured in its appropriate glass.