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Draught Beer Quality Manual 4th Ed

Draught Beer Quality Manual Paperback by Technical Committee of the Brewers Association


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Delicious draught beer is a true delight, but the key challenge is ensuring that beer arrives to the consumer with all the freshness and flavor the brewer intended. In an ongoing effort to improve the quality of beer served at retail, the Brewers Association (BA) Draught Beer Quality Committee introduces the updated and revised fourth edition of the Draught Beer Quality Manual.

Draught Beer Quality Manual Paperback


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The Oxford Companion to Beer, Edited by Garrett Oliver

The Oxford Companion to Beer Hardcover

The Oxford Companion to Beer, Edited by Garrett Oliver

About: “Edited by Garrett Oliver, the James Beard Winner for Outstanding Wine, Beer, or Spirits Professional, this is the first major reference work to investigate the history and vast scope of beer. The Oxford Companion to Beer features more than 1,100 A-Z entries written by 166 of the world’s most prominent beer experts.” [read more on the product page]

The Oxford Companion to Beer


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The Comic Book Story of Beer

The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World's Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today's Craft Brewing Revolution

The Comic Book Story of Beer is an illustrated book that recounts the history of beer (starting from about 7,000 BC) through modern day all in comic book form.  The Comic Book Story of Beer is available in both paperback and Kindle [See: Kindle Reading Apps] Versions.

The Comic Book Story of Beer: The World’s Favorite Beverage from 7000 BC to Today’s Craft Brewing Revolution


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Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues by George Fix

Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues

Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues by George Fix


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In this indispensable reference, Fix applies the practical language of science to the art of brewing.


Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues


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Sustainable Homebrewing: An All-Organic Approach to Crafting Great Beer

Sustainable Homebrewing: An All-Organic Approach to Crafting Great Beer by Amelia Slayton Loftus

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Brew delicious organic beer at home. In this comprehensive guide, Amelia Slayton Loftus covers everything you need to know to brew at home with organic ingredients, stressing practices that minimize waste and use sustainable resources. Along with 30 irresistible recipes, Loftus provides expert tips on buying equipment, harnessing solar energy, recycling water, using spent grain, and growing your own organic barley, hops, and herbs. You’ll enjoy brewing homemade beer that not only tastes great, but is good for the environment.

 

Sustainable Homebrewing: An All-Organic Approach to Crafting Great Beer


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How To Brew by John Palmer!

Fourth Edition of the Homebrew Classic How to Brew by John J Palmer

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Fully revised and updated, How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you’re a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you. John Palmer adeptly covers the full range of brewing possibilities―accurately, clearly and simply. From ingredients and methods to recipes and equipment for brewing beer at home, How to Brew is loaded with valuable information on brewing techniques and recipe formulation.

A perennial best seller since the release of the third edition in 2006, How to Brew, is a must-have to update every new and seasoned brewer’s library.

This completely revised and updated edition includes:

  • More emphasis on the “top six priorities”: sanitation, fermentation temperature control, yeast management, the boil, good recipes, and water.
  • Five new chapters covering malting and brewing, strong beers, fruit beers, sour beers, and adjusting water for style.
  • All other chapters revised and expanded:
    • Expanded and updated charts, graphs, equations, and visuals.
    • Expanded information on using beer kits.
    • Thorough revision of mashing and lautering chapters:
      • Expanded tables of recommended times and temperatures for single-infusion, multiple-step, and decoction mashing.
      • Complete discussion of first wort gravity as a function of water to grist ratio.
      • Complete revision of infusion and decoction equations.
    • Revised and updated information on managing your fermentation:
      • Yeast pitching and starters.
      • Yeast starter growth factors.
      • Yeast and the maturation cycle.
  • And much more!

 

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Beerology: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Beer…Even More

Beerology: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Beer...Even More

Beerology: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Beer…Even More by Mirella Amato

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If you’ve ever experienced the pleasure of a pint, Beerology is the ultimate guide to exploring, understanding and enjoying the world of beer.

THERE IS a beer for every mood, food and occasion. And, with the growing number of beer festivals popping up worldwide, beer is finally getting the attention and appreciation it deserves. For the average beer lover, the overwhelming choices, brewing styles and traditions can be confusing to say the least. Enter beer specialist Mirella Amato – one of only seven Certified Master Cicerones (beer sommeliers) in the world. With an advanced brewing certificate behind her, readers will be in expert hands as they navigate the multifaceted world of beer, guided by Amato’s refreshingly accessible style.

Broken down into fun, easy-to-read chapters, Beerology starts with an introduction to beer and tips on storage and cellaring, then leads into a guide on tasting. Amato presents beer styles in four groups—Refreshing, Mellow, Striking, and Captivating—covering everything from the history and origins of specific brews, to brands that exemplify each type. She then gives tips on hosting beer-tasting parties at home, complete with beer games, and includes a chapter dedicated to beer cocktails (who’s in for a delicious cucumber Pils?). Her original take on pairing beer with food—including chocolate and cheese—is perfect for anyone with an inquisitive mind and an epicurean streak.

 

Beerology: Everything You Need to Know to Enjoy Beer…Even More


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Simple Homebrewing: Great Beer, Less Work, More Fun by Conn & Beechum

Simple Homebrewing: Great Beer, Less Work, More Fun

Simple Homebrewing: Great Beer, Less Work, More Fun by Denny Conn and Drew Beechum


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Learn to brew the best possible beer with less work and the most fun! Simple Homebrewing reduces the complicated steps for making beer and returns brewing to the fundamentals. Explore easy techniques for directing water, malted barley, hops, and yeast (along with a few odd co-stars) become beer. Pick up tips and tricks for a range of brewing challenges like making water adjustments, working with adjunct ingredients, or making wild beers. Denny Conn and Drew Beechum will guide you from brewing extract to all-grain batches, discuss recipe design, small-batch brewing, and even share ideas on how to make technology work for you. Simple Homebrewing helps you develop a simple, thoughtful brewing process and makes homebrewing more accessible and enjoyable. Even experienced homebrewers can learn something from these two homebrew-famous brewers. Simple Homebrewing features fun and expert advice for brewers of all levels.


Simple Homebrewing: Great Beer, Less Work, More Fun Paperback


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Against All Hops: Techniques and Philosophy for Creating Extraordinary Botanical Beers

Against All Hops: Techniques and Philosophy for Creating Extraordinary Botanical Beers

Against All Hops: Techniques and Philosophy for Creating Extraordinary Botanical Beers by George Heilshorn


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Are you a home brewer who’s tiring of the usual suspects, cycling through the same styles and flavors? Are you a professional brewer who’s cranking through the same catalogue of beers year after year, just adding more hops with each rotation? There might be a bit of salvation here for you.

Join brewer Butch Heilshorn and discover gruits: incredible botanical beers that were brewed throughout the world for most of human history. Butch provides techniques and approaches for the intermediate to advanced brewer to create these unique out-of-the-box brews. These increasingly popular beers use a wide array of plants, often local to the brewer, to delight palates and ignite imaginations. Butch’s philosophy espouses a practical reverence for the earth, a deep appreciation for the plants he regards as brewing partners and a decidedly anti-authoritarian streak, encouraging brewers to use his recipes as a jumping off point for their own adventures in botanical brewing―the ability to capture the essence of a particular time and place.


Against All Hops: Techniques and Philosophy for Creating Extraordinary Botanical Beers


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Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing & Other Next Steps

Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing & Other Next Steps by Mik Karnowski

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Want to take total control of the beer-making process? Move beyond extract brewing and go all-grain. Richly illustrated and easy to follow, Homebrew Beyond the Basics explains it all, from grain selection and water chemistry to sour beers and wood aging, in a practical, approachable way. This updated edition includes information on new hop varieties and hopping techniques, probiotics, and quick-mixed culture fermentation. More than 20 sample recipes—from traditional parti-gyle stouts to a style-bending American wild ale—expertly guide you as you hone your skills and make better beer.


 

Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing & Other Next Steps

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Methods of Modern Homebrewing

Methods of Modern Homebrewing: The Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Craft Beer Brewing

Methods of Modern Homebrewing by Chris Colby

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Hey homebrewers―make better beer! Returning for his second book, Chris Colby highlights the modern brewing methods homebrewers use to make beer. From the basic procedures for making beer from malt extract to advanced all-grain techniques and tests for quality . . . This book is a beer geek’s dream!

There is no book like this on the market and a brewer would have to pore through numerous brewing texts, magazine articles and website posts to find all this information. Methods of Modern Homebrewing gives step-by-step instructions, with helpful photos, for very major homebrewing method. The book also features useful charts for brewers to get information at a glance. Appropriate example recipes are given for most of the techniques. Learn to brew with malt extract, by partial mashing or go all-grain. Then move on to master decoction mashing, kräusening, high gravity brewing and more.


 

Methods of Modern Homebrewing: The Comprehensive Guide to Contemporary Craft Beer Brewing

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The World Atlas of Beer [Hardcover]

The World Atlas of Beer, Revised & Expanded: The Essential Guide to the Beers of the World Hardcover

The World Atlas of Beer, Revised & Expanded: The Essential Guide to the Beers of the World Hardcover


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Take a brew-lover’s trip around the world in this definitive, revised, and expanded guide.
Join renowned experts Tim Webb and Stephen Beaumont on the ultimate beer journey, covering more than 35 countries from Austria to New Zealand. This richly illustrated, comprehensive guide kicks off in Europe, travels through the Americas, and ends in Asia. Along the way, you’ll learn about everything from the wheat beers of Bavaria, Belgium’s Trappist ales, and Finnish sahti to British bitters, barrel-aged Californian beers, Vietnamese bìa hoi, and more, with full tasting notes for over 500 must-try brews. Webb and Beaumont also offer a fascinating history of beer and an in-depth look at the science and art of beermaking. This newly revised and expanded edition of The World Atlas of Beer features ten additional countries—including Poland, Switzerland, Spain, Ireland, Iceland, and China—as well as up-to-the-moment beer industry information and trends. With this ultimate companion in hand, you can explore the best beers in the whole world.


The World Atlas of Beer, Revised & Expanded: The Essential Guide to the Beers of the World Hardcover


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American Sour Beers by Michael Tonsmeire

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American Sour Beers by Michael Tonsmeire

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One of the most exciting and dynamic segments of today’s craft brewing scene , American-brewed sour beers are designed intentionally to be tart and may be inoculated with souring bacteria, fermented with wild yeast or fruit, aged in barrels or blended with younger beer. Craft brewers and homebrewers have adapted traditional European techniques to create some of the world’s most distinctive and experimental styles. This book details the wide array of processes and ingredients in American sour beer production, with actionable advice for each stage of the process. Inspiration, education and practical applications for brewers of all levels are provided by some of the country’s best known sour beer brewers.


 

American Sour Beers


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Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros [Hardcover]

Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros

Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros by Julia Herz and Gwen Conley


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2016 International Association of Culinary Professionals Award Finalist!

Beer has reclaimed its place at the dinner table.

Yet unlike wine, there just aren’t many in-depth resources to guide both beginners and beer geeks for pairing beer with food. Julia Herz and Gwen Conley are here to change that.

As you start your journey, you’ll learn all about the effects aroma, taste, preference, and personal experience can have on flavor. Just as important, you’ll become a tasting Anarchist–throw out the conventional advice and figure out what works for you! Then, on to the pairing. Begin with beer styles, start with your favorite foods, or join the authors on a series of wild palate trips. From classics like barbecue ribs with American Brown Ale to unusual matches like pineapple upside-down cake with Double India Pale Ale, you’ll learn why some pairings stand the test of time and you’ll find plenty of new ideas as well. With complete information for planning beer dinners and cooking with beer, tips from pro brewers, and geek-out science features, Julia and Gwen will make sure you never look at beer–or food–the same way again!


Beer Pairing: The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros


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Mastering Homebrew: The Complete Guide to Brewing Delicious Beer by Randy Mosher

Mastering Homebrew: The Complete Guide to Brewing Delicious Beer by Randy Mosher


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From internationally recognized beer-brewing authority Randy Mosher comes the ultimate guide to the craft, for beginners and advanced brewers alike. Featuring plainspeaking, fun-to-read instructions, more than 150 colorful graphics and illustrations of process and technique, and 30 master recipes for classic and popular brews, this handbook covers everything from choosing ingredients and equipment to mashing, bottling, tasting, and serving. With much-lauded expertise, Mosher simplifies the complexities—at once inspiring and teaching today’s burgeoning new league of home brewers.


Mastering Homebrew: The Complete Guide to Brewing Delicious Beer


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Brewing Made Easy, 2nd Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Beer at Home – Kindle Edition

Brewing Made Easy, 2nd Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Beer at Home Kindle Edition

Brewing Made Easy, 2nd Edition: A Step-by-Step Guide to Making Beer at Home Kindle Edition by Dennis Fisher and Joe Fisher


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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!


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Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created by Patrick E. McGovern (Author), Sam Calagione (Foreword)


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One of Smithsonian Magazine’s Ten Best Books of the Year about Food
A Forbes Best Booze Book of the Year

Interweaving archaeology and science, Patrick E. McGovern tells the enthralling story of the world’s oldest alcoholic beverages and the cultures that created them. Humans invented heady concoctions, experimenting with fruits, honey, cereals, tree resins, botanicals, and more. These “liquid time capsules” carried social, medicinal, and religious significance with far-reaching consequences for our species. McGovern describes nine extreme fermented beverages of our ancestors, including the Midas Touch from Turkey and the 9000-year-old Chateau Jiahu from Neolithic China, the earliest chemically identified alcoholic drink yet discovered. For the adventuresome, homebrew interpretations of the ancient drinks are provided, with matching meal recipes.


Ancient Brews: Rediscovered and Re-created


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Brewing Eclectic IPA by Dick Cantwell

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Brewing Eclectic IPA: Pushing the Boundaries of India Pale Ale by Dick Cantwell


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“Craft beer’s most popular style, India Pale Ale, is experiencing a flavor revolution. Brewers are using a wide range of flavors to push the boundaries of the style, from cocoa nibs to coffee, fruits to vegetables, spices, herbs, and even wood – brewers are using a wide range of flavors to push the boundaries of the style. Explore the ways creative ingredients are being used in brewing these highly-hopped beers and try your own version using 24 recipes for contemporary IPAs designed by one of the country’s top brewers.”


Brewing Eclectic IPA: Pushing the Boundaries of India Pale Ale


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Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing & Other Next Steps

Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing & Other Next Steps by Mik Karnowski

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Want to take total control of the beer-making process? Move beyond extract brewing and go all-grain. Richly illustrated and easy to follow, Homebrew Beyond the Basics explains it all, from grain selection and water chemistry to sour beers and wood aging, in a practical, approachable way. This updated edition includes information on new hop varieties and hopping techniques, probiotics, and quick-mixed culture fermentation. More than 20 sample recipes—from traditional parti-gyle stouts to a style-bending American wild ale—expertly guide you as you hone your skills and make better beer.


 

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The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks [Kindle Edition]

The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes

The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes [Kindle Edition] by Joshua M Bernstein


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It’s a great time to be a beer drinker, but also the most confusing, thanks to the dizzying array of available draft beers. Expert Joshua M. Bernstein comes to the rescue with The Complete Beer Course, demystifying brews and breaking down the elements that make beer’s flavor spin into distinctively different and delicious directions. Structured around a series of easy-to-follow classes, his course hops from lagers and pilsners to hazy wheat beers, Belgian-style abbey and Trappist ales, aromatic pale ales and bitter IPAs, roasty stouts, barrel-aged brews, belly-warming barley wines, and mouth-puckering sour ales. There is even a class on international beer styles and another on pairing beer with food and starting your own beer cellar. Through suggested, targeted tastings, you’ll learn when to drink down-and when to dump those beers down a drain.


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The Complete Beer Course: Boot Camp for Beer Geeks: From Novice to Expert in Twelve Tasting Classes [Kindle Edition]


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