Best Homebrewing books?
ams
Amazon.com: http://xrl.us/BestBrewing
Any other recommendations?
Zymogod
My favorite books are (in no order):
"Designing Great Beer" Daniels
"An Analysis of Brewing Techniques" Fix & Fix
"Principles of Brewing Science" Fix
"New Brewing Lager Beer" Noonan
Recommended with reservations are:
"The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing" Papazian
"The Home Brewer's Companion" Papazian
"Classic Beer Style Series" various authors
Papazian provides a good hands on overview for the beginner and newly
intermediate; his indexing skills are atrocious.
The "Classic" books (I've got them all) were not thought out as a whole
very well. The publisher/editor should have provided a consistent
structure for all the books. Nevertheless, I do consult these books for
styles and technique and then appeal to Daniels for recipe formulation.
barn...@ureach.com
depends on what you are looking for.
Papazian conveys an enthusiasm for brewing that got me and many others
hooked. Korzonas has the best description of types of malt and an
extensive catalog of yeasts, most sadly no longer available to
homebrewer. Noonan has best technical detail of brewing procedure. I
agree that the "Classic" books are sadly lacking in consistency, for
example, it is an outrage that the one on Belgian Ales has no detailed
discussion on yeasts.
Roger
Ranger Steve
Started extract brewing with Papazian's Complete Joy of Homebrewing.
As others have said, he brings an enthusiasm to the subject that is
infectious. For the novice brewer he makes the process fun and lays
a pretty solid foundation for any new brewer. Back in the day when I
first started, as far as I know it was the only book anyone had on
homebrewing. I would still highly recommend it to a novice brewer.
Palmer's How to Brew was instrumental for me in moving my brewing to
all-grain. I had been intimidated by all-grain brewing, Palmer de-
mystified it for me.
Daniels' Designing Great Beers really deepened and broadened my
understanding of brewing, techniques, and ingredients and has made me
a better brewer.
I'd liken these books to college courses. Daniels' is a 300-level
class, Palmer is 200, and Papazian is homebrewing 101.
hophead
@a37g2000prf.googlegroups.com>, polask...@gmail.com says...
That is an excellent summary, and one that parallels my thoughts as
well. Although these days, I more often recommend Palmer for beginners
as some don't take to Charlie's writing style as much as I did in the
early days. But still, you can't beat his infectious enthusiasm when you
are just starting out.
The only other book I'd recommend is Al Korzona's Homebrewing Vol. 1. He
doesn't get into all grain, but his book is a great reference (I suppose
it could use some updating, but I still find it useful).
jimbeaux
I'll add this one to the mix. Even though I've been brewing for
decades, so far I like what I've seen in the book and am hoping it'll
help take me to the next level:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470230622/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
Jo...@underthewagon.net
<evansj...@gmail.com> wrote:
>http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470230622/ref=ox_ya_oh_product
Vladimir
fd3be1...@j28g2000vbl.googlegroups.com:
I actually have the Homebrewing for Dummies book which I bought a few years
back. It's geared toward beginners and intermediates, and it is well
written. I wouldn't put it in my top three, But for a beginner it's worth
owning.
-Vlad
michael gentile
That would depend on your level of knowledge about brewing. My brew
club, the Maltose Falcons in SoCal is a great reservoir of knowledge
with multiple accomplished brewers/authors. I could recommend the
right book for you if you tell me what you already know.