HomeBrew Books

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:03 am

My wife is asking for suggestions for birthday gifts for me and I was thinking of some good homebrew books

I was thinking of Brew Like a Monk by Stan Hieronymus
any others you can recommend?

I have Papazian's Joy of Homebrewing book, I've read most of the other beer books by Garett Oliver, Sam Calagione, Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels.

I'm in the beginning stages of brewing, but pretty comfortable with a partial mash, and general brewing process.

jcc · Post by **jcc** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:11 am

Not so much a how to brew book, but a great read none the less is Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher.

He gives some recipes in here, but I found it more useful as a source of inspiration to brew less well known beer styles with different ingredients.

One of the few brewing books I've read cover to cover more than once. Highly recommended.

jcc

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 10:28 am

My favourites are:

How to Brew
Designing Great Beers
Brew Like a Monk
Farmhouse Ales
Wild Brews
Brewing With Wheat
New Brewing Lager Beer

And this is coming out soon, looks like it will be a good one: http://www.whitelabs.com/education/book.html

Gedge · Post by **Gedge** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 11:51 am

+1 on Radical Brewing. I also like Mosher's Tasting Beer book, which I have given as a gift to a couple of people.

Brew Like a Monk is also worth reading.

viggo · Post by **viggo** » Wed Aug 18, 2010 9:29 pm

Plus 100 on Designing Great Beers. Can't live without that book

JimC · Post by **JimC** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:16 am

viggo wrote:Plus 100 on Designing Great Beers. Can't live without that book

Best beer book I own. Very technical.

phirleh · Post by **phirleh** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:26 am

JimC wrote:
viggo wrote:Plus 100 on Designing Great Beers. Can't live without that book
Best beer book I own. Very technical.

Thanks, some very good suggestions. I've renewed a dog eared copy of this book a few times from the library, I may end up buying a copy myself.

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:49 am

Mark's list is pretty comprehensive:

How to Brew - I wish I had this when I started!
Designing Great Beers - A MUST.
Brew Like a Monk - Great author & some info applies to other styles...
Farmhouse Ales - Another take on artisinal brewing
Wild Brews - Not really my thing
Brewing With Wheat - I'll have to get this one
New Brewing Lager Beer - Awesome book and the depth of info doesn't just apply to lagers

Radical brewing is inspiring... but also probably reference it more than anything as well! It's quick & easy to look up malt & hop descriptions, with plenty of other useful numbers & stuff as well.

jaymack · Post by **jaymack** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 8:48 pm

I always look forward to my BYO magazine arrival. Worth getting a subscription if you don't have one already.

Cheers

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Thu Aug 19, 2010 9:52 pm

I'll third(fourth?) Designing Great Beers. My copy is incredibly dog eared, and beaten due to constant use.

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 10:24 am

jaymack wrote:I always look forward to my BYO magazine arrival. Worth getting a subscription if you don't have one already.

Cheers

I'm more of a Zymurgy guy, but I think both mags offer some ok content.

xocoatl · Post by **xocoatl** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 12:21 pm

Radical Brewing is a favorite of mine too.

I was looking at getting Zymurgy, but if I read the website correctly, would cost me $44 for 6 issues. I realize it also includes membership in the american homebrewer association, but not sure if that adds much value to someone in Canada. Is it really worth $7 USD per issue?

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 2:08 pm

xocoatl wrote:Is it really worth $7 USD per issue?

I think so, but then my name and/or picture has been included in 4 issues over the past year, and I contributed to one article, so I'm a little biased (but still not nearly as cool as Eric's article in TAPS).

But yeah, the content is really good, the only BS is Charlie P's article (sorry, I just don't like his writing), and most of the recipes seem quite reasonable, whereas a lot of the info and recipes in BYO are sketchy at best.

With your membership, you also get about a 50% reduction on NHC 2nd round entry fees (you have to qualify for this comp by medaling at the ALES Open in Regina next April... hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge). And a lot of pubs and homebrew shops in the US offer discounts to members, which is nice if you visit the US.

grub · Post by **grub** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 4:53 pm

markaberrant wrote:(but still not nearly as cool as Eric's article in TAPS).

it's a recurring column. i think he's done 6 or 8 of 'em now. we even provide fantastically ghetto brewday photos!

markaberrant · Post by **markaberrant** » Fri Aug 20, 2010 8:46 pm

grub wrote:it's a recurring column. i think he's done 6 or 8 of 'em now. we even provide fantastically ghetto brewday photos!

Yeah, I dig it a lot. Your guys' article I mean... TAPS itself, not so much. Too many of the articles reek of rank amateurism, tired cliches, and/or blatant aditorialism. And I'm still sorta pissed they took a news release I sent them 3 years ago and credited it to one of their writers.