Craft Brew

An indispensable guide to the heady world of Ontario’s craft beer revival, the expanded second edition of The Ontario Craft Beer Guide adds nearly 100 outstanding new breweries. For newcomers and aficionados alike, experts Jordan St. John and Robin LeBlanc guide you through the booming craft beer scene to your new favourite pint.

Embark on a craft beer journey—from the science and art of brewing to glassware, storing, and tasting—from the men behind The Craft Beer Channel. Beer has come a long way in the 6,000 years since the first taste. The legends of the craft beer industry have made sure everyone’s within reach of the perfect pint. But how do you get the right brew for you? And can you learn to make a beer that will add to the lager legacy? Welcome to Beer School, brought to you by the heroes of YouTube sensation The Craft Beer Channel, a guide to everything you need to know about the wide and wonderful beers of the world. In Beer School, Jonny and Brad explain the intricacies of the finest artisan craft brews including: ales, lagers, porters, stouts, IPSs, and bitters. The lads have the inside scoop on everything from hop varieties and barrel aging, to serving temperatures and glassware. Beer School helps you learn how to make beer and how to get the most out of every sip. You will learn about: grain, mash, water, hops, boil, yeast, fermentation, serving, storing, pouring, and tasting. “Brad and Jonny make understanding beer easy and nearly as fun as drinking it.” —James Watt, founder of BrewDog “It’s like sitting down with Jonny and Brad and having a few beers with them! Good fun, funny, interesting and you never quite know what’s coming next.” —Mark Dredge, author of The Beer Bucket List

Nearly 100 delicious and seasonal recipes, along with what beers to pair them with, from the country's best independent breweries. The Craft Brewery Cookbook is an instructional cookbook for what to cook, and how to pair those recipes, with every style of beer. The book is organized into ten chapters according to type of beer-Hoppy Ales, Lagers & Pilsners, Wheat Beers, Belgian-Style Ales, and more--with a short essay on each beer style and flavor profile, followed by 6 to 10 recipes (with photographs) per chapter, that pair with that beer type. Each recipe is contributed from a different brewery around the country. Equal parts cookbook and beer pairing guide, The Craft Brewery Cookbook navigates the intricate world of food and beer by providing a helpful guide to understanding the multitude of contemporary styles. The 80 recipes feature bright, fresh, and bold flavors, capturing the current state of beer and food pairings.

Transform your dishes with the tremendous flavor of craft beer! The Craft Beer Cookbook doesn't think you need to wait until five o'clock to pop the cap off of a quality beer. From tender pork chops marinated in a bold and citrusy IPA to apple fritters drizzled with an amber ale caramel sauce, the recipes in this book are not only delicious, but they also capture the complex notes and flavors of a perfectly balanced brew. Filled with a diverse selection of varieties, each dish transforms everyday fare into top-shelf plates that are sure to satisfy even the most discerning fan of craft beers. A toast to the world's finest brews, this cookbook highlights inspired dishes like: Sausage and pale ale frittata Roasted mushroom and brown ale soup Salmon with dijon beer cream sauce over drunken couscous Slow-roasted maple stout baby back beef ribs Chocolate stout cake with chocolate raspberry ganache and whipped cream Complete with 100 imaginative craft beer recipes and dozens of four-color photographs, The Craft Beer Cookbook shows you how to incorporate your true love--beer!--into every meal.

Features step-by-step directions for brewing four different kinds of beer, discussing how the process works, what equipment is required, and how to carbonate and bottle the finished product.

From the mighty Brew Dog to the much-loved Brooklyn in New York, 50 of the most exciting, ground-breaking and pioneering craft breweries in the world reveal the recipes behind their best beers in this unique, useful and technically accurate book for the homebrewer. With homebrew recipes from the world's best craft breweries, including Brew Dog, Brooklyn Brewery, Kernal, Beavertown, Nogne Ø, Mikkeller and many more, this unique recipe book provides a solid introduction to the kit required for all-grain brewing at home, including a glossary of the terms, and tips and techniques for getting the best brew at home.

Noted beer expert and writer Jordan St. John shows readers the rich history of Toronto's heritage breweries, many of which still exist today. Explore the once-prominent breweries of nineteenth-century Toronto. Brewers including William Helliwell, John Doel, Eugene O'Keefe, Lothar Reinhardt, Enoch Turner, and Joseph Bloore influenced the history of the city and the development of a dominant twentieth-century brewing industry in Ontario. Step inside the lost landmarks that first brought intoxicating brews to the masses in Toronto. Jordan St. John delves into the lost buildings, people and history behind Toronto's early breweries, with detailed historic images, stories both personal and industrial, and even reconstructed nineteenth-century brewing recipes.