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Gathers recipes for pale ales, brown ales, regional ales, porters, stouts, European lagers, American lagers, flavored beers, and meads

How to brew, ferment and enjoy world-class beers at home. Making beer at home is as easy as making soup! George Hummel smoothly guides the reader through the process of creating a base to which the homebrewer can apply a myriad of intriguing flavorings, such as fruits, spices and even smoke. There are also outstanding and easy recipes for delicious meads, tasty ciders and great sodas -- all of which can be made in a home kitchen and with minimal equipment. Using Hummel's easy-to-follow instructions and thorough analysis of the flavor components of beer, a novice homebrewer can design recipes and make beers to suit any taste or craving. Knowing exactly what's in a beer has additional benefits -- homebrewers can easily avoid the chemical additives traditionally found in mass-produced commercial beers. As an added bonus, the recipes are categorized according to their degree of difficulty, so new brewers can find the recipes that match their comfort level and then easily progress onto new skills. These 200 tantalizing beer recipes draw their inspiration from the Americas and around the world. They include: Irish amber American/Texas brown California blonde Bavarian hefeweizen Multi-grain stout Imperial pilsner Pre-Prohibition lager Golden ale Scottish 60 shilling Belgium dubble German bock Raspberry weizen Vanilla cream stout Flemish red & brown Standard dry sparkling mead There is also a comprehensive glossary that virtually guarantees readers will find answers to every question about ingredients and equipment. Packed with practical advice and effectively designed, The Complete Homebrew Beer Book is like having a personal brewmaster overseeing and guiding each creation.

Karl F. Lutzen and Mark Stevens offer 260 original recipes for innovative and tasty homebrews. With straightforward directions for making both extract and all-grain beers, you’ll be inspired you to try your hand at new and exciting varieties. Cool off on a hot day with a refreshing Kiwi Mint Ale, or brighten a rainy day with a fortifying Northwest Stout. Whether you prefer American lagers, Belgian ales, or something more exotic, you’ll find everything you need to know to brew your favorite beers at home.

For more than two decades, homebrewers around the world have turned to Brew Your Own magazine for the best information on making incredible beer at home. Now, for the first time, 300 of BYO’s best clone recipes for recreating favorite commercial beers are coming together in one book. Inside you'll find dozens of IPAs, stouts, and lagers, easily searchable by style. The collection includes both classics and newer recipes from top award-winning American craft breweries including Brooklyn Brewery, Deschutes, Firestone Walker, Hill Farmstead, Jolly Pumpkin, Modern Times, Maine Beer Company, Stone Brewing Co., Surly, Three Floyds, Tröegs, and many more. Classic clone recipes from across Europe are also included. Whether you're looking to brew an exact replica of one of your favorites or get some inspiration from the greats, this book is your new brewday planner.

Go on a tasting tour and sample the best 150 beers in North America — without ever leaving home! Scott R. Russell shows you how to brew in your own kitchen clones of Moosehead Lager from Maine, St. Ambroise Stout from Quebec, Honey Weizen from Oregon, and all of your other favorites. Each recipe uses only basic brewing equipment and comes with partial-mash, all-extract, and all-grain instructions. Expand your brewing repertoire while enjoying the greatest beers on the continent. Cheers!

Offers recipes for homebrewed beers, including pale ales, brown ales, porters, stouts, lagers, wheat beers, fruit beers, and meads

This concise beginner’s guide tells you exactly what you need to know to successfully produce your first batch of home-brewed beer. It covers everything from purchasing the right equipment and ingredients to preparing your equipment, cooking through the first and second fermentations, bottling your brew, storing it, and serving it for best flavor.

This is not a recipe book. It is a database of ingredient information that should assist the home or craft brewer in creating their own recipes in order to attempt the replication of commercial beers, many of which are no longer in production. Instructions on how to convert the supplied ingredient information into recipes customised to the brewer's own equipment and technique are provided. This book also provides inspiration to brewers wishing to experiment with different ingredients since it gives an interesting insight into how professional brewers have used them in their own brews. This third edition includes data for more beers and breweries including a new category for historical beers. Finally, this book should also be of interest to the discerning beer enthusiast who is curious about what goes into their favourite drink.