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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
How to Brew - By John Palmer
Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time
This is the book to own for home brewing. I found it especially useful after I had done a few extract batches and was looking to go into the all-grain realm. The book ...
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Homebrewing for Dummies - by Marty Nachel
A Reference for the Rest of Us!
Covers everything from A-Z in brewing. A good text if you only had one book to buy and were a raw beginner. Some of the specialty chapters are worth checking too and go way beyond a what ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
The Homebewer's Answer Book – By Ashton Lewis
Solutions to Every Problem, Answers to Every Question
Pickup this book after you have been brewing for several months to fill in some gaps in your knowledge and open the door to new ideas. The book is compact in size but thick. ...
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Sunday, August 31st, 2008
Beer, Tap Into the Art and Science – By Charles Bamforth
If you want to know everything about the history of beer, the processes of brewing, and the chemistry behind each of the ingredients this is the book. It is full of interesting facts and quotes about beer, yet it ...
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Saturday, August 30th, 2008
Standards of Brewing - By Charles W. Bamforth, Ph.D, D.Sc.
A Practical Approach to Consistency and Excellence
For a home brewer who likes numbers and math, it is a fairly interesting peek into what brewing for a living looks like. Lots of details about how to test ingredients for quality. ...
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Saturday, August 16th, 2008
The Complete Handbook of Beers and Brewing – By Brian Glover
The beer lover's guide to the world
This book is not about home brewing, it is about beer. Every page contains vivid color images of beer labels, bottles, ingredients, production, and people enjoying beer. The first section briefly covers ...
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Sunday, August 3rd, 2008
Brewing the World's Great Beers - By Dave Miller
A step-by-step guide
This was the most balanced book I could find on how to brew beer at home. Some books go into too much detail about all sorts of things such as PH, water balance, and yeast cell counts. ...
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Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
Brewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainasheff and John J. Palmer
80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew
Browsing through the 80 recipes in this book was a great source of inspiration for my next batch of home brew. If you can't decide what to do next, pick up this book. There is bound ...
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Saturday, July 26th, 2008
Extreme Brewing - By Sam Calagione
An Enthusiast's Guide to Brewing Craft Beer at Home
This book contains 25 fun and 'extreme' beer recipes. The introduction surrounding the makeup of ingredients is well done and more detailed than most books. This book contains a lot of photography and the images are ...
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Saturday, July 19th, 2008
The Homebrewer's Garden - Joe Fisher and Dennis Fisher
How to easily grow, prepare, and use your own Hops, Malts and Brewing Herbs
If you have ever considered growing hops, barely, or herbs this is a wealth of information. The book also contains 29 recipes that call for some of these exotic ...
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