Complete Guide to Brewing Your Own Beer at Home : Everything You Need to Know Explained Simply

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Helweg, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beer.

Brewing--Microbiology.

Brewing.

Beer--Microbiology.

Local Subjects:

Beer.

Brewing--Microbiology.

Brewing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (336 p.)

Other Title:

Complete Guide to Brewing Your Own Beer at Home

Place of Publication:

: Atlantic Publishing Group, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

According to the New York Times, a grassroots phenomenon has fueled the revival of craft beers in America over the past 30 years. You might have tried a great beer recently and want to know how to create something similar. With the various innovative methods outlined in this book, brewing like the pros is now easier than ever. The Complete Guide to Brewing Your Own Beer at Home will explain the important differences between equipment pieces and make your experienced streamlined so you can avoid common beginner mistakes. You will be able to start small and gradually learn to make more comp

Contents:

""Author Dedication""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""Chapter 1: The History of Brewing and Beer""; ""A Happy Accident""; ""The Most Ancient of Beverages""; ""Beer in the New World""; ""Bottling Beer and Creating the Industry""; ""Beer in the Time of Prohibition""; ""Chapter 2: An Overview of Brewing and Beer""; ""Basic Ingredients""; ""Basic Equipment""; ""An Overview of Beer Types""; ""Chapter 3: The Necessary Ingredients""; ""Barley""; ""Hops""; ""Yeast""; ""Water""; ""Adjusting Your Water""; ""Additional Ingredients""; ""Shopping for Ingredients""

""Chapter 4: The Necessary Equipment""""Where to Brew""; ""The Necessary Equipment""; ""Chapter 5: Brewing for Beginners""; ""Ensuring your Equipment is Clean""; ""Preparing the Ingredients""; ""Steeping the Grains""; ""Adding the Malt Extract""; ""Adding Hops""; ""Late Extract Addition""; ""Complete Boil and Cool""; ""Measure the OG (Original Gravity)""; ""Pitching the Yeast""; ""Fermentation""; ""Secondary Fermentation and Dry Hopping""; ""Priming and Bottling""; ""Kegging""; ""What Might Go Wrong Along the Way""; ""Your First Taste""; ""Chapter 6: Extract Recipes""; ""American Amber Ale""

""Light American Ale""""Scottish Strong Ale""; ""Porter""; ""Dark Wheat Beer""; ""Golden Light Ale""; ""Pitch Black Wild Rice Ale""; ""Chapter 7: Intermediate Brewing""; ""Intermediate Ingredients""; ""Intermediate Brewing Equipment""; ""Do the Partial Mash""; ""Imperial Oatmeal Stout""; ""Chapter 8: Partial Mash Recipes""; ""Partial Mash Chocolate Cherry Stout""; ""American Cream Ale""; ""Partial Mash Blonde Ale""; ""Austrian Lager""; ""ESB (Extra Special Bitter)""; ""Partial Mash Porter""; ""India Pale Ale""; ""Partial Mash Irish Red Ale""; ""Chapter 9: Advanced Brewing: All-Grain""

""All-Grain Equipment""""Your First All-Grain Brew""; ""Single-Step Infusion""; ""All-Grain Porter""; ""The Step Mash""; ""Irish Red Ale""; ""Decoction""; ""Bohemian Pilsner""; ""Chapter 10: All-Grain Recipes""; ""American Amber Ale""; ""California Common All-Grain""; ""All-Grain Bock Beer""; ""All-Grain Wheat Beer""; ""All-Grain India Pale Ale""; ""All Grain ESB""; ""Conclusion""; ""Resource Directory""; ""Home-Brew Retailers""; ""Web Equipment and ingredient Resources""; ""Web Home-Brew Resources and Forums""; ""Glossary of Terms""; ""Bibliography""; ""Author Biography""

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-60138-859-4

OCLC:

860901605