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Like all other books in the popular Dummies series, Homebrewing for Dummies is a clear, concise, how-to guide for the do-it-yourselfer. As it turns out, making beer isn't hard to do if you have a stove, some basic equipment, and a little time on your hands. Here's your chance to make your own Hefeweizen or India Pale Ale and avoid another trip to the local microbrewery; Nachel provides the recipes and solid step-by-step instructions. And if making beer isn't enough, the chapter on evaluation will teach even the most pedestrian beer drinker to critically analyze homebrews like a pro.
Nachel is well qualified. The former welder is an award-winning brewer and one of the top beer writers in the country. Homebrewing for Dummies covers the gamut--from simple lagers to Belgian Dubbels--and Nachel shows that you don't need a team of Clydesdales or a Colorado mountain spring to make great beer at home. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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This friendly, hands-on guide walks you through each step in the brewing process at the beginning, intermediate, and advanced levels. It fills you in on all the homebrewing basics with a comprehensive equipment list; instructions on keeping your hardware clean and sanitized; and loving descriptions of the essential beer ingredients, their roles in the brewing process, and how to select the best ingredients for you beer. You’ll also find out about additional ingredients and additives you can use to give your homebrew distinctive flavors, textures, and aromas. Discover how to:
- Set up your home brewery
- Select the best ingredients and flavorings
- Create your own lager, ale, and specialty beers
- Try your hand at cider, and even meade
- Brew gluten-free beer
- Package your beer in bottles and kegs
- Evaluate your beer and troubleshoot problems
- Take part in homebrewing competitions
- Become an eco-friendly brewer
Homebrewing For Dummies, 2nd Edition is fully updated with the latest brewing techniques and technologies and features more than 100 winning recipes that will have your friends and neighbors singing your praises and coming back for more.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
a must have for all beginers,
By Shannon Guertin (Gracefield, Quebec, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Homebrewing For Dummies (Paperback)
this book has proven to be extremely handy. it is a great reference book that is kind of set up like a beer dictionary. during my first couples of batches any question or problem that i had encountered i looked in the table of contents, found what i needed, read 2 or 3 pages and was good to go. great book for getting started.
4.0 out of 5 stars
A great book ... and yet, not that great.,
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This review is from: Homebrewing For Dummies (Paperback)
This is the perfect book for someone wanting to learn about home brewing or brewing, but doesn't want to actually DO any brewing. Nachel puts together a high volume of information but only touches on most subjects. The biggest detriment to this book is the rather scant explanations on the actual brewing process and how it works/should work. Pictures or illustrations would help if words aren't available. The lack of illustrations forces this book back from amazing into adequate. You will need more research after this book to find helpful specifics for brewing ... Papazian's 'Joy of Homebrewing' does little to expand on this book, as both are close to identical in contents. Both books go into the intermediate brewing stage (using some extracts instead of full grain mash) in high detail, but then skimp on information for the full grain brewer. I'd rather have seen full grain explained in extreme detail, but that is my preference. I am looking for some version of a brewer's bible that has it all and goes beyond base, beginner texts with glimpses at advanced methods.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Cutesy, condecending and not for the beginner,
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This review is from: Homebrewing For Dummies (Paperback)
I didn't like this book at all. It follows the condescending style of being cutesy, belittling kit beer making and contradicting manufacturers' guide lines without explanation.A good example is the "Beginning Brew Instructions". It tells me not to follow the beer kit's directions and follow the ones in the book. It says that manufacturers "disregard the need for the boiling procedures" and (incorrectly) recommend adding sugar. No explanation is given expect for the condescending token of "Just follow the brewing guidelines in chapter 11 and you'll do fine." I have however noticed on the beer manufacturers' web sites that they say not to boil the wort because it removes volatiles that give beer flavour and that the technology uses means that boiling is no longer required. Anyone silly enough to follow the authors instructions will have to fork out another $30 to buy a pot so they can boil the wort and spend an additional $10 buying 2 beers kits instead of one. Far from encouraging beginners, it confuses and makes it more expensive.
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