Books

[bighanno]

Any suggestions on books for HB or books to steer clear of? At any experience level!
Cheers

 

[dreamboat]

Noonan - New Brewing Lager Beer.

Two thumbs up, and not just for lager either.

George Fix - Principles of Brewing Science.

Three thumbs up... probably more info in that book than you will ever need.




dreamboat

 

[sah]

"How To Brew" by John Palmer seems to be readily available in Australia and is pretty much universally regarded as a very good novice to intermediate homebrewers reference. This is also available online at http://www.howtobrew.com. The third edition is due out mid year.

Apparently at a similar level is Dave Miller's "Homebrewing Guide", although I haven't read it.

"Desinging Great Beers" by Ray Daniels. The title speaks for itself and this book is also well regarded. This is next on my to buy list. I know it is available from Dymocks.

George Fix has two complimentary books, the first "Principles of Brewing Science" focuses on the biochemistry of brewing processes. The second "An Analysis of Brewing Techniques" is co-authored by Laurie Fix.

There is a series of books called the "Classic Beer Styles Series" by various authors that each focus on one style. I think I saw some of these available from Grain & Grape.

Then there is the more traditional, professionally oriented brewing texts :huh:

In short, there is lots of reading if you like reading.

All the best.

Scott

 

[sah]

http://www.grainandgrape.com.au/books.htm

 

[bighanno]

................as much as I prefer to buy local, Amazons has these books at a very good price!!!

 

[sah]

................as much as I prefer to buy local, Amazons has these books at a very good price!!!

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Don't forget to factor in the cost of postage. I was looking to buy a reasonably large (heavy) book from the US recently and their International postage rates are highway robbery.

Scott

 

[bighanno]

Yes a lot of US postage is expensive. Half my library is Amazons, sometime their postage is reasonable plus I can get books you just cant find in our tired stock standard bookshops,

 

[Stuster]

Randy Mosher - Radical Brewing.
Fantastic. I love it. Especially good for AG brewers, but lots of conversions for partials too. Great stuff. He loves to mess about with different ingredients, gives heaps of wacky suggestions. Just bottled a Belgian Pale Ale from his recipe, actually the first recipe I have followed to the letter (well, except for ...).

Ray Daniels - Designing Great Beers.
Also good. Very focussed on styles. This has given me a good idea of how to brew to style. Very helpful if you want to make something you haven't made before. Now all I have to do is brew them all. :chug:

I'm now dropping hints for Farmhouse Ales and Brew like a Monk for Christmas. Only 8 months away you know.

 

[Justin]

If your interested I have Ray Daniels "Designing Great Beers" listed on Ebay right now for $45 Buy it Now including the postage. It's $49.95 in the book stores and if you haven't got a book store locally you might save yourself some money. It's brand new and unread. I ended up with 2 copies as presents due to me talking too much about how I'd like the book

Sorry for the shameless plug but I thought it might help someone out.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/DESIGNING-GREAT-BEE...1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[AndrewQLD]

Hi Justin,
I have just bid for the book and transfered the funds to your account.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Justin]

Done deal then. Thanks.

I'll send it express post for you, I don't mind paying a dollar extra or two to help an AHB member out.

Thanks again. Justin

 

[AndrewQLD]

Fantastic, thanks Justin. Look forward to a good read.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[Ross]

Fantastic, thanks Justin. Look forward to a good read.

Cheers
Andrew

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it's a great read Andrew, you'll enjoy.

cheers Ross

 

[spog]

i bought farmhouse ale,s in adelaide today,and will start reading it tonight .a bloody good web site with plenty of brewing books is booktopia.it is an aussie site and well worth a look.

 

[johnno]

Booktopia seems to be a good site if you may be in a somewhat isolated location.

Otherwise for someone like me it would cost more with postage than what I would pay here.

cheers
johnno

 

[Bobby]

while looking for a uni text book i discovered co-op bookshop sells ray daniels -designing great beers for $38. cheaper than G&G.
http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au/bookshop?b..._=9780937381502

 

[Stoodoo]

while looking for a uni text book i discovered co-op bookshop sells ray daniels -designing great beers for $38. cheaper than G&G.
http://www.coop-bookshop.com.au/bookshop?b..._=9780937381502

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Great book, GREAT PRICE. I got this book thru Amazon for around about the same price (inc delivery) as what you've posted, and what's more - no long waiting game (compared with Amazon)

 

[Vangleator]

"Home Brewing - the CAMRA guide" by Graham Wheeler is a good starter level book. It is very biased towards British Ales, but that's to be expected when it's put out by CAMRA. Rather putting down of European lager beers, but a good read for ale brewers.
Also by the same author & publisher with input from Roger Protz is "Brew your own real ale at home". Plenty of all grain recipes & some malt extract replacement recipes for only British ales.
Over in the States, Charlie Papazian has many books published about homebrewing. Two that I have gotten hold of in brewstores are "The new complete joy of homebrewing" & "The homebrewers companion". Both these books are very good at explaining brewing techniques for homebrewers. And they aren't so biased to a few styles of beer like CAMRA's offerings. I'm sure any other brewing books by Mr. Papazian would be a good read too, there's not much this man doesn't know about beer & brewing.
I've used these books for years as references.
Personnally, i've found George Fix's book to be just a wee bit too technical for homebrewing applications, but it sure does give a very good insight into what commercial brewers have to know to ply their trade.
Uni bookshops are a very good place to get books at a reasonable price, especially if you are a student.
Cheers, :beer:

 

[tangent]

"brew like a monk" was a great read from start to finish.
"designing great beers" is more of a book you go back to time and time again for info.
"farmhouse ales" is almost as good as "brew like a monk"
Some of these narrow minded publishers still quote in gallons, pounds and other outdated, useless, annoying units. (Metric Man! )
And Palmers "how to brew" should be required reading for any starting brewer. (updated version out soon!)

 

[Mercs Own]

A good site to see what is out there in the beer book world

http://www.beerbooks.com/cgi/ps4.cgi?ACTIO...ER_ID=254509198

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