What Are The Best Books For Homebrewers?

[Let's Brew Beer]

Knowledge is key, especially so in Homebrewing. In my latest video we check out a few of my favourite and most influential homebrewing books available today.

 

[JDW81]

Everyone has different opinions on what is the best, but my most commonly used books are:
- How to Brew
- Designing Great Beers
- Brewing Classic Styles
- Braukaiser (not a book, but probs the best free brewing resource available online)
- Yeast - the practical guide to beer fermentation

JD

 

[An Ankoù]

It depends on what kind of beer you like to brew. My favourites are anything by Graham Wheeler, preferably with Roger Protz, but they would not be the best for brewing lagers or American styles. (Except for the 1995 Brewing European Beers, which is now out of print)

 

[MHB]

Cut my brewing teeth on Graham Wheeler's books. They are perhaps a little lacking in information on Yeast and water chemistry. When they were written there was a lot less information on, and much lower availability of yeasts, and what it takes to manage water properly.
Braukaiser in another really good online resource. Anything by Charlie Bamforth and the late George Fix is well worth reading.
My most used book would be A Handbook of Basic Brewing calculations, the real nuts and bolts of brewing at any scale!
Mark

 

[GoodDuck]

One of my favourite books is "Radical Brewing" by Randy Mosher - Some great info on brewing techniques and traditional beers as well as not so traditional.

 

[Let's Brew Beer]

Thanks for the suggestions guys, am currently making the follow-up video and will certainly include some of these books.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

An old thread and this isn't a brewing book, more the history of brewing in Victoria. An entertaining read as would be expected from Keith Dunstan, The Amber Nectar. What a difficult time the first brewers in the colonies had. A brilliant read and as I mentioned entertaining.

 

[Vini2ton]

Yeah, he went alright Keith Dunstan. He started "The Anti-Football League" if I remember correctly and wrote "A Place in the Sun'. Do you remember the square football? Sometimes I think the past generations' sense of humour has been lost on the fast-food generations. He had a vineyard on the peninsula. I got told he once mixed up his sprays and herbicided the pinot. After which, upon realising, he spent many passes spraying water to wash it off. I wonder if it's true or just viticulturalist myth. Yeah, he was a good bloke and that book would be a good read I reckon.

 

[wide eyed and legless]

Yeah, he went alright Keith Dunstan. He started "The Anti-Football League" if I remember correctly and wrote "A Place in the Sun'. Do you remember the square football? Sometimes I think the past generations' sense of humour has been lost on the fast-food generations. He had a vineyard on the peninsula. I got told he once mixed up his sprays and herbicided the pinot. After which, upon realising, he spent many passes spraying water to wash it off. I wonder if it's true or just viticulturalist myth. Yeah, he was a good bloke and that book would be a good read I reckon.

I would go so far as to say no other writer writing about history could have kept the attention of the reader like Keith Dunstan. He was a quality and entertaining writer. Reminds me of Keith Waterhouse, one of the greatest newspaper columnists and writers who could put more than a smile on the reader's lips.