Get hoppin’ with this guide to microbrewing your own beer
Thinking of brewing your own beer or want to know how it’s done? Homebrewing For Dummies is for you. If you’re ready to take a crack at making your own brew, you’ll need this guide to the supplies, ingredients, and process of crafting the perfect beer. Follow our recipes for lager, porter, stout, and other brew types—or invent your own. When you’ve tasted your perfect creation (and after the hangover wears off), we’ve got you covered with ideas for entering your beer into homebrewing competitions and selling your beer.
This new edition keeps pace with the exciting world of small-batch beer, introducing you to new flavors and varieties that are popular on the microbrew circuit. We’ve also got the details on the latest at-home brewing equipment, software and apps, and resources you can tap (get it?) to make a better beer. Not an IPA person? Not to worry! You can also make your own hard seltzers, flavored malt beverages, and juice drinks with this handy how-to.
Get recipes and instructions for brewing lagers, porters, and other beers at home Enhance the quality of your small-batch brews and make your operations more eco friendly Enter homebrewing competitions with your beer, hard seltzer, and malt beverages Discover new gadgets, apps, and resources that can make home brewing even easier
Homebrewing For Dummies is for anyone looking for a fun and easy-to-use guide to the exciting, rewarding, and refreshing hobby of beer brewing.
By:
Marty Nachel
Imprint: For Dummies
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 3rd edition
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 191mm,
Spine: 33mm
Weight: 612g
ISBN: 9781119891277
ISBN 10: 1119891272
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 22 July 2022
Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction 1 Part 1: First Things First 7 Chapter 1: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Wort 9 Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Beeraphernalia 17 Chapter 3: Creating Your Own Department of Sanitation 35 Part 2: It’s in There: The Nuts and Bolts of Beer 43 Chapter 4: Malt: A Tale of Two Sources (Grain and Extract) 45 Chapter 5: Hop Heaven 55 Chapter 6: Yeast and Fermentation 67 Chapter 7: On the Water Front 79 Chapter 8: Adjuncts and Flavorings 87 Chapter 9: Making Your Brew Bionic: Additives, Preservatives, Finings, and Clarifiers 99 Part 3: Ready, Set, Brew! 105 Chapter 10: Beginner Brewing Directions 107 Chapter 11: Intermediate Brewing Directions 115 Chapter 12: Advanced Brewing Directions 127 Chapter 13: High-Tech Brewing 147 Part 4: Packaging Your Brew 155 Chapter 14: Bottling Your Brew 157 Chapter 15: Doing the Can-Can: Canning Your Beer 173 Chapter 16: Kegging: Bottling’s Big Brother 181 Part 5: BJCP Beer Style Guidelines and Homebrew Recipes 191 Chapter 17: Beginner Suggestions and BJCP Beer Style Guidelines 193 Chapter 18: Intermediate Recipes 209 Chapter 19: BJCP Beer Style Guidelines and Advanced Recipes 239 Part 6: Alternative Brewing 269 Chapter 20: In-Cider Information 271 Chapter 21: A Meading of the Minds 281 Chapter 22: Hard Seltzers 293 Chapter 23: Going Green: Being an Eco-Friendly Homebrewer 301 Chapter 24: Gluten-Free Brewing 313 Chapter 25: Barrel Aging and Souring Beer 321 Part 7: Putting Your Brew to the Test 337 Chapter 26: Storing and Pouring 339 Chapter 27: You Can’t Judge a Bock by Its Cover: Evaluating Beer 349 Chapter 28: Troubleshooting 361 Chapter 29: Homebrew Competitions 375 Part 8: The Part of Tens 387 Chapter 30: Ten (or So) Ways to DIGIBIY (Do It, Grow It, Build It Yourself) 389 Chapter 31: Ten (or So) Gizmos That Can Make Your Brewing Better and Easier 401 Chapter 32: Just the FAQs: Ten (or So) Frequently Asked Questions 407 Index 413
Marty Nachel has been involved in the craft beer industry for over 30 years as a homebrewer, homebrew supply shop owner, book author, professional beer judge, brewery salesperson, corporate beer trainer, and beer educator. Few people have the same level of expertise and experience in the field.
