Basic Homebrewing All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started

by Tibbetts, Stacy; Parker, Jim; Collins, James

• ISBN13: 9780811732598
• ISBN10: 0811732592
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2006-02-27
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

"A full-color introduction to beer brewing, complete with recipes, including:* Paradise Pale Ale* Old Bald Fart Barley Wine* Old Country Lager* Moo-Juice Milk StoutWhether you'd like to start your own brewpub someday or are just looking for an alternative to bland, mass-produced beer, Basic Homebrewing is the perfect way to learn the fundamentals of home fermentation. Illustrated throughout in full color and structured around a series of increasingly complex recipes, the book teaches essential techniques through clear, step-by-step instruction, revealing a process that is equal parts science and art--you'll familiarize yourself with both the technology that makes brewing possible as well as the malts, hops, and additives that give a beer its flavor. By the end, you'll have the tools you need to start experimenting on your own and coming up with new concoctions. Best of all, you'll never have to touch another cheap, watery beer again."

Author Biography

Jim Parker has worked as a pub owner, brewer, brewpub manager, "brewspaper" publisher, and newspaper beer columnist, and he is a former director of the American Homebrewers Association. He is currently editor-in-chief of Zymurgy and The New Brewer, two magazines published by the Brewers Association in Boulder, Colorado. Jim lives in Gresham, Oregon. James Collins is a photographer and graphic designer living in State College, Pennsylvania.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. iv
Introduction	p. v
Equipment and Ingredients	p. 1
Essential Tools	p. 2
Ingredients	p. 8
Optional Tools	p. 13
Basic Techniques: Parker's Amber Ale	p. 16
About Parker's Amber Ale	p. 16
Ingredients	p. 17
Starting the Yeast	p. 18
Brew Day	p. 24
Transferring to Secondary Fermenter	p. 30
Bottling	p. 33
Wort Chilling and Dry Hopping: Paradise Pale Ale	p. 38
About Paradise Pale Ale	p. 39
Ingredients	p. 39
Brewing Instructions	p. 40
Using Specialty Grains: Parliamentary Porter	p. 44
About Parliamentary Porter	p. 44
Ingredients	p. 45
Brewing Instructions	p. 46
Specialty Grains and Dry Hopping: Old Bald Fart Barley Wine	p. 50
About Old Bald Fart Barley Wine	p. 51
Ingredients	p. 51
Starter Culture	p. 52
Specialty Grains	p. 53
Dry Hopping	p. 55
Using Nontraditional Ingredients and Kegging: Moo-Juice Milk Stout	p. 56
About Moo-Juice Milk Stout	p. 56
Ingredients	p. 57
Brewing Instructions	p. 58
Lager Yeast and Lagering: Old Country Lager	p. 62
About Old Country Lager	p. 62
Ingredients	p. 63
Brewing Instructions	p. 64
The Minimash: Wedding Wit	p. 65
About Wedding Wit	p. 65
Ingredients	p. 66
Brewing Instructions	p. 67
Introduction to Advanced Setups and Techniques	p. 69
Full Mashing	p. 69
RIMS	p. 70
Resources	p. 71
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