Home Brew Beer - Greg Hughes

ManseMasher · Jan 29, 2016

I think this is a brilliant book, especially if you are relatively new to this 'hobsession' of ours. Step-by-step instructions, and some cracking recipes. Well worth having and a good addition to any brewers' library!

ISBN 978-1-4093-3176-6

Covrich · Jan 29, 2016

Yep this is a go to book whenever I am thinking of a brewing a style..

MyQul · Jan 29, 2016

I think the recipes are the star of this book. It gives at least one recipe for all the major ale and lager styles as well as hybrid styles.
I've never considered myself a lager drinker/brewer as I prefer darker beers but there as some dark lager styles that caught my eye,so I will be having a go a brewing a lager some time soon

Motorhomebrew · Jan 30, 2016

Well well well, I received my copy of the Greg Hughes Home Brew Beer a few days ago and over those days iv fully immersed myself in it and it has opened my eyes to several things. What a book this is. To Me it feels like a written Documentary with the added bonus of a hell of a lot of beers to be made. I love pictures as I'm a big kid and they really help to get my kogs turning in my head lol. Seriously though, What a Bloody good Book this is. Payed ÃÂ£10 off Amazon for a "Used" including P+P and the book hadn't even been opened before. You could tell the pages hadn't even once parted.
Chuffed to bits. This book is clearly a must have for any Homebrewer serious of his craft. LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!! Now I suggest if you haven't already got this book. Go Buy It.

LarryF · Jan 30, 2016

+1 for that, I got this and the Graham Wheeler book for Xmas, both really good.

Mickeywheelspin · Jan 30, 2016

I love this book, some elements may be a little basic for the more experienced brewer wanting to get into the fine detail, but it was great for my level of experience and filled in a lot of blanks on the brewing process. The book is worth having for the recipes alone :thumb:

My only issues with it are that BIAB only gets a mention in one very short paragraph and, worse, there's a line that says you shouldn't drink homebrew while making homebrew :shock

I forget the exact quote). Sounds like blasphemy to me as I treat the need to drink while brewing as the 11th commandment!!!

Sonnal · Jan 30, 2016

RobsHomebrew said:
Well well well, I received my copy of the Greg Hughes Home Brew Beer a few days ago and over those days iv fully immersed myself in it and it has opened my eyes to several things. What a book this is. To Me it feels like a written Documentary with the added bonus of a hell of a lot of beers to be made. I love pictures as I'm a big kid and they really help to get my kogs turning in my head lol. Seriously though, What a Bloody good Book this is. Payed Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃÂ£10 off Amazon for a "Used" including P+P and the book hadn't even been opened before. You could tell the pages hadn't even once parted.
Chuffed to bits. This book is clearly a must have for any Homebrewer serious of his craft. LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!! Now I suggest if you haven't already got this book. Go Buy It.

Try the KÃÂ¶lsch Rob. You'll love it. Just make sure you use KÃÂ¶lsch yeast.

Cwrw666 · Jan 30, 2016

I use this all the time. Very good book but there are some annoying little details - like having hops in the recipes that aren't even mentioned in the table of hops. Same with speciality malts. Oh yes and it says somewhere that flaked grains are better than rolled grains as they don't have to be cooked before use - then includes rolled grains in the recipes but no mention of what you're supposed to do to them.
And BIAB gets hardly a mention at all which is ridiculous as it's the easiest and cheapest way into All Grain.
But basically a good book. Love the Northern Brown.: cheers:

Tony1951 · Jan 30, 2016

Excellent book and beautifully produced. I have another old brewing book by a guy called Dave Line that I bought in the 1980s and that one is so dire in presentation that I hardly ever opened it. In comparison this one is a delight to the eyes.

The price has gone sky high now though. When I got mine it was ÃÂ£3 on Amazon. It must have gone out of print or something having sold out the original stock.

Leon103 · Jan 30, 2016

Great book for recipe ideas and when you are first starting out. Was brilliant buy for ÃÂ£3

MyQul · Jan 30, 2016

This is a fantastic book, the recipes are awesome

I've merged this thread with the one MM started yesterday so people can read the comments on this book all in one thread

Tony1951 · Jan 30, 2016

MyQul said:
This is a fantastic book, the recipes are awesome

I've merged this thread with the one MM started yesterday so people can read the comments on this book all in one thread

I have made the grain bill for Hughes' English IPA recipe the basis of my IPAs and APAs now. 6kg pale malt + 150grammes of crystal for about 23 litres finished wort. Have one in the FV vessel now hopped with Goldings and Magnum which has come out at 7.5% in the FV before carbonation. I am just experimenting with hops around that grain bill and it suits floral American hops as well as traditional English. Comes out lovely every time and two bottles knocks my head off (6 or 7 units). Normally, I stick to one bottle a night except on Saturdays. :)

MyQul · Jan 30, 2016

Tony1951 said:
I have made the grain bill for Hughes' English IPA recipe the basis of my IPAs and APAs now. 6kg pale malt + 150grammes of crystal for about 23 litres finished wort. Have one in the FV vessel now hopped with Goldings and Magnum which has come out at 7.5% in the FV before carbonation. I am just experimenting with hops around that grain bill and it suits floral American hops as well as traditional English. Comes out lovely every time and two bottles knocks my head off (6 or 7 units). Normally, I stick to one bottle a night except on Saturdays. :)

Similarly I am looking for a 'grain bill base' for an English Ordinary/Standard Bitter and I think I may have found it in the London Bitter grain bill but the tweeked one he suggests using only 200g crystal instead of 396g. In a similar way to you I'm going to use it to experiment with hops, especially as I won the equivalent Geterbrewed Slovinian hop comp on another forum. So will be doing loads of Slovian satandard bitters

I've got the honey porter from page 172 cold fermenting at 15C in my FV at the mo

mereside · Jan 30, 2016

I have just bought this book and looking forward to doing some of the recipes, I got the book from all the good reports thanks Wayne

Tony1951 · Jan 30, 2016

MyQul said:
Similarly I am looking for a 'grain bill base' for an English Ordinary/Standard Bitter and I think I may have found it in the London Bitter grain bill but the tweeked one he suggests using only 200g crystal instead of 396g. In a similar way to you I'm going to use it to experiment with hops, especially as I won the equivalent Geterbrewed Slovinian hop comp on another forum. So will be doing loads of Slovian satandard bitters

I've got the honey porter from page 172 cold fermenting at 15C in my FV at the mo

Well done on winning the slovenian hops. Great fun isn't it? I won a free ingredients kit from Geterbrewed a while back the same day that I won Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃÂ£140 on the lottery!! Was I a happy old git... :)

I'm hoping that your hoppy ale with the late hops left in during fermentation smooths out to your liking. Still early yet for you top have tested it, but hoping it will be good.

Assuming the pale malt in your grain bill is similar to mine we will almost be making the same beer. Your extra 50 grammes of crystal will add a little colour and a more malty taste.

MyQul · Jan 30, 2016

Tony1951 said:
Well done on winning the slovenian hops. Great fun isn't it? I won a free ingredients kit from Geterbrewed a while back the same day that I won Ã¯Â¿Â½Ã¯Â¿Â½ÃÂ£140 on the lottery!! Was I a happy old git... :)

I'm hoping that your hoppy ale with the late hops left in during fermentation smooths out to your liking. Still early yet for you top have tested it, but hoping it will be good.

Assuming the pale malt in your grain bill is similar to mine we will almost be making the same beer. Your extra 50 grammes of crystal will add a little colour and a more malty taste.

There were only 22 entrants for the 20 prizes so Geterbrewed gave every entrant a prize.

I tried the hoppy bitter with the late hops in last night. The soapyness has mellowed quite a lot and it's really got a lovely light floral flavour from the EKG. The First Gold flavours are begining to come throught too. I think this beer is going to be a winner with a bit more conditioning. I think late hops left in the FV really works. I'm going try it again I think on my next bitter

Tony1951 · Jan 30, 2016

MyQul said:
There were only 22 entrants for the 20 prizes so Geterbrewed gave every entrant a prize.

I tried the hoppy bitter with the late hops in last night. The soapyness has mellowed quite a lot and it's really got a lovely light floral flavour from the EKG. The First Gold flavours are begining to come throught too. I think this beer is going to be a winner with a bit more conditioning. I think late hops left in the FV really works. I'm going try it again I think on my next bitter

Generous of them giving everyone the prize. And brilliant that the brew is coming good. I was hoping I hadn't led you into spoiling good beer. I've been pleased with the way the accident of the blocked filter improved things and with the way another accident led me to do away with the grain bag and upped my brew house efficiency. The vat of 7.5% IPA standing in the dining room near the radiator will be dynamite I think. I'll have to put a skull and cross bones on the label. I might refer to it henceforth as 'Old Pirate IPA'. :) magnum and EKG with the late hops (and all the hops left in). It's a corker mate. I drank the trial jar yesterday lunch time when I checked the gravity. It has gone from 1066 to 1010 in a week. I felt my head spin after the test.

Notlaw · Jan 31, 2016

For anyone who hasn't got it and was thinking about it, the book had just been reduced to ÃÂ£10.49 on Amazon today. As it's just over the tenner mark, you'll get free delivery too.

Clint · Oct 17, 2016

For future reference. ...are the recipes in this book compatible with grainfather type brewing equipment? What volumes are they etc? I don't really want to brew say 10l prefer to do 23..

Cheers

Clint

DoctorMick · Oct 17, 2016

Clint said:
For future reference. ...are the recipes in this book compatible with grainfather type brewing equipment? What volumes are they etc? I don't really want to brew say 10l prefer to do 23..

Cheers

Clint

Yep, I've used a few of them with the GF, just discard the water volumes in the book. All the recipes are for 23l brews, obviously they use an assumed efficiency so once you know your system you can tweak the recipes a bit so you hit the OG figures.

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