Brew Books - What's On Your Shelf??

[ChrisD123]

another arrival today..The Oxford Companion to Beer

 

[Bryan.]

On my shelf, I have "Tasting Beer" by Randy Mosher and "The Complete Joy of Homebrewing" by Charlie Papazian. These books are invaluable.

 

[ChrisD123]

so after a few mail drops my collection is building....

Home Brew Beer - Hughes
Historical Brewing Techniques - Garshol
IPA - Steele
The New IPA - Janish
Craft Brew - Ferguson
Mastering Homebrew - Mosher
Radical Brewing - Mosher
Complete Joy Of Homebrewing - Papazian
Designing Great Beers -Daniels
The Oxford Companion To Beers

 

[Mr & Mrs Smith]

Principals of Brewing Science, Brewing Science and Practice, Brewing Yeast and Fermentation, Dave Millers Homebrewing Guide, Brewing the Worlds Great beers, and Brew Like a Pro.

 

[YeastFace]

Some research

 

[MashBag]

No beer books for me - but about 20 odd wine books - vintage recipes, atlases, vine growing, wine regions, companions, auto biogs etc Oz Clarke, Jancis Robinson, Hugh Johnson - you name it..

I have a larger amount of winemaking books too.

 

[Twostage]

Principals of Brewing Science, Brewing Science and Practice, Brewing Yeast and Fermentation, Dave Millers Homebrewing Guide, Brewing the Worlds Great beers, and Brew Like a Pro.

The series "Malt", "Hops", "Water", "Yeast" is worth reading.

 

[Twostage]

Some research

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I read that on holiday. Good read. For some reason I'd always thought "Alt" was "alternative" as opposed to "old"

 

[Caramel Ox]

I picked up a free trial of kindle unlimited so have been getting through quite a few decent reads:
Vienna lager
Historic German and Austrian beers for the home brewer

Now reading Balmy Nectar which made me look this up http://frothblowers.co.uk/aofbhist.htm
Will be 100 year Anniversary in November.

 

[RichardM]

This has just arrived

 

[Davegase]

I read that on holiday. Good read. For some reason I'd always thought "Alt" was "alternative" as opposed to "old"

I always believed it was top fermenting !

 

[6Trails]

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Pre-ordered this on Amazon (Camra won't ship here) and then got a notification that it's delayed shipping until possibly March 2025. Hopefully in the next few weeks it arrives in some online shops here.

 

[Rakey]

Pre-ordered this on Amazon (Camra won't ship here) and then got a notification that it's delayed shipping until possibly March 2025. Hopefully in the next few weeks it arrives in some online shops here.

Already available from The Malt Miller, along with the recipes kits

 

[An Ankoù]

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Hmm. I wonder how much of it is just a reworking of Graham Wheeler's method with a few American recipes thrown in. I wasn't impressed by Parker's earlier book "CAMRA's Essential Home Brewing" or the two recipes from Elusive, which were included. Don't know squat about Zainasheff, though. I'll probably wait for a second-hand one in a few months time, out of curiosity. In the meantime, I'll be very interested to read your reviews.

 

[6Trails]

Already available from The Malt Miller, along with the recipes kits

Cheers, had only ordered one from there this very morning as I had a few other things sitting in the basket.

 

[Caramel Ox]

Have also ordered this new book, on paper that’s exactly what I would like.

 

[RichardM]

Hmm. I wonder how much of it is just a reworking of Graham Wheeler's method with a few American recipes thrown in. I wasn't impressed by Parker's earlier book "CAMRA's Essential Home Brewing" or the two recipes from Elusive, which were included. Don't know squat about Zainasheff, though. I'll probably wait for a second-hand one in a few months time, out of curiosity. In the meantime, I'll be very interested to read your reviews.

I am up to page 107 of 302. I'm enjoying reading it. Firstly, I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner and to be fair, the introduction begins by saying It assumes you already have a basic understanding of brewing beer.
I have made a number of notes so far, for example about different mash pHs for different styles. As I remember most books just say your mash pH should be within a range, but don't specify specific ranges for specific styles.
There is some good stuff on pellet v leaf hops and on the different types of pellet hops. It also talks about Incognito etc.

This is the contents page

And these are the books I already had

 

[Brew_DD2]

Pre-ordered this on Amazon (Camra won't ship here) and then got a notification that it's delayed shipping until possibly March 2025. Hopefully in the next few weeks it arrives in some online shops here.

I got that too. Figured there had been a delay in its release and Amazon were just guessing.

 

[aolcot]

I am up to page 107 of 302. I'm enjoying reading it. Firstly, I wouldn't recommend it for a beginner and to be fair, the introduction begins by saying It assumes you already have a basic understanding of brewing beer.

My copy arrived yesterday as well and had a quick flick through it.. Looks like a decent book. The recipes look really good to me. A nice selection of styles and difficulty as well with some good notes on how to brew them.

 

[MrSmegbrains]

Does anyone have any suggestions for a brewing book that includes lots of useful info on kegging?