Is this book worth buying??

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Been looking at this book, is it worth buying £8.84? :hmm:

BB

 

[Kyral210]

Well, do you like Kolsch beer?

 

[Jon474]

I have not read this one but having bought other titles - Mild, comes to mind - I have always been disappointed with this series of books.

Too shallow, too superficial. Too generic. Definitely not enough detail to keep me interested.

I almost expect to be able to compare two titles and find that the only differences in large sections of the two texts are that the word "mild" in one has been replaced with the word "bitter" in the other.

Just my 2p.

 

[Aleman]

I have not read this one but having bought other titles - Mild, comes to mind - I have always been disappointed with this series of books.

Too shallow, too superficial. Too generic. Definitely not enough detail to keep me interested.

:hmm: And I'll just add that the ones I've read have also been full of misinformation . . . and even downright wrong (IPA comes to mind)

 

[BarnsleyBrewer]

Thanks' lads, think I'll give it a miss :thumb:
Any recommendations for other books? Not Dave Line, Graham Wheeler or Marc Olsson cos I've got those.
BB

 

[Bru4u]

Ray Daniels " Designing Great Beers"
Quite deep and a step up from just copying a recipe, well worth it in my book.
I do still copy a recipe sometimes and nowt at all wrong with it but I get more pleasure from working out my own.
I'd say anyone who bought this would refer to it often, I do. :thumb:
Bru

 

[TheMumbler]

I'd recommend Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher. You seem to have traditional English Ales fairly well covered so a change might be good :) Don't be put off by the title it isn't all pumpkin ales and hop monsters. I find it gives me a brief overview of most styles and I tend to use it as a starting point and research further from there if I want to be especially authentic. I like the (rather american) informal style and the fact that he gives you lots of starting points and ideas for brewing. I probably use it more than any other brewing book I have (although tbh I probably rely on forums more than any of them). I've only just got my copy back from a friend who liked it enough to buy his own in the end. I'm sure somebody out there hates it though, so hopefully they can give you the cons.

If you want an in depth look at Kolsch (or anything really) it isn't the book for you though.