The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing: All-Grain and Extract Brewing * Kegging * 50+ Craft Beer Recipes * Tips and Tricks from the Pros

Packed with recipes, expert advice, step-by-step photos, and more, this official guide from Brew Your Own is a necessity for anyone who's into homebrew. For more than two decades, America's homebrewers have turned to Brew Your Own magazine for the best information on making incredible beer at home. From well-tested recipes to expert advice, Brew Your Own sets the standard for quality. Now, for the first time, the magazine's best homebrew guides, recipes, troubleshooting, and tips are brought together in one book. The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing is the ultimate all-in-one homebrew book. It's a first-time homebrewer's best friend, explaining the entire brewing process from start to finish with step-by-step photography. Yet it has plenty for the experienced homebrewer as well, including: - Fully-illustrated guides for making the jump to all-grain brewing and for setting up your first kegging system - More than 50 sought-after recipes to craft your favorite breweries' beers - A deep dive on brewing ingredients - The most useful troubleshooting features and tips from the pros from two decades of the magazine Whether you're looking to get into brewing, up your game, or find inspiration for your next brew day, this book has what you need. Cover ......Page 1 Title ......Page 5 Copyright ......Page 4 CONTENTS......Page 6 INTRODUCTION......Page 8 CHAPTER 1 HOW TO HOMEBREW......Page 10 Cleaning and Sanitation ......Page 11 Equipment Basics ......Page 15 BREWING WITH EXTRACT......Page 19 Malt Extract Brew Day......Page 22 ALL-GRAIN BREWING......Page 28 All-Grain Brew Day......Page 32 Mash Methods......Page 38 Brew-in-a-Bag......Page 41 FERMENTATION AND CONDITIONING......Page 43 Pitching Rates......Page 44 Pitching Temperature and Control......Page 45 Stuck Fermentations......Page 46 Racking and Transferring......Page 52 How to Bottle......Page 54 Priming......Page 57 How to Keg......Page 58 Balancing Your Draft System......Page 60 CHAPTER 2 BREWING INGREDIENTS......Page 66 The Process of Malting in a Nutshell......Page 67 Base Malts......Page 69 Specialty Malts......Page 71 Selecting Malt: Taste It!......Page 72 ADJUNCTS......Page 74 Kettle Adjuncts......Page 75 Mashable Adjuncts......Page 77 Hop Basics......Page 79 Buying and Storing Hops......Page 83 Hop Varieties......Page 85 First Wort Hopping......Page 91 Hop Stands, Whirlpool Hopping, and Hop Bursting......Page 92 Dry Hopping......Page 96 Choosing Yeast Strains......Page 104 Yeast Pitching Rates......Page 110 Making a Yeast Starter......Page 115 Reusing Yeast......Page 117 Collecting Yeast from Bottles......Page 119 The Short Course on Water Treatment......Page 122 Fruits for Brewing......Page 130 Spices for Brewing......Page 133 Using Oak......Page 140 Sour Beer......Page 142 CHAPTER 3 RECIPES......Page 146 A Structured Approach to Beer Recipe Design......Page 147 What You’ll Need......Page 152 In the Cloning Lab......Page 153 Assessing the Clone......Page 154 THE CLONE RECIPES......Page 156 21st Amendment Brewery: Back in Black......Page 158 21st Amendment Brewery: Bitter American ......Page 160 Alaskan Brewing Company: Smoked Porter......Page 161 The Alchemist: Heady Topper......Page 162 AleSmith: Old Numbskull......Page 164 Anchor Brewing Company: Anchor Steam Beer......Page 166 Anchor Brewing Company: Liberty Ale......Page 169 Brasserie à Vapeur: Saison de Pipaix......Page 170 Brasserie d’Orval S.A.: Orval Trappist Ale......Page 171 Brewery Ommegang:Hennepin Farmhouse Saison......Page 172 Brooklyn Brewery: Local 2......Page 174 Brooklyn Brewery: Brooklyn Lager......Page 176 Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat: Duvel......Page 177 Deschutes Brewery: Black Butte Porter......Page 179 Deschutes Brewery: Hop Trip (Fresh Hop Beer)......Page 180 Dogfish Head Brewery: Midas Touch......Page 181 Elysian Brewing Company: Dark o’ the Moon......Page 183 Firestone Walker Brewing Company:Pivo Hoppy Pils......Page 184 Firestone Walker Brewing Company:Velvet Merlin......Page 186 Founder’s Brewing Company: Breakfast Stout......Page 187 Fuller, Smith & Turner PLC: Fuller’s ESB......Page 188 Funkwerks: Raspberry Provincial......Page 190 Great Divide Brewing Company:Yeti Imperial Stout......Page 191 Heretic Brewing Company: Evil Twin......Page 193 Hill Farmstead Brewery: Abner......Page 195 Hill Farmstead Brewery: Everett......Page 196 Jack’s Abby Brewing: Hoponius Union......Page 198 Lawson’s Finest Liquids: Double Sunshine......Page 200 Lawson’s Finest Liquids: Super Session IPA......Page 202 New Belgium Brewing Company:Fat Tire Amber Ale......Page 203 New Belgium Brewing Company: La Folie......Page 205 Odell Brewing Company: Isolation Ale......Page 207 Oskar Blues Brewery:Old Chub Scottish-Style Ale......Page 208 Oskar Blues Breweryten Fidy ......Page 210 Paulaner Brauereipaulaner Hefe-Weizen ......Page 211 Perennial Artisan Alesdevil’s Heart Of Gold ......Page 212 Rogue Alesdead Guy Ale ......Page 213 Russian River Brewing Comp Anytemptation ......Page 215 Russian River Brewing Comp Anypliny The Elder ......Page 217 Sierra Nevada Brewing Companypale Ale ......Page 219 Sierra Nevada Brewing Companycelebration ......Page 220 The Spencer Brewery Spencer Trappist Ale ......Page 221 Springfield Brewing Company Aviator Doppelbock ......Page 223 Stone Brewing Imperial Russian Stout ......Page 224 Surly Brewing Company Bender ......Page 226 Surly Brewing Company Bitter Brewer ......Page 228 Switchback Brewing Company Switchback Ale ......Page 229 Traquair House Brewery Traquair Hou Se Ale ......Page 230 Wicked Weed Brewing Comp Any: Reticent Saison ......Page 231 Wolaver’S Alta Gracia Coffee PorTer ......Page 233 RESOURCES ......Page 234 C ......Page 237 H ......Page 238 R ......Page 239 W ......Page 240 Z ......Page 241 ABOUT THE AUTHOR ......Page 242 The official homebrewing guide from top magazine and website Brew Your Own is packed with recipes, expert advice, step-by-step process photos, ingredient information, and moreit'san all-in-one stop for anyone who's into homebrew. Homebrewers around the world have turned to the experts at Brew Your Own magazine for more than two decades . Now, the editors known for publishing the best information on making incredible beer at home have released the new brewing bible. It's no secret that from well-tested recipesto expert troubleshooting , Brew Your Own sets the standard for quality. That means in this book you'll find the best of the best when it comes to homebrew guides, recipes, tips, and more! The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing is the ultimate brew-day companion. It's a first-time homebrewer's best friend , explaining the entire brewing process from start to finish with step-by-step photography . Yet it has plenty to offer more experienced brewers as well. Inside these pages you'll Whether you're looking to get into brewing , up your game, or find inspiration for your next brew day , this book has everything you need except the beer itself ! 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