The Brewer's Handbook

The Brewer's Handbook

Author: Brian Kunath

Publisher: Chartwell Books

Published: 2018-10-09

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0785836608

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Learn how to buy, build, and use all of the equipment involved in homebrewing with a minimum of hassle and expense with The Brewer's Handbook. When brewing was discovered more than 8,000 years ago, it was hailed as a gift from the gods. Today, beer is enjoyed all over the world, available in infinite styles—yet brewing is still seen as a mysterious process. In reality, everyone can create unique beers in their own home, and this comprehensive, step-by-step guide will show you how. Following the magic rules to success is easy and handy worksheets help you monitor and record the details of each batch—leading you to triumph, time after time. In this book, you'll learn how to craft the following beverages: Maiden’s Dream Ale Belgian Wit Ale Aloha Pale Ale Scottish Ale Dry Stout Porter Bohemian Pilsner California Common Raspberry Amber The Brewer’s Handbook takes you from preparation and storing to conditioning and bottling, clearly outlining each factor in the process and giving an overview of fermentation. As you become more adventurous, discover how to vary techniques and ingredients to produce unbeatable beers. As well as recipes for ales, lagers, and unique brews, you even get tips on how to savor your creation. There’s advice on glassware, setting up a “home bar,” and even the perfect food/home-brew combinations. From Belgium to the U.S., from brown ale to weizenbock, the country-by-country guide to world beer styles is both practical and fascinating. There’s also a first-hand account of processes inside a professional brewery. The Brewer’s Handbook is your hops to bottle guide on homebrewing.


Water

Water

Author: John J. Palmer

Publisher: Brewers Publications

Published: 2013-09-16

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 1938469100

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Water is arguably the most critical and least understood of the foundation elements in brewing. For many brewers used to choosing from a wide selection of hops and grain, water seems like an ingredient for which they have little choice but to accept what comes out of their faucet. But brewers in fact have many opportunities to modify their source water or to obtain mineral-free water and build their own brewing water from scratch. Much of the relevant information can be found in texts on physical and inorganic chemistry or water treatment and analysis, but these resources seldom, if ever, speak to brewers. Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers takes the mystery out of water's role in the brewing process. This book is not just about brewing liquor. Whether in a brewery or at home, water is needed for every part of the brewing process: chilling, diluting, cleaning, boiler operation, wastewater treatment, and even physically pushing wort or beer from one place to another. The authors lead the reader from an overview of the water cycle and water sources, to adjusting water for different beer styles and brewery processes, to wastewater treatment. It covers precipitation, groundwater, and surface water, and explains how municipal water is treated to make it safe to drink but not always suitable for brewing. The parameters measured in a water report are explained, along with their impact on the mash and the final beer. Understand ion concentrations, temporary and permanent hardness, and pH. The concept of residual alkalinity is covered in detail and the causes of alkalinity in water are explored, along with techniques to control alkalinity. Ultimately, residual alkalinity is the major effector on mash pH, and this book addresses how to predict and target a specific mash pH—a key skill for any brewer wishing to raise their beer to the next level. But minerals in brewing water also determine specific flavor attributes. Ionic species important to beer are discussed and concepts like the sulfate-to-chloride ratio are explained. Examples illustrate how to tailor your brewing water to suit any style of beer. To complete the subject, the authors focus on brewery operations relating to source water treatment, such as the removal of particulates, dissolved solids, gas and liquid contaminants, organic contaminants, chlorine and chloramine, and dissolved oxygen. This section considers the pros and cons of various technologies, including membrane technologies such as filtration, ion-exchange systems, and reverse osmosis.


The Ultimate Guide to Homebrewing

The Ultimate Guide to Homebrewing

Author: Editors of the Harvard Common Press

Publisher: Harvard Common Press

Published: 2019-10-15

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 1558329846

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This is the perfect book for anyone getting into homebrew, with easy-to-follow instructions, must-try recipes, expert tips, and everything else a homebrewer could want. Get brewing today with a crash course in brewing ingredients and process. Then level up with dozens of recipes from some of today's top craft brewers—including big names like Allagash, The Bruery, and Surly. All your favorites are here, from porter and stout to India Pale Ale and saison. While some recipes hew to tradition, others push the envelope. Master the use of unusual ingredients and learn brew-day secrets that go far beyond the average recipe. All recipes come with step-by-step instructions and some include features on the brewers themselves. Learn the basics, then impress your family with beers that feature honey, fruit, tea, and more. Dive into the history of key beer styles and try your hand at historical recipes from the 1800s. Or, If you're into beers that go with the local food movement, browse the chapter on growing your own hops and other beer ingredients!


Handbook of Brewing

Handbook of Brewing

Author: William Hardwick

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 1994-11-15

Total Pages: 734

ISBN-13: 9780849390357

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Offers detailed studies of beer and its production as well as its commercial and economic aspects. All beverages worldwide which are beer-like in character and alcoholic content are reviewed. The book delineates over 900 chemical compounds that have been identified in beers, pinpoints their sources, gives concentration ranges, and examines their influence on beer quality. This work is intended for brewing, cereal and food chemists and biochemists; composition, nutrition, biochemical, food and quality assurance and control engineers; nutritionists; food biologists and technologists; microbiologists; toxicologists; and upper level undergraduate and continuing-education students in these disciplines.


The Brewers Association's Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery

The Brewers Association's Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery

Author: Dick Cantwell

Publisher: Brewers Publications

Published: 2013-05-15

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 1938469070

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The Brewers Association's Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery distills the wisdom of craft brewing veteran Dick Cantwell into one text that delivers essential industry insight. American craft brewers have always exhibited a sense of community and collegiality but the success of the industry is embodied by the production of consistently high-quality beer at community-oriented breweries. This book is an indispensable resource for aspiring brewery owners to turn that vision into reality. At every level, brewing is about careful planning and execution of processes. The author shows that this is no different when starting a brewery. Cantwell walks the reader through initial planning, from site selection, size, staffing levels, your brewery concept, and dealing with delays, to business planning and raising capital. Regulatory and legal issues are discussed—not least a brewery's obligations to the inland revenue service—along with strategies essential for starting and growing your operation, such as production and sales planning and brewery expansion either on site or opening new locations. The author includes several example business plans that are explored in detail, and peppers the book with his own personal and hard-won insights on everything from guerilla marketing to applying epoxy resin flooring. Within this big picture, the author weaves in critical aspects like brand identity, marketing, quality assurance, and distribution, not to mention details like equipment options, securing ingredients, and installing flooring and drainage that will stand up to the demands of a busy brewery. Finally, once your brewery opens its doors, the process of brewing needs to continue smoothly. You need to plan and adapt your brand portfolio, operate sustainably, dispose of wastewater correctly, and package and present your product in a way that will appeal to customers. Craft breweries pride themselves on conscientious operation, maintaining the safety of their staff and operating responsibly within their community, all the while being profitable. From concept to operation, this book gets you on the right track to succeed in one of today's most dynamic industries.


Seven Barrel Brewery Brewers' Handbook

Seven Barrel Brewery Brewers' Handbook

Author: Gregory J. Noonan

Publisher: G.W. Kent

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 324

ISBN-13:

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The Seven Barrel Brewery is an award-winning craft brewery in New Hampshire. This BREWERS' HANDBOOK shares the Seven Barrel's knowledge of the brewing arts with those who want to learn the secrets of brewing in their own kitchens. Step-by-step instructions make it easy to brew over 130 recipes, for everything from Dartboard Pale Ale to Rocktoberfest Lager to R.I.P.XXX Stout.


Mastering Homebrew

Mastering Homebrew

Author: Randy Mosher

Publisher: Chronicle Books

Published: 2015-02-10

Total Pages: 387

ISBN-13: 1452124418

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An accessible guide to making your own beer, for beginning & advanced brewers, with thirty recipes and tips for choosing ingredients, equipment, and more. Mastering Homebrew will have you thinking like a scientist, brewing like an artist, and enjoying your very own unbelievably great handcrafted beer in record time. Internationally known brewing instructor, beer competition judge, author, and brew master himself, Randy Mosher covers everything that beginning to advanced brewers want to know, all in this easy-to-follow, fun-to-read handbook, including: · The anatomy of a beer · Brewing with both halves of your brain · Gear and the brewing process · Care and feeding of yeast · Hops (the spice of beer) · Brewing your first beer · Beer styles and beyond · The Amazing Shape-Shifting Beer Recipe · And more “Randy is a walking encyclopedia of beer and brewing, and his palate and taste are impeccable.” —from the foreword by Jim Koch, chairman and cofounder, the Boston Beer Company


Handbook of Brewing

Handbook of Brewing

Author: Hans Michael Eßlinger

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-04-22

Total Pages: 778

ISBN-13: 3527623493

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This comprehensive reference combines the technological know-how from five centuries of industrial-scale brewing to meet the needs of a global economy. The editor and authors draw on the expertise gained in the world's most competitive beer market (Germany), where many of the current technologies were first introduced. Following a look at the history of beer brewing, the book goes on to discuss raw materials, fermentation, maturation and storage, filtration and stabilization, special production methods and beermix beverages. Further chapters investigate the properties and quality of beer, flavor stability, analysis and quality control, microbiology and certification, as well as physiology and toxicology. Such modern aspects as automation, energy and environmental protection are also considered. Regional processes and specialties are addressed throughout the entire book, making this a truly global resource on brewing.