The complete guide to brewing your own beer at home : everything you need to know explained simply / by Richard Helweg.
According to the New York Times, a grassroots phenomenon has fueled the revival of craft beers in America over the past 30 years -- so challenge yourself to create the best beers around for you and your friends. Whether you're into lagers or ales, the craft of home-brewing beer is within your r...
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Ocala, Florida : Atlantic Publishing Group Inc., [2013] |
| Series: | Back to basics cooking.
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Table of Contents:
- Author Dedication; Table of Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: The History of Brewing and Beer; A Happy Accident; The Most Ancient of Beverages; Beer in the New World; Bottling Beer and Creating the Industry; Beer in the Time of Prohibition; Chapter 2: An Overview of Brewing and Beer; Basic Ingredients; Basic Equipment; An Overview of Beer Types; Chapter 3: The Necessary Ingredients; Barley; Hops; Yeast; Water; Adjusting Your Water; Additional Ingredients; Shopping for Ingredients; Chapter 4: The Necessary Equipment; Where to Brew; The Necessary Equipment; Chapter 5: Brewing for Beginners.
- Ensuring your Equipment is CleanPreparing the Ingredients; Steeping the Grains; Adding the Malt Extract; Adding Hops; Late Extract Addition; Complete Boil and Cool; Measure the OG (Original Gravity); Pitching the Yeast; Fermentation; Secondary Fermentation and Dry Hopping; Priming and Bottling; Kegging; What Might Go Wrong Along the Way; Your First Taste; Chapter 6: Extract Recipes; American Amber Ale; Light American Ale; Scottish Strong Ale; Porter; Dark Wheat Beer; Golden Light Ale; Pitch Black Wild Rice Ale; Chapter 7: Intermediate Brewing; Intermediate Ingredients.
- Intermediate Brewing EquipmentDo the Partial Mash; Imperial Oatmeal Stout; Chapter 8: Partial Mash Recipes; Partial Mash Chocolate Cherry Stout; American Cream Ale; Partial Mash Blonde Ale; Austrian Lager; ESB (Extra Special Bitter); Partial Mash Porter; India Pale Ale; Partial Mash Irish Red Ale; Chapter 9: Advanced Brewing: All-Grain; All-Grain Equipment; Your First All-Grain Brew; Single-Step Infusion; All-Grain Porter; The Step Mash; Irish Red Ale; Decoction; Bohemian Pilsner; Chapter 10: All-Grain Recipes; American Amber Ale; California Common All-Grain; All-Grain Bock Beer.
- All-Grain Wheat BeerAll-Grain India Pale Ale; All Grain ESB; Conclusion; Resource Directory; Home-Brew Retailers; Web Equipment and ingredient Resources; Web Home-Brew Resources and Forums; Glossary of Terms; Bibliography; Author Biography.