Lateraliss
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I'm looking for a good homebrew book for a beginner. Anyone know of a few good ones to start off with?
How to Brew by John Palmer. I consider that my go-to book for everything brewing. There is a free skeleton book available online that you can check out before you buy it. I recommend the hard copy of the book, it has a bunch more stuff!
Papazian, Homebrewers Companion.... read it twice, began my brewing hobby with AG with no issues. It is a super book!
Don't overlook this one. I have read them all, and use them all from time to time, but the Dummies series can't be overlooked - I have consulted that one from time to time as well.
I've already put my two cents in, but seeing this second vote for Dummies made me want to explain why I like this book as well. I think the Dummies book is a good starting book, although he does tend to recommend secondary on everything, which I promptly ignored. The author provides some really nice step by step brew day check lists and also includes a small section on cider and mead, which I appreciated.
I think the Palmer book is great, I read it first, but I almost see it as a better second book for beer brewing, no info on cider or mead from what I remember. He goes into a lot of the detail and science of why things are happening. It's a great book, but may be more than some people need right off the bat.
Ah heck, read both, I did. Guess I have to pick up Papazian's book next!
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