Good beer books?

[falc0n26001]

I just finished Tasting Beer and it was a great book. I'm just getting into homebrewing so I have also read through How to Brew by John Palmer, which was equally awesome. Are there any "classic" beer books or other must-reads besides the ones I mentioned? About beer in general, homebrewing, the science of beer, etc.

 

[drgarage1]

I just finished Tasting Beer and it was a great book. I'm just getting into homebrewing so I have also read through How to Brew by John Palmer, which was equally awesome. Are there any "classic" beer books or other must-reads besides the ones I mentioned? About beer in general, homebrewing, the science of beer, etc.

Brewing Better Beer is pretty fantastic for really understanding how to take home-brew to a special place.

 

[lazerviking]

Some good recommendations here: http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/beer-books.2313/

 

[falc0n26001]

Some good recommendations here: http://www.talkbeer.com/community/threads/beer-books.2313/

Ah, thank you! I tried searching but nothing came up.

 

[Five28 hz]

If you like Mosher of Tasting Beer fame and your starting to homebrew, Radical Brewing is a great book. Doesn't have all the technical info in How to Brew, but it also doesn't read like it was written by a robot.

 

[drgarage1]

If you like Mosher of Tasting Beer fame and your starting to homebrew, Radical Brewing is a great book. Doesn't have all the technical info in How to Brew, but it also doesn't read like it was written by a robot.

Though he gives terrible advice regarding high alpha acid hops. It was clearly written before great dual-purpose hops hit the market.

 

[Der Fuchs]

relax, don't worry, have a homebrew...

 

[Five28 hz]

Though he gives terrible advice regarding high alpha acid hops. It was clearly written before great dual-purpose hops hit the market.

That's a good point; you could make the same point about some of the info in the first editions of How to Brew or the Necronomicon too.

 

[Apetaster]

Mitch Steele (Stone Brewing) did a book last year on IPAs. It's an OK read, but the recipe section of the book is pretty solid.