chs9
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I'm curious what you guys think are the best books on brewing - what are your favorite reference texts? What about best recipe (clone or otherwise) books? What about in depth texts on single styles?
In my own experience, Papazian's "The Joy of Homebrewing" has some great information, but because of the beginner/intermediate/advanced brewing division of the text it can be fairly difficult to find what you need. For example, we wanted to reference bittering hop utilization vs. boil duration last week. My roommate couldn't find it in the "intermediate hops" section because it was in the advanced somewhere. The index is a bit weak too, again making it difficult to reference. My last beef is that when he discusses some of the science, he's often incorrect about the "why", but the practical end of the science is spot on. That being said... it's loaded with good information.
One of my favorite is "Home Beermaking" by Charles Moore that came with my Midwest Supplies brewing equipment kit. Short, succinct, and covers all the basics. Not terribly in-depth or explanatory, but lets you know what you need to know. For the why's and how's you may need to look elsewhere. One of the best parts - I could get my roommate to read it. He's unwilling to read Papazian, which is a much longer text.
In my own experience, Papazian's "The Joy of Homebrewing" has some great information, but because of the beginner/intermediate/advanced brewing division of the text it can be fairly difficult to find what you need. For example, we wanted to reference bittering hop utilization vs. boil duration last week. My roommate couldn't find it in the "intermediate hops" section because it was in the advanced somewhere. The index is a bit weak too, again making it difficult to reference. My last beef is that when he discusses some of the science, he's often incorrect about the "why", but the practical end of the science is spot on. That being said... it's loaded with good information.
One of my favorite is "Home Beermaking" by Charles Moore that came with my Midwest Supplies brewing equipment kit. Short, succinct, and covers all the basics. Not terribly in-depth or explanatory, but lets you know what you need to know. For the why's and how's you may need to look elsewhere. One of the best parts - I could get my roommate to read it. He's unwilling to read Papazian, which is a much longer text.