looking for a book

[alex510]

hello all, when I first started(1986) making beer I brought this/a book for like $3.00. I have been using this book to help me brew for years. But I lost it in the divorce. So I am trying to find another copy. description: it is written by 2 guys -it is in black in white photos with lots of photos.it is almost a homemade type book with nice paper. it has a brown cover with black ink. I can not remember the title but it has to do with beginning brewing or home brewing. Any help would be appreciated thank you

 

[tdf]

It doesn't quite fit all your criteria, but maybe an early Joy of Brewing by Charlie Papazian. Lots of hand drawings, not pictures though.

 

[CascadesBrewer]

In any case, the 4th Edition of John Palmer's "How to Brew" is a book I highly recommend. I started brewing in the 1990's and had several books from that era (with David Miller's being my "bible" for a long time). I picked up "How to Brew" as a gift to my girlfriend, and ended up ordering a copy for myself after looking through it. It has everything from a walk through of a basic extract recipe to coverage of topics like water chemistry, recipe creation, mash and fermentation science, etc.

My first book was:

 

[kevin58]

I would hazard to guess that anything written in 1986 would have a lot of information that is out of date today. Unless you just want it for sentimental reasons I would suggest something more recent.

 

[alex510]

Sentimental and very comfortable for me. I've never screwed up a batch when I use that book. Just very comfortable to me.

 

[alex510]

I just remembered another piece to the puzzle. It used to have a little hand drawn hop the route the book it was about only 20 pages all 20 pages had black and white pictures.