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Books > Food & Drink > Beverages > Alcoholic beverages > Beers
Over the past 40 years, the craft beer segment has exploded. In
1980, a handful of "microbrewery" pioneers launched a revolution
that would challenge the dominance of the national brands,
Budweiser, Coors, and Miller, and change the way Americans think
about, and drink, beer. Today, there are more than 2700 craft
breweries in the United States, with another 1,500 in the works.
Their influence is spreading to Europe's great brewing nations, and
to countries all over the globe. In The Craft Beer Revolution,
Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, tells the inside story
of how a band of home brewers and microbrewers came together in one
of America's great entrepreneurial triumphs. Citing hundreds of
creative businesses like Samuel Adams, Deschutes Brewery, New
Belgium, Dogfish Head, and Harpoon, he shows how their combined
efforts have grabbed 10 percent of the US beer market - and how
Budweiser, Miller, and Coors, all now owned by international
conglomerates, are creating their own craft-style beers, the same
way major food companies have acquired or created smaller organic
labels to court credibility with a new generation of discerning
eaters and drinkers. This is a timely and fascinating look at what
America's new generation of entrepreneurs can learn from the
intrepid pioneering brewers who are transforming the way Americans
enjoy this wonderful, inexpensive, storied beverage: beer.
This beginner's introduction to home brewing is not for the beer
geeks, the brewing technicians, the persnickety, or the obsessive
compulsive worrier. This book is for the person who wants a
relaxing, easy introduction to one of the better hobbies on the
planet. Maybe your spouse just bought you a brewing kit and you
want to learn a little more about this home brewing thing. Or maybe
you're just curious. If so, this is the book for you. There are a
lot of details in brewing and sometimes it can get overwhelming.
Beginning brewers often say they worry they're not worrying about
the right things. That's why they need this book. The general rule
is -- don't worry. There are a few things you need to pay attention
to, but by all means, chill. Home brewing ingredients are so good
these days that if you're moderately careful you can make really
good beer at home. Without worrying. If you're ready to be chill
and try your hand at home brewing -- without sweating all the
little details -- then this little book should help. This short
introduction might be enough to slake your curiosity, give you the
details you need to brew at a level you're comfortable with and
start you on a life-long hobby. The author started brewing in 1987,
and for about the next 20 years stuck with a pretty simple, basic
method. It worked well enough to make some pretty good beer -- with
some notable exceptions Eventually the author took the plunge into
all-grain brewing, but he still tries to keep that "relax, don't
worry" ethic.
A guide to beer styles, with essays by America's leading beer
writer, Don Russell (a.k.a. Joe Sixpack) and checklists of more
than 1,000 different beers.
How to Make Beer is the first companion book to the best selling
Home Distiller's Workbook. Many people are looking to learn the
lost art of Moonshining and try to jump right into distilling but
quickly learn that running a still is only half of the equation.
While certainly important, distillation does not make alcohol, it
only concentrates it. The real magic of alcohol is in brewing. A
little known secret is that brewing a good beer is the first real
step to making a great whiskey. As such I wrote this book to teach
people the basics of brewing. We will cover the topic of Extract
Brewing, as opposed to the more complicated All Grain Brewing which
will be covered in the next book in the series. You will learn all
the concepts and skills needed to not only make a good larger or
ale but also what sets it apart from a distiller's beer/mash. We
will discuss malts, yeasts, and different brewing techniques.
Whether you want to just learn how to make your own beer or you are
looking to round out your moonshine making skills, How to Make Beer
will give you the essential skills you need.
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