For beer servers and fans alike, The 60-Minute Primer is a crash course to quickly gain immediately usable knowledge of specialty and craft beer. Like learning a new language from the ground up, The 60-Minute Primer is designed to immerse you in the "alphabet and grammar" of beer language, the bare-bones knowledge including ingredients, jargon, styles, service, and more to get you the tools you need to begin enjoying beer and communicating more effectively about it.

2nd Edition fully professionally edited for 2014. Brewing Engineering is the culmination of extensive work done to understand how each part of the brewing process works. Understanding is developed into application and presented in a way that brewers can utilize, regardless of background. If you are a beer geek like me, I'm sure you'll find reading about brewing science quite entertaining. If you are more of an artist, don't worry: each exploration wraps up into practical application of the concept. If you have visited my blog, much of this information will look familiar. The most valuable posts have been included in this book. Each one carefully edited, and in some cases expanded on and even re-written. In addition, some of the information in this book you will not be able to find on my blog, or anywhere else for that matter

The Unofficial Guide to the Beers of Middle-earth is my way of bringing the world of Middle-earth to life. By imagining and brewing the beers that might have been brewed and consumed by Tolkien's characters I have created a piece of that world for myself during the past 25 years. I would like to share what I have created with you. This book is a great addition to the recipe collection of any brewer and is even suitable for beginners. It is not a book that teaches brewing.

So you wanna brew beer, but you want all the details in a fun, easy, and thorough book? With Home Brewing, you get a 350 page book that covers all the details. Be sure to look inside to see for yourself. This book contains - 1. A step by step guide that makes your first homebrew easy and fun. 2. 13 amazing recipes of various styles and flavors. 3. A profound list of the best equipment, websites, calculators, forums, brewing apps, recipes, and tons more 4. A robust list of trouble shooting tips

Craft beer is literally exploding across America and you want a piece of the action. Quite honestly, who wouldn't? Sit in an office all day or hang out in a brewery? Not a tough choice. It also is a business that you can grow exponentially if you do it right. This book guides you through the process from beginning to end by someone THAT HAS ACTUALLY DONE IT HIMSELF. Dan Woodske didn't go to brewschool, nor did he work at a brewery before he opened the Beaver Brewing Company. Now he owns and brews at a successful brewpub. Being the headbrewer and owner he has worked on every aspect of the brewpub business. He shares his experiences and takes you through the development stages, licensing, choosing equipment, hiring staff, and everything else you will need to open your own successful brewpub.

PERRY PEARS (Rare and Heritage Fruit Cultivars #6)
Perry is a traditional alcoholic beverage made by the fermentation of juice from specific pears. It can be brewed at home. Some call this drink 'pear cider'. When perry is made from real perry pears it is a refreshing, light and delicate drink, rivalling high quality champagne.
Perry pears are cultivars selected for characteristics that make high quality perry. Early settlers sailed to new lands bringing these special fruits, thus distributing them across the globe.
Some of these unique, historic cultivars have survived through the years and been rediscovered by enthusiastic brewers. We list some of them here, along with what is known of their history, description, flavour characteristics and a few sources for trees.
This book is one of a series written for 'backyard farmers' of the 21st century. The series focuses on rare and heritage fruit in Australia, although it includes much information of interest to fruit enthusiasts around the world.
'Heritage' or 'heirloom' fruits such as old-fashioned varieties of apple, quince, fig, plum, peach and pear are increasingly popular due to their diverse flavours, excellent nutritional qualities and other desirable characteristics. They are part of our horticultural, vintage and culinary inheritance. To pick a tree-ripened heritage fruit from your own back yard and bite into it is to experience the taste of fresh food as our forefathers knew it.
During the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries fruit diversity was huge, but in modern supermarkets only a limited range of commercial fruit varieties is now available to consumers.
Heritage, heirloom and rare fruit enthusiasts across the world are currently reviving our horticultural legacy by renovating old orchards and identifying 'lost', unusual and historic fruit varieties. The goal is to make a much wider range of fruit trees available again to the home gardener.
This series of handbooks aims to help.

Beer is loved by many people around the world, but few experience the fun and excitement of actually brewing their own. Learn the valuable recipes and ideas to start making your own beer and create countless different brews at home. Once you make your own beer, you'll be hooked, and may never drink any other beer besides your own Better still, you'll win fans, as soon as your friends and colleagues discover what you have created.

Ever wondered how to brew your own beer? Then it might be time to try perfecting your own brew at home. Whether you're an established beer snob or just want to try your hand at homebrewing, Home Brewing: 70 Top Secrets & Tricks To Beer Brewing Right The First Time will guide your through the entire process of making your first brew to bottling and enjoying them. It will also teach you how to enhance the flavors of a brew and how to make a better brew than before. Give it a try Dive into homebrewing This book comes with a recipe journal for you to put in your home brew secret recipes.

Lager - it's both the world's most loved and most maligned of beers, enjoyed by billions the world over but often sneered at by beer aficionados. But lager is much more than just generic brands. The history of styles of lager around the world is a fascinating one, full of urban myth and legend. Did you know pilsner's forebears were spawned by industrial espionage (involving syringes in umbrellas to steal yeast samples)? Or that the world-famous Louis Pasteur played a huge role in ensuring the improvement of brewing standards, especially in lager, just too annoy his German neighbours? Or that the best-selling lager in the world is 'yellow Snow'? In The Little Book of Lager, award-winning beer writer, Melissa Cole, takes you through a fun and informative romp around the world of lager and the surprising array of different styles. The book covers over 100 different lagers and takes you from the fun and frivolities of Oktoberfest to the recent rise in craft lager. Full of nuggets of trivia, fun facts, what to eat with each type and where to find them (or something that you'll enjoy equally), it's designed to reignite people's passion for an underrated beer style.

Beer on the Last Frontier is the first book ever written that focuses exclusively on the craft breweries and brewpubs of Alaska. It is an exploration of and guide to the numerous craft breweries of The Great Land and the exceptional beers they are brewing. Volume I covers the breweries of the Kenai Peninsula and Kodiak Island. Volume II covers Anchorage, Fairbanks, and all points in between. Volume III will cover Southeast Alaska. This book is not intended to be a stand-alone guidebook to Alaska. Rather, it should be viewed as a guidebook specifically for the craft beer lover, one which will enable any visitor or tourist who is particularly interested in experiencing craft beer in Alaska to do so most effectively. This volume, Anchorage, Fairbanks, and Everything In Between, covers the eight breweries and four brewpubs located in these two regions of Alaska in detail. Profusely illustrated with b&w photographs and containing interviews with the brewers, it also provides detailed information to aid the visitor to Alaska, such as driving directions, operating hours, as well as beer lists and tasting notes for each of the craft breweries. Besides detailed information on each of the breweries, the book also offers suggestions on bars, restaurants, and liquor stores in the regions which offer good selections of craft beers from the 49th state. Alaska is unique in its climate, its wildlife and the people who live there. Is it any surprise that its beers are unique as well? Beers, wines, meads, distilled spirits: they are all made commercially in Alaska. And not just made, but made well. Alaska's alcoholic beverages are the frequent winners of awards in national and even international competitions. There are 24 commercial breweries in Alaska, three wineries, a meadery, and three distilleries. Not bad for a state with under 800,000 total residents. So if you will be traveling to Alaska and enjoy craft beer, this guidebook is a must

2013 Reprint of 1944 Edition. Exact facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This rare manual contains instructions on the manufacture of Wines and Liquors without the aid of distillation. Also contains chapters on: Art of Distilling and Rectifying Spirituous Liquors and Alcohol Home Made Beers Cider and Fruit Brandies

This book is guaranteed to answer all your questions about home brewing - complete in full color If you are just getting started, Randy Frank can help you. He goes over the history of home brewing, brewing equipment, clubs and laws by country, step by step processes such as extract beer brewing, partial mash, as well as all-grain beer brewing, cost and sanitation considerations, home brew kits, as well as "BIAB" - which stands for "brew in a bag" (aka "BIAB") - perfect for apartment dwellers looking to try home brewing. It's all covered here in a concise, synthesized, easy to read format This book contains everything you need to confidently get started with the most up-to-date methods and information.

There are connections to make everywhere in time. But no connection is greater; no single event had a greater impact on civilization as the advent of fermented and brewed beverages. What if it never existed? What if there were no wines, no beers, and no mead to speak of? How about, no coffee or tea? Take a journey to see the impact these beverages had on our modern world and learn to make those concoctions in your own home. Whether you are a fan of the bubbly or an occasional partaker in a cold one, you should be mindful of the effect that brew has had on history. Next time you toast at a wedding or enjoy a frosty beer on a hot day, pay homage and enjoy.