Mastering Home Brew: The Complete Guide to Brewing Delicious Beer - Softcover

Mosher, Randy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1452105510 ISBN 13: 9781452105512

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2015

Synopsis

From internationally recognised beer-brewing authority Randy Mosher comes the ultimate guide to the craft, for beginners and advanced brewers alike. Featuring plainspeaking, fun-to-read instructions, more than 150 colourful graphics and illustrations of process and technique and 30 master recipes for classic and popular brews, this handbook covers everything from choosing ingredients and equipment to mashing, bottling, tasting and serving. With much-lauded expertise, Mosher simplifies the complexities―at once inspiring and teaching today's burgeoning new league of home brewers.

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About the Author

Randy Mosher is a nationally recognized author and expert in the field of beer and brewing. He writes for all the national and international beer and brewing-related periodicals, has lectured to audiences across the globe, and teaches beer style courses at the Siebel Institute in Chicago. He is active in the leadership of Chicago Beer Society, the American Homebrewers Association, and the Association of Brewers. His interests in beer and brewing memorabilia combined with his experience as a branding and packaging designer, specializing in beer and food. He is also the author of Tasting Beer (Storey, 2009), Radical Brewing (Brewers Association, 1994) and The Brewer's Companion (Alephenalia, 1995). His website is http://www.radicalbrewing.com He is a cofounder of 5 Rabbit Brewery, a new craft brewery in Chicago. Famed beer writer Michael Jackson has called Mosher 'some kind of homebrewing genius.' Clubs and appreciation groups the author is involved with include: Chicago Beer Society, Bloatarian Brewing League, Maltose Falcons, Foam Rangers, Foam Blowers of Indianapolis, B.U.R.P., Q.U.A.F.F., Home Brew America - Beer Club List He has made more than 8 presentations (from 1993-2011) at the American Homebrewers Association National Homebrewing Conference. He has also presented at the Brewers Association Craft Beer Conferences (including a marketing talk at the 2013 conference), and at the Brewers Association's 'Savor' event. Randy has participated in the following international beer conferences: 7#148; June, 2006: Mondiale de la BiEre, Montreal, Canada • February, 2009: Birra del'Anno Competition and presentations at the Italian Bar and Restaurant show in Rimini • May, 2009: Scandinavian Brewers Conference, Aalborg, Denmark • June, 2009: Brasil Brau (craft brewing conference), SAo Paulo, Brazil • August, 2010: South Beer Cup, Mar del Plata, Argentina (judging and conference) • October, 2010: Australian National Homebrewers Conference • June, 2011: Brazil Homebrewers Conference

From the Back Cover

In this major new homebrewing guide, author Randy Mosher (Radical Brewing, Tasting Beer) lays out what it takes to create stellar beers at home. Leveraging his wide experience as a homebrewer, lecturer at the Siebel Institute brewing school and now as a creative consultant and partner in several commercial breweries, Mosher has created a comprehensive homebrewing book that will enlighten, entertain, provoke and most of all help you brew fantastic beer.

Beginners will find the basics laid out clearly, with an emphasis on flavor at every turn. Creativity is encouraged right from the start. While most books offer a single dumbed-down starter recipe, Mastering Homebrew presents "The Amazing Shape-Shifting Recipe," which can morph into any of a hundred different beers depending on the choices made by the brewer.

Advanced brewers will find a wealth of information and ideas to increase their understanding of how ingredients and processes affect the flavors in the glass, as well as some unique tools and techniques for building complex, harmonious recipes.

After a brief coverage of brewing terminology, science basics and the characteristics of beer, the book moves on to its biggest chapter: ingredients. Particular attention is paid to the origins of flavor and the unique characteristics of malts and other brewing grains, mapping out their relationships in a malt color wheel. More than 80 varieties of hops are covered in detail, as well as being mapped by flavor affinities, making it easy to see relationships, find alternates, and build recipes. Water, sugar, fruits, spices and vegetables round out the chapter.

The book moves on to the brewing process, equipment, yeast and fermentation, bringing an up-to-date perspective to each. Next is recipe formulation from both a functional and creative point-of-view, with many tools and techniques based on Mosher's experience not only as a brewer, but as a visual artist as well. The recipes begin with classic beer styles and move on to modern craft beer interpretations, global homebrew , seasonal beers and more. Troubleshooting and resources round out the package.

Brewers at any experience level will benefit from the insightful quotes from many legendary brewers. The creative energy of international homebrewing ripples through the book with recipes from Argentina, Brazil, Italy, Scandinavia, Australia and elsewhere.

It's wide, deep, tons of fun and contains content you'll find nowhere else. Mastering Homebrew is full color, with over 400 illustrations, charts and photographs, enlivened with homebrewer-designed labels and other testaments to the profound creativity and joy shown by the global homebrewing movement.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1452105510
• ISBN 13: 9781452105512
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384