Homebrewer's Companion Second Edition: The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, Master's Edition - Expert Brewing Science with New Recipes, Updated Equipment, and Advanced Techniques. This item is unavailable.Homebrewer's Companion Second Edition: The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, Master's Edition - Expert Brewing Science with New Recipes, Updated Equipment, and Advanced Techniques

Newly revised and updated, the master-level companion to the world’s bestselling beer making book, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing.

In this inviting, easy-to-follow, hands-on homebrewer’s guide, Charlie Papazian, the godfather of homebrewing, takes readers beyond the basics. This second edition of the classic volume on the complete brewing process includes detailed charts and tables, the latest techniques and equipment information, new homebrew recipes, and more, including:

• Added details on the art and science of brewing beer
• Up-to-date malt and fermentation charts
• Websites and resources
• Everything you need to know about hops and how to use them
• Expanded information on yeast and microbiological enhancements that can make your beer even better
• A list of beer styles with references
• 55 beer recipes and 10 mead recipes—plus dozens of new recipes
• How to make gluten-free beer
• An expanded glossary of beer characters and a beer evaluation section
• Expert insight and recommendations on beer and food pairings and cooking with beer

Charlie Papazian is the founder of the American Homebrewers Association (AHA) and the Association of Brewers and the current president of the Brewers Association. The creator of the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup, he is the founding publisher of the magazines Zymurgy (for homebrewers) and The New Brewer (for professional craftbrewers). He lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, Sandra, and daughter, Carla, where he still avidly homebrews lagers, ales, and honey meads.