Overview

This next-generation beer book shares the secrets to thinking like a brewer, with basic recipes for each style of beer followed by inspired variations that reveal which flavors, infusions, hops, and yeasts are best suited to experimentation. In this colorful homebrewing guide, The Kitchn's Emma Christensen gives you the keys to the brewery. Start out by mastering the basic styles, like A Very Good IPA and A Very Good Porter, then move on to inspired variations such as Centennial Dry-Hopped Double IPA, Campari IPA, and Smokey Chipotle Porter to discover which flavors, infusions, hops, and yeasts work best with each ale and lager. Want to brew a signature beer with your own personal stamp? Go wild with the ""Make It Yours"" suggestions and try tossing anything from cherries to chai spices into your brew. This handy manual also dives deep into the mechanics of brewing all-extract, partial-extract, and all-grain brews, and includes a big, beautiful photographic guide to brewing beer so you can see exactly how each step is done. You can brew small 1-gallon batches, perfect for apartment brewers and low-risk experimentation, or brew 5 gallons and have enough to share with all your friends. You'll also be introduced to up-and-coming beer trends like rye malts, barrel-aging at home, sour beers, gluten-free beers, and Old World beer styles. Filled with inspiring recipes like Riding Lawn Mower Pale Ale, Maple Cider Dubbel, Finnish Juniper Rye Sahti Ale, Figgy Pudding British Barleywine, and Farmers' Market Gruit, Christensen's accessible approach will have you brewing better beer in no time.

Full Product Details

Author:   Emma Christensen
Publisher:   Random House USA Inc
Imprint:   Ten Speed Press
Dimensions:   Width: 19.10cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.60cm
Weight:   0.835kg
ISBN:  

9781607746317

ISBN 10:   160774631
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   05 May 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order  
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Table of Contents

Introduction   1 chapter 1: Know Your Ingredients   5 Malts   6 Water   10 Hops   10 Yeast   14 Other Fun Ingredients   16 Say Hello to the Beer Family!   19 chapter 2: Assemble Your Beer Kit   23 General Equipment   24 Brewing Equipment   27 Fermenting Equipment   28 Bottling Equipment   29 What to Expect on Your First Visit to a Homebrew Store   34 chapter 3: Brew Your First Beer   37 Bird’s-Eye View of How to Brew Beer   38 How to Brew an All-Extract Beer   40 All-Extract Amber Ale   49 How to Brew a Partial-Extract Beer   50 Partial-Extract Amber Ale   53 How to Brew an All-Grain Beer   54 All-Grain Amber Ale   62 A Photographic Guide to Brewing Beer   60 Should You Brew a 1-Gallon or a 5-Gallon Batch?   64 Chapter 4: Pale Ales   69 A Very Good American Pale Ale   71 Bitter Brit English-Style Pale Ale   72 Bitter Monk Belgian-Style Pale Ale   73 Pine Woods Pale Ale   74 Amarillo SMASH Pale Ale   77 What to Worry About, What Not to Worry About   78 Chapter 5: India Pale Ales (IPAs)   81 A Very Good IPA   83 Centennial Dry-Hopped Double IPA   84 Double-Take Black IPA   86 Two-Left-Feet American Barleywine   87 Campari IPA   89 How to Pour and Taste Beer   90 Chapter 6: Brown Ales   93 A Very Good American Brown Ale   95 Pecan Pie Brown Ale   96 Brown Bear Seeks Honey Braggot   98 The Great Pumpkin Ale   99 Chai-Spiced Winter Warmer   101 Get Geeky with the Mash   102 Chapter 7: Porters and Stouts   105 A Very Good Porter   107 A Very Good Stout   109 Smoky Chipotle Porter   111 All-Day Dry Irish Stout   112 Affogato Milk Stout   113 Boss-Level Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout   114 Play with Your Hops   116 Chapter 8: British Ales   119 A Very Good British Mild   121 Tea Time Extra-Special Bitter (ESB)   122 High Seas British IPA   124 Sugar and Spice Strong Ale   125 Figgy Pudding British Barleywine   127 Brewing in Warm Weather, Brewing in Cold Weather   128 Chapter 9: Belgian Ales   131 A Very Good Abbey Ale   133 Maple Cider Dubbel   134 Tropical Island Tripel   136 Fuzzy Nose Sour Ale   137 Peach Melba Sour Lambic   139 Get Funky with Sour Beers   140 Chapter 10: Scottish and Irish Red Ales   143 A Very Good Scottish Ale   145 A Very Good Irish Red Ale   147 Day Hiker Irish Red   148 Caramel-Coconut Wee Heavy   151 Smoke & Scotch Ale   152 Ten Small Habits That Will Make You a Better Brewer   154 Chapter 11: Wheat Beers   157 A Very Good Wheat Beer (Hefeweizen)   159 Sweet-Tart Berliner Weisse   160 Salty Dog Gose   161 American Summer Wheat Ale   162 Lavender-Orange Witbier   165 Adding Fruits, Spices, and Other Fun Things to Beer   166 Chapter 12: Rye Ales   171 A Very Good Rye Pale Ale   173 Dark Pumpernickel Roggenbier   174 Finnish Juniper Rye Sahti Ale   177 No Apologies Imperial Rye Ale   178 Red Eye Chicory Rye Porter   179 Five Easy Ways to Level-Up Your Brew Game   180 Chapter 13: Session Ales   183 A Very Good Session Ale   185 Riding Lawn Mower Pale Ale   186 Watermelon Saison   188 Lemonade Stand Shandy   189 Farmers’ Market Gruit   191 How to Design Your Own Homebrew   192 Chapter 14: Gluten-Free Beers   197 A Very Good Gluten-Free Pale Ale   199 Gluten-Free Saison   200 Gluten-Free Chocolate Porter   202 Jasmine Honey Sparkler   203  Hoppy Hard Cider   205 The Real Deal with Lagers   206 Chapter 15: Lagers   209 A Very Good Pilsner   211 Spring Blossom Maibock   212 McNally’s Oktoberfest   214 Chocolate Doppelbock   215 Ode to San Francisco Steam Beer   217 Common Problems, Easy Solutions   218 Glossary: Homebrewer’s Lingo   222 Recommended Resources   226 Acknowledgments   227 About the Author   228 Index   229

Reviews

Armed with Emma Christensen's clear, concise, and thorough guide, cooking up a world-class IPA, summer-friendly saison, or salty-tart gose is as simple as strolling to the store to snag a six-pack. --Joshua M. Bernstein, author of Brewed Awakening and The Complete Beer Course From grain to glass, Emma has done a heroic job of demystifying and evangelizing the homebrewing process. To any and all aspiring brewers, I highly recommend this book! --Sam Calagione, president and founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewer

Armed with Emma Christensen s clear, concise, and thorough guide, cooking up a world-class IPA, summer-friendly saison, or salty-tart gose is as simple as strolling to the store to snag a six-pack. Joshua M. Bernstein, author of Brewed Awakening and The Complete Beer Course From grain to glass, Emma has done a heroic job of demystifying and evangelizing the homebrewing process. To any and all aspiring brewers, I highly recommend this book! Sam Calagione, president and founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewer

Author Information

EMMA CHRISTENSEN is the recipe editor for the popular homecooking website The Kitchn (www.TheKitchn.com), anda graduate of the Cambridge School for Culinary Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A former beer reviewer for the Columbus Dispatch, she is a dedicated home-brewer always eager for the chance to nerd out about fermentation. Emma lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visitwww.emmaelizabethchristensen.blogspot.com.

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