Brewing
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Home Brew : A Guide to Brewing Beer by Keith Thomas (Author) , Brian Yorston (Author) , Julio Romero Johnson (Author) 
Home brewing has become increasingly popular, as a way to both make your own unique beer and develop a valuable skill to be proud of. add to cauldron £16.99 
Home Brew : A Guide to Brewing Beer by Keith Thomas (Author) , Brian Yorston (Author) , Julio Romero Johnson (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 160 pages, 30 Figures; 127 Halftones, colour Publisher:The Crowood Press Ltd Imprint:The Crowood Press Ltd ISBN:9780719841293 Published:14 Nov 2022 Dimensions:191 x 246 x 13 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Language:English Country of Origin:IN Description Home brewing has become increasingly popular, as a way to both make your own unique beer and develop a valuable skill to be proud of. Home Brew - A Guide to Brewing Beer offers a complete overview, from the basics of kit brewing, through to a full-scale mash brew, covering various types of beer, such as ale, bitter, stout, lager, porters, wheat beers and IPA . Combining eighty years of collective knowledge in the brewing industry, this valuable resource describes each stage of production, explaining basic concepts and exploring the key ingredients - malt, hops and yeast. The importance of hygiene is detailed with simple guidelines to ensure that your brew has long-lasting quality. Featuring a wide list of recipes to follow, with suggestions to vary ingredients and processing techniques, Home Brew will inspire and equip readers to create beers of their own imagination, providing an up-to-date view of contemporary brewing technology and ideas for the future. |
Brew a Batch : A beginner's guide to home-brewed beer by Chris Sidwa 
Join the craft beer phenomenon by learning to brew and bottle your own beer, brewed the way you like it and using only basic home brewing equipment. add to cauldron £18.99 
Brew a Batch : A beginner's guide to home-brewed beer by Chris Sidwa (Author) Format: Hardback 224 pages Publisher:Allen & Unwin Imprint:Allen & Unwin ISBN:9781760634261 Published:6 Sep 2018 Dimensions:177 x 247 x 26 (mm) Pub. Country:Australia Country of Origin:AU Description Join the craft beer phenomenon by learning to brew and bottle your own beer, brewed the way you like it and using only basic home brewing equipment. Christopher Sidwa - head brewer and co-founder of wildly popular craft brewery Batch Brewing Co. - walks you through the entire process, from choosing the best ingredients to setting up your home brewery, a full guide to brewing techniques, even how to taste and assess your batch. There is no mistake Christopher hasn't made while brewing at home, so that you don't have to. This lively handbook assumes no prior knowledge and covers all the advice you need to start brewing great beer. |
Brewing Barley Wines : Origins, History, and Making Them at Home Today by Terry Foster 
For Craft Beer Drinkers and Homebrewers alike. From early English origins to modern American examples like Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot and Rogue's XS Old Crustacean, barley wines are a favoured style among homebrewers and craft beer drinkers alike. add to cauldron £14.99 
Brewing Barley Wines : Origins, History, and Making Them at Home Today by Terry Foster (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 288 pages, 22 color photos Publisher:Skyhorse Publishing Imprint:Skyhorse Publishing ISBN:9781510766938 Published:7 Nov 2024 Dimensions:209 x 141 x 20 (mm) Pub. Country:United States Country of Origin:GB Description For Craft Beer Drinkers and Homebrewers alike. From early English origins to modern American examples like Sierra Nevada's Bigfoot and Rogue's XS Old Crustacean, barley wines are a favoured style among homebrewers and craft beer drinkers alike. In Brewing Barley Wines, widely respected beer and brewing writer Terry Foster presents the history and development of the style as well as the guidance and expertise necessary to successfully homebrew it yourself. The book opens with an exploration of the definition of the style from its murky past to somewhat arbitrary modern standards. Foster explores the style guidelines given by the Brewers Association (BA) and the Beer Judge Certification Program (BJCP) and finds them to be narrow, even faulty, showing that many beers not designated as barley wines - including some stock ales, Scotch ales, wheat wines, and even double IPAs - can be said to fit the style. Foster then goes on to give a history of barley wine, which saw its first specifically labelled commercial example as recently as 1903, but which has been produced for centuries under a variety of names. Originally an English style, barley wines were not generally brewed in America until the rise of craft brewing in the late twentieth century. But having cemented a foothold in the New World, with many craft breweries having at least one featured example and sometimes several, barley wines are now rarely produced by British brewers due to heavy taxation on strong beers. Foster then examines the ingredients used in barley wines as well as best practices and procedures for brewing them, including how to create and successfully manage the high-gravity worts required for making these beers. Finally, Foster provides a collection of sixty recipes showcasing the variety and range of ingredients explored in the book with detailed instructions for making them at home. Brewing Barley Wines belongs in the library of every craft beer drinker or homebrewer. |
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How To Brew : Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time by John J. Palmer 
How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you're a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you. add to cauldron £18.99 
How To Brew : Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time by John J. Palmer (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 582 pages Publisher:Brewers Publications Imprint:Brewers Publications Edition:Fourth Edition ISBN:9781938469350 Published:1 Jun 2017 Dimensions:180 x 250 x 33 (mm) Pub. Country:United States Description How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you're a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you. John Palmer adeptly covers the full range of brewing possibilities - accurately, clearly and simply. From ingredients and methods to recipes and equipment for brewing beer at home, How to Brew is loaded with valuable information on brewing techniques and recipe formulation. A perennial best seller since the release of the third edition in 2006, How to Brew, is a must-have to update every new and seasoned brewer's library. This completely revised and updated edition includes: More emphasis on the "top six priorities": sanitation, fermentation temperature control, yeast management, the boil, good recipes, and water. Five new chapters covering malting and brewing, strong beers, fruit beers, sour beers, and adjusting water for style. All other chapters revised and expanded: Expanded and updated charts, graphs, equations, and visuals. Expanded information on using beer kits. Thorough revision of mashing and lautering chapters: Expanded tables of recommended times and temperatures for single-infusion, multiple-step, and decoction mashing. Complete discussion of first wort gravity as a function of water to grist ratio. Complete revision of infusion and decoction equations. Revised and updated information on managing your fermentation: Yeast pitching and starters. Yeast starter growth factors. Yeast and the maturation cycle. And much more! |
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers : The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation by Stephen Harrod Buhner 
Often radical and controversial, Buhner has clearly and beautifully explored the mysterious universal beliefs between ancient arid indigenous cultures as to the spirituality and healing power of plants and fermentation. add to cauldron £14.99 
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers : The Secrets of Ancient Fermentation by Stephen Harrod Buhner (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 450 pages Publisher:Brewers Publications Imprint:Siris Books,U.S. ISBN:9780937381663 Published:18 Sep 1998 Dimensions:229 x 156 x 30 (mm) Pub. Country:United States Country of Origin:US Description Often radical and controversial, Buhner has clearly and beautifully explored the mysterious universal beliefs between ancient arid indigenous cultures as to the spirituality and healing power of plants and fermentation. In the spirit of Carlos Castenada, he forges a quest in pursuit of the experiential. Highlights of comprehensive information never presented in one volume include: mead, honey and hive products; heather ale; psychotropic beers; and beers and ales from sacred and medicinal trees and plants. |
The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations by Ken Schramm 
Since The Compleat Meadmaker was first published, mead has continued to grow in popularity as crafted beverages have become an established part of the beverage market in America. add to cauldron £14.99 
The Compleat Meadmaker : Home Production of Honey Wine From Your First Batch to Award-winning Fruit and Herb Variations by Ken Schramm (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 216 pages Publisher:Brewers Publications Imprint:Brewers Publications ISBN:9780937381809 Published:9 Jun 2003 Dimensions:254 x 179 x 16 (mm) Pub. Country:United States Country of Origin:US Description Since The Compleat Meadmaker was first published, mead has continued to grow in popularity as crafted beverages have become an established part of the beverage market in America. In 2003 there were roughly 60 commercial meaderies in the US, but by 2020 this number stood at 450. Naturally, many hobbyists are also discovering the delights of making this “nectar of the gods” themselves. Thanks to the global distribution of bees and, therefore, honey, you will find mead-like drinks in virtually every corner of the world. No wonder historians recognize it as one of humankind’s oldest fermented beverages. Mead production never really ceased in Europe and Africa, but its star was eclipsed with the increasing production and distribution of wine, beer, and distilled spirits from the 1600s onward. With the rebirth of brewing and the establishment of world-class wine producing regions in the US, it is time for mead in the twenty-first century to be brought back into the limelight. Mead needs to establish a vocabulary of its own and find a place in the hearts of homebrewers and home winemakers. In The Compleat Meadmaker, veteran meadmaker Ken Schramm - one of the founders of the Mazer Cup Mead Competition, North America’s oldest mead-only competition - introduces the novice to the wonders of mead. With easy-to-follow procedures and simple recipes, he shows how you can quickly and painlessly make your own mead at home. In later chapters, Schramm introduces flavourful variations on the basic theme that lead to meads flavoured with spice, fruits, grapes, and malt. The author covers the many aspects of meadmaking in a comprehensive but easy-to-read fashion, with something for novices and experienced brewers and vintners alike from basic equipment for meadmaking, creating your first must, and on through the basics of fermentation, racking, and bottling. Once the first steps have been taken Schramm goes into more detail, involving balancing for taste using acid, priming for sparkling mead, corking practices, and strategies for clarifying. He also covers aspects of fermentation, such as selecting the right yeast strain, aerating and managing the pH of your must during the critical early phase of fermentation, and adjusting nutrient levels to suit mead fermentation. The author also troubleshoots common problems and processes, such as stuck fermentations, fermentations that will not start, slow or prolonged fermentations, measuring total acidity via acid titrations, and on balancing residual sugars through sweetening, malo-lactic fermentation, increasing acidity, and drying out the mead further. The fine-tuning process does not stop after fermentation is finished. Perhaps the finest characteristic of mead is that it seems to improve with age almost indefinitely. As well as advice on how long to store it, Schramm also offers up his experience with the many different approaches to conditioning and maturing mead, focusing on the use of oak chips, blocks, and barrels to age mead on wood. As one of the oldest fermented drinks and using the oldest sweetener known to humankind, mead and honey are inextricable. Schramm delves into a brief natural history of honey production and the bees that make it possible, with fascinating insights into the profession of beekeepers. He explores sources of nectar and pollen and the benefits of honey varietals explored, with a section devoted entirely to varietal honey based on floral variety. Along the way Schramm delves into the concept of honey “vintage”, grades of honey, sugar, moisture, organic acids, mineral content, colour terminology, and how you should not judge a honey’s flavour by its colour. There is also a discussion of aroma compounds, absolutely essential if wishing to understand the organoleptic qualities of honey. While mead can be a charmingly simple drink to make, home meadmakers can easily indulge in a host of different flavours to make unique and delicious meads. The author provides you with an understanding of the role quality ingredients play in creating a really pleasing mead. There are several ingredients-focused chapters that look at making sack mead, melomel, cyser, pyment, hippocras, metheglin, and braggot. At the end, Schramm puts it all together in a section devoted entirely to recipes. As one of the most ancient of human beverages, mead arose in part because it was easy to make. Despite this, mead is a surprisingly complex, diverse, and romantic drink that can range from bone dry to profoundly sweet, and can be crafted to complement any type of food. With The Compleat Meadmaker, you can see just how simple, fun, and rewarding meadmaking is. |
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Malt : A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse by John Mallett 
Often playing second fiddle to hops in the minds of craft beer drinkers, malt is the backbone of beer: "No barley, no beer." Malt defines the colour, flavour, body, and alcohol of beer and has been cultivated for nearly as long as agriculture has existed. add to cauldron £14.99 
Malt : A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse by John Mallett (Author) Series:Brewing Elements Format: Paperback / softback 300 pages Publisher:Brewers Publications Imprint:Brewers Publications ISBN:9781938469121 Published:30 Dec 2014 Dimensions:226 x 155 x 20 (mm) Pub. Country:United States Country of Origin:US Description Often playing second fiddle to hops in the minds of craft beer drinkers, malt is the backbone of beer: "No barley, no beer." Malt defines the colour, flavour, body, and alcohol of beer and has been cultivated for nearly as long as agriculture has existed. In this book, author John Mallett explains why he feels a book on malt is necessary, taking the reader on a brief history of malting from the earliest records of bappir through to the Middle Ages and Early Modern Period. When Mallett touches on the major changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution and beyond, he illustrates how developments in malting technology were intertwined with politics and taxation, which increasingly came to bear on the world of maltsters and brewers. Of course, no book on malt would be complete without a look at the processes behind malting and how different malts are made. Mallett neatly conveys the basics of malt chemistry, Maillard reactions, and diastatic power—the enzymes, starches, sugars, glucans, phenols, proteins, and lipids involved. Descriptions of the main types of malt are included, from base malt, caramel malts, and roasted malts through to specialty malts and other grains like wheat, rye, and oats. Information is interspersed with the thoughts and wisdom of some of America's most respected craft brewers. Understanding an ingredient requires appreciating where it comes from and how it is grown. The author condenses the complexities of barley anatomy and agriculture into easy, readable sections, seamlessly combining these details with high-level look at the economic and environmental pressures that dictate the livelihoods of farmers and maltsters. Mallett explains how to interpret - and when to rely on - malt quality and analysis sheets, an essential skill for brewers. There is a summary of the main barley varieties, both modern and heritage, from Europe and America. The book finishes with what happens to the malt once it reaches the brewery, addressing issues of malt packaging, handling, preparation, storage, conveyance, and milling in the brewhouse. |
IPA : Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale by Mitch Steele 
Explore the evolution of one of craft beer's most popular styles, India Pale ale. Loaded with brewing tips from some of the country's best brewers. add to cauldron £18.99 
IPA : Brewing Techniques, Recipes and the Evolution of India Pale Ale by Mitch Steele (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 350 pages Publisher:Brewers Publications Imprint:Brewers Publications ISBN:9781938469008 Published:16 Oct 2012 Dimensions:228 x 156 x 22 (mm) Pub. Country:United States Country of Origin:US Description Explore the evolution of one of craft beer's most popular styles, India Pale ale. Loaded with brewing tips from some of the country's best brewers, IPA covers techniques from water treatment to hopping procedures. Included are 47 recipes ranging from historical beers to recipes for the most popular contemporary IPAs made by craft brewers such as Deschutes Brewery, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Firestone Walker Brewing Company, Pizza Port Brewing and Russian River Brewing Company. |
Brew It Yourself : Make Your Own Craft Drinks with Wild and Home-Grown Ingredients by Richard Hood (Author) , Nick Moyle (Author) 
The Two Thirsty Gardeners are leading a home-brewing revolution. Prioritizing wild and home-grown ingredients, but also providing shop-bought alternatives, Richard Hood and Nick Moyle prove that creating your own tasty craft drinks doesn't need to be complicated, costly or time-consuming. add to cauldron £14.99 
Brew It Yourself : Make Your Own Craft Drinks with Wild and Home-Grown Ingredients by Richard Hood (Author) , Nick Moyle (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 184 pages Publisher:Watkins Media Limited Imprint:Nourish Books Edition:0 New edition ISBN:9781848994164 Published:14 May 2024 Dimensions:171 x 220 x 16 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Country of Origin:CN Description The Two Thirsty Gardeners are leading a home-brewing revolution. Prioritizing wild and home-grown ingredients, but also providing shop-bought alternatives, Richard Hood and Nick Moyle prove that creating your own tasty craft drinks doesn’t need to be complicated, costly or time-consuming. The book includes 80 unique recipes, including home brewed beers, wines, liqueurs and boozy sodas, all featuring adventurous natural ingredients like dandelions, nettles, lavender and blackberries. Try out fancy foraged cocktails such as Spruce Martini or Rosehip Lime Mocktail and discover how easy it is to make your own vermouth, cider and even absinthe! With a new section dedicated to low and no-alcohol brews, there is truly a recipe for every occasion. By outlining the basic approaches to each drink's method of production, debunking myths and celebrating experimentation, this book takes the fear out of the science of fermentation - so there really is no reason not to brew it yourself! |
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The Meaning of Beer : The Surprising Story of how Beer Made Us by Jonny Garrett 
What's the oldest and most consumed alcoholic beverage on earth? BEER, of course. And it might just be our most important invention. Since its creation 13,000 years ago, our love of beer has shaped everything from religious ceremonies to advertising, and architecture to bioengineering. add to cauldron £16.99 
The Meaning of Beer : The Surprising Story of how Beer Made Us by Jonny Garrett (Author) Format: Hardback 368 pages Publisher:Atlantic Books Imprint:Atlantic Books Edition:Main ISBN:9781838959944 Published:7 Nov 2024 Dimensions:224 x 147 x 34 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Country of Origin:GB Description 'Tantalising, enlightening and the best reason to raise another glass of beer' Olly Smith. 'This is one of the most important books ever written about beer' Mark Dredge. What's the oldest and most consumed alcoholic beverage on earth? BEER, of course. And it might just be our most important invention. Since its creation 13,000 years ago, our love of beer has shaped everything from religious ceremonies to advertising, and architecture to bioengineering. The people who built the pyramids were paid in ale, the first fridge was built for beer not food, bacteria was discovered while investigating sour beer, Germany's beer halls hosted Hitler's rise to power, and brewer's yeast may yet be the answer to climate change. In The Meaning of Beer, award-winning beer writer Jonny Garrett tells the stories of these incredible human moments and inventions, taking readers to some of the best-known beer destinations in the world - Munich and Oktoberfest, Carlsberg Brewery's historic laboratory, St Louis and the home of Budweiser - as well as those lesser-known, from a 5,000 year old brewery in the Egyptian desert to Arctic Svalbard, home to the world's most northerly pub. Ultimately, this is not a book about how we made beer, but how beer made us. |
The Good Beer Guide 2025 : Coronation Street Edition by Iain MacLeod 
The Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide - the UK's best-selling beer and pub guide - is celebrating its 52nd edition with not one but two covers featuring two of the UK's favourite locals: Coronation Street's Rovers Return Inn, and Emmerdale's Woolpack. add to cauldron £16.99 
The Good Beer Guide 2025 : Coronation Street Edition by Iain MacLeod (Foreword By) Format: Paperback / softback 960 pages, 16 Colour page section Publisher:CAMRA Books Imprint:CAMRA Books ISBN:9781852493912 Published:26 Sep 2024 Dimensions:230 x 143 x 36 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Country of Origin:GB Description The Campaign for Real Ale's (CAMRA) Good Beer Guide - the UK's best-selling beer and pub guide - is celebrating its 52nd edition with not one but two covers featuring two of the UK's favourite locals: Coronation Street's Rovers Return Inn, and Emmerdale's Woolpack. The Guide, which surveys 4,500 of the best pubs across the UK, is the definitive beer drinker's guide for those seeking the best pints in the nation's pubs. The Good Beer Guide 2025 is available now. The Rovers Return Inn and the Woolpack represent the familiarity and community spirit of pubs across the UK. This edition of the Guide pays tribute to the communities that are beamed into homes, providing entertainment and companionship to those that may not have a local pub of their own. Research commissioned by CAMRA found that people who have a local rate themselves as significantly happier because of it, and have more close friends, and the pubs on television reflect this feeling. Some of Coronation Street's and Emmerdale's most iconic, touching and memorable moments have taken place in their respective pubs. |
Man Walks Into A Pub : A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition) by Pete Brown 
It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the drinking habits of a nation. add to cauldron £10.99 
Man Walks Into A Pub : A Sociable History of Beer (Fully Updated Second Edition) by Pete Brown (Author) Format: Paperback / softback 432 pages Publisher:Pan Macmillan Imprint:Pan Books Edition:Unabridged ed ISBN:9780330412209 Published:4 Jun 2010 Dimensions:196 x 131 x 28 (mm) Pub. Country:United Kingdom Country of Origin:GB Description It's an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks and teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire and weak bitter won a world war; of exploding breweries, a bear in a yellow nylon jacket and a Canadian bloke who changed the drinking habits of a nation. It's also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic, thousand-year struggle to survive misunderstanding, bad government and misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself, full of catastrophe, heroism and an awful lot of hangovers. 'a pleasant antidote to more po-faced histories of beer' Guardian. 'Like a good drinking companion, Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts, etymologies and pub-related urban phenomena' TLS. 'Packed with bar-room bet-winning facts and entertaining digressions, this is a book into which every pub-goer will want to dip.' Express. |