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just wondering what everyone's most recommended brewing books were

I'm a big fan of Charlie Papazian's The Complete Joy of Homebrewing. John Palmer's How to Brew is also great, and it's available (mostly) for free online.

That's a good read by Papazian.

I learned from How to Brew by Palmer - http://www.howtobrew.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

and then after those two I found this one interesting (a bit more technical - something to read after you have a bit of a base).
Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles - by Ray Daniels

Edit: Either I didn't see the bit about How to Brew or it got edited. In any case it's seconded now.

vgoreham wrote:Either I didn't see the bit about How to Brew or it got edited.

Edited, thought of it as soon as I clicked submit.

The internet's full of stuff, like John Palmer's How to Brew, as well as articles from BYO, All About Beer, and Brewing Techniques. I learned a lot at the beginning from Charlie Papazian's book and Dave Miller's Complete Handbook of Homebrewing. I'd have to recommend Charlie Papazian's book. Dave Miller's book was great if you want the technical details of enzyme activity in the mash tun (and maybe you do), but it's somewhat dated. I'm sure that it was very practical in 1988, but things have changed since then as far as ingredient and equipment availability goes.

Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles has been great for me.

vgoreham wrote: Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles - by Ray Daniels

if anyone has a copy of this book, I'd love to borrow it for a week sometime.

I've got a copy you can borrow.

CorneliusAlphonse wrote: if anyone has a copy of this book, I'd love to borrow it for a week sometime.

I've got a copy - if you want it you can swing by my office tomorrow (D240). PM me to let me know when you can come by.

mr x wrote:I've got a copy you can borrow.

Would you happen to have a copy of Brewing Classic Styles you could lend to a fellow Pictou Countian?

Homebrewing for Dummies is an awesome early read, even if you're not a dummy. It has plenty of detail, but is easy to read with lots of humour and is well organized with lots of headers and step by step instructions. Start with this one if you want to learn how to brew, then go to other sources if you want to understand why you're doing the things you're doing.

bluenose wrote:

mr x wrote:I've got a copy you can borrow.

Would you happen to have a copy of Brewing Classic Styles you could lend to a fellow Pictou Countian?

I can lend you that one in a couple months, after I'm done using it. I've got a few lager recipes that I want to get done while the weather is cool.

mr x wrote:I've got a few lager recipes that I want to get done while the weather is cool.

The way the climate is going we'll be doing more California commons than lagers soon. Hmm... another form of climate change adaptation!

KMcK wrote:

mr x wrote:I've got a few lager recipes that I want to get done while the weather is cool.

The way the climate is going we'll be doing more California commons than lagers soon. Hmm... another form of climate change adaptation!

Maybe it's all the C02 from our brewing causing this climate change

LiverDance wrote:Maybe it's all the C02 from our brewing causing this climate change

Yes guys, keep brewing and drinking. We'll show Harper he's an idiot when it comes to climate change.

No it's the fools who forget the gasket on their CO2 tank, they'll kill us all.

mr x wrote:No it's the fools who forget the gasket on their CO2 tank, they'll kill us all.

guilty

mr x wrote:No it's the fools who forget the gasket on their CO2 tank, they'll kill us all.

Haha..

A lot of the recipes from Jamil's BCS are here: http://beerdujour.com/JamilsRecipes.htm, but I would recommend buying the book as John Palmer's co-authorship adds a lot. I also learned a lot from his podcast on thebrewingnetwork.com .

wortly wrote:A lot of the recipes from Jamil's BCS are here: http://beerdujour.com/JamilsRecipes.htm, but I would recommend buying the book as John Palmer's co-authorship adds a lot. I also learned a lot from his podcast on thebrewingnetwork.com .

I've been listening to these during work over the past week or two, very good information!

So I finally got Jamil's Brewing Classic Styles and they're all extract recipes... Is that what everyone else has or did I just get the extract version? If not, then what do you all grain guys do with the extract recipes?

The all grain version is at the very end of each recipe in its own paragraph

So it is ... Thanks Jimmy

If the recipe calls for steeping grains, don't forget to add those.