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Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer
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Good Beer Guide Prague & the Czech Republic
Averaging 281 pints of ale per capita per year, the Czech Republic is far and away the worlds leader in beer consumption. As this handy guidebook of beer shows, Czechs are equally expert in brewing beer as well. Listings and analyses are provided of all the major Czech beers as well as lesser-known brews that are only available within the country, from the highly alcoholic X-33 to the unique, nonpasteurized version of Pilsner Urquell. A guide is also offered to the top pubs, breweries, and drinking holes across the nation, as well as to such unique locations as the Chodovar brewery, which offers full-body beer baths, and the Pelhrimov brewery,…
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Travels With Barley: The Quest for the Perfect Beer Joint
Pulitzer Prize finalist and former Wall Street Journal writer Ken Wells set out on America’s mighty River of Beer (aka the Mississippi) in a quest for his own Oz: the mythical Perfect Beer Joint. Along the way he samples great beer with the Heartland’s raconteurs, probes Elvis’s beer-drinking habits, drops in on brewers and hopheads, tours the World’s Largest Six-Pack and a bar once owned by Al Capone, and visits an Extreme Beer Maker whose dream is 50-proof brew. This is a vision of America that readers have never seen before- through the frosty prism of a beer glass.
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Dave Miller’s Homebrewing Guide: Everything You Need to Know to Make Great-Tasting Beer
Its here! The only book you need to brew great-tasting beer at home. If you can boil water and combine ingredients, you can learn skills to make top notch beer. Dave Millers Homebrewing Guide is a simple yet complete overview for brewers of all levels. Brewmaster Dave Miller offers up-to-date advice on cutting-edge techniques and successfully guides you through the entire brewing process. Easy-to-follow instructions, helpful charts, handy illustrations, troubleshooting tips, comprehensive glossary, resource guide, equipment and recipes, sanitation and more.
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Basic Homebrewing: All the Skills and Tools You Need to Get Started
“A full-color introduction to beer brewing, complete with recipes, including: * Paradise Pale Ale * Old Bald Fart Barley Wine * Old Country Lager * Moo-Juice Milk Stout Whether you’d like to start your own brewpub someday or are just looking for an alternative to bland, mass-produced beer, Basic Homebrewing is the perfect way to learn the fundamentals of home fermentation. Illustrated throughout in full color and structured around a series of increasingly complex recipes, the book teaches essential techniques through clear, step-by-step instruction, revealing a process that is equal parts science and art–you’ll familiarize yourself with both the technology that makes brewing possible as well as the malts, hops,…
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The Homebrewer’s Garden: How to Easily Grow, Prepare, and Use Your Own Hops, Malts, Brewing Herbs
Grow Your Own…Brew Your Own! If you have a backyard, or even a sun-facing porch, you can greatly enhance the flavor, aroma, and uniqueness of your homebrew by growing your own hops, brewing herbs, and malt grains. Easy instructions will help you put the “home” into your homebrew from setting up your first hop trellis, to malting grain at home, to brewing recipes specially formulated for homegrown ingredients. When you grow your own organic ingredients, you can be sure they are the freshest and purest available. “The Homebrewer’s Garden is a natural marriage of two great hobbies…”
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Brew Chem 101: The Basics of Homebrewing Chemistry
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