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Summary: Interesting
Review: Although better texts exist, none contain the breadth of information that this one does. It has a complete section on different brewing methods, ingrediants and yeast. It also has a very comprehensive section on styles and recipes for each style. Snyder uses recipes from brewers, Al Korzonas for example, around the country to complete the recipe section of his book. Some of the recipes contain incomplete or simply bad advice and in my opinion should have been scrutinized more closely. However, despite these drawbacks, it is a nice reference and very easy to read. It is the book to buy for somebody who would like a lot of information without having to buy more books.
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Summary: Superb Reference!
Review: An excellent reference. I haven't worked up to all-grain yet, but the wealth of information on yeasts, hops, styles, adjuncts, you name it, is golden! The recipes are, in my opinion, nearly useless as they seem to be culled from can labels and extract kits, have bad advice (as someone has already noted) that directly contradict Snyder's instructions, and often have bizarre or proprietary items in the list of ingredients. Marty Nachel's Dummies recipies are much better. Actually, the two books complement each other nicely.Best part of the book: the table of style components. Very handy for constructing a recipe; grain, extracts, water, yeast. Fabulous!
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Summary: Superb Reference!
Review: An excellent reference. I haven't worked up to all-grain yet, but the wealth of information on yeasts, hops, styles, adjuncts, you name it, is golden! The recipes are, in my opinion, nearly useless as they seem to be culled from can labels and extract kits, have bad advice (as someone has already noted) that directly contradict Snyder's instructions, and often have bizarre or proprietary items in the list of ingredients. Marty Nachel's Dummies recipies are much better. Actually, the two books complement each other nicely. Best part of the book: the table of style components. Very handy for constructing a recipe; grain, extracts, water, yeast. Fabulous!
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Summary: One of the most informitive books to cover a-z homebrewing
Review: As a novice Homebrewer I found everything I could Imagine. Helpful hints and ways to brew from malt extract syrup to starting from raw grains. Easy and informitive.
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Summary: The one I always come back to..
Review: I own many of the standard brewing books, TNCJOHB, etc, but this is the one I always pick up for the answers. Hop profiles, yeast profiles and extensive style guides, not to mention the vast amount of recipes. This is truely my bible!
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Summary: A good reference for all zymurgist
Review: I use this book as a guide to develop my own recipes for home brews. It has enormous amount of information in all areas for making home brew. It is a good book to have as a reference.
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Summary: Best comprehensive reference around
Review: I've read all the other brewing books, and though Papazain, and homebrewing for dummies may be easier reads, this is the only book that has a complete list of style characteristics, details on ingredients, and fairly complete instructions for more complex methods, such as decoction brewing. Yes, as one reviewer pointed out, much of the book comprises recipes, but the tables and lists are invaluable. I've been brewing for 15 years, and still refer to this book each time I make a new batch.
Even the "lame recipes" are useful to get an idea how people approach the different styles (I never duplicate these recipes, but they are useful for synthesizing one's own recipes).
This is the book for geeks and engineers. If you know what reverse polish is, then buy this book.
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Summary: Excellent Quick Reference
Review: If you are interested in starting your own homebrewing this will get you started right. Although this book is NOT as easy to read as Papazian's Book it is much more diverse. As an advanced all grain brewer this book has a lot to offer me still in all the reference's to malt data, hop data and recipies. Good value for your money.
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Summary: poorly organized, mostly recipes and reference tables
Review: This book goes into every aspect of brewing, giving fantastic reference charts for hops, yeasts, beer styles, grains, carbonation, etc. I refer to this book every time I brew. This is not some lame homebrewing recipe book, that are a dime a dozen. This is the only book I use over and over-- the rest of my books gather dust on the shelf.
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Summary: Complete Reference Material
Review: This book goes into every aspect of brewing, giving fantastic reference charts for hops, yeasts, beer styles, grains, carbonation, etc. I refer to this book every time I brew. This is not some lame homebrewing recipe book, that are a dime a dozen. This is the only book I use over and over-- the rest of my books gather dust on the shelf.
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