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Summary: Good book
Review: As a professional brewer I found this book interesting in that I was able to view thoughts on the subject by other professional brewers that I did not personally know. I frequently contact others in my area of the country and share thoughts and knowledge. The recipes seem to be good examples of the styles they mean to emulate. You must remember beers can be very different from region to region, (but sweet stout should fall into certain guidelines) and vary brewer to brewer. That's what makes brewing and tasting beer so great. I can appreciate the effort put forth by these authors, I also enjoyed thier first book. If a brewer felt missreresented in the book, well, I can't speak for the authors or that brewer, but in my mind the book was done well and is just what it claims to be. The appproach to the recipes is relaxed and that is wonderfull. It will call for and ounce of Chinook hops, and not call for alpha acid or IBU's. While this is important to exactly replicate a beer time after time, I find the spirit of brewing is more closly followed by the more relaxed approach. Anyway, good book.
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Summary: Good, not great
Review: Lot's of recipes in this one. I was expecting more information. What information is in this book is good; it's like talking about brewing with your buddies. If only I knew these people personally! This is a good book to help you focus on what's important, and understand where you can be creative. Don't get me wrong, I like it; I'm just not going gush.
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Summary: Good Brewing Info - watch out for the recipes!
Review: This book contains very valuable information about brewing better beer, whether at home or in a small brewery. The opinions of the brewers are justified in logical terms and make a lot of sense. The recipes are a different matter. In looking at a recipe for Americal Red Ale, my calculations showed that the beer would be two to three times more bitter than the most bitter beers available. I believe that it would be undrinkable. Please, if you buy this book, do the calculations before blindly following the recipes.
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Summary: It's the yeast stupid
Review: This is a great book to progress to after you've read a couple of the starter homebrewing books. It's eye opening to hear the methods and techniques of the actual microbrewers. Their collection of recipes is the best I've seen in one book. The most important thing that I learned in this book is the importance of uncontaminated yeast strains. This one factor alone convinced me to use only liquid strains and therefore lesson the possibility of souring. My beers have been exceptional ever since reading this book.
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Summary: It's the yeast stupid
Review: This is a great book to progress to after you've read a couple of the starter homebrewing books. It's eye opening to hear the methods and techniques of the actual microbrewers. Their collection of recipes is the best I've seen in one book. The most important thing that I learned in this book is the importance of uncontaminated yeast strains. This one factor alone convinced me to use only liquid strains and therefore lesson the possibility of souring. My beers have been exceptional ever since reading this book.
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