Two experienced brewers share award-winning recipes for each of the eighty-plus competition styles, and give guidance to brewers interested in reproducing classic beer styles for their own enjoyment or to enter into competitions.

"Author Ray Daniels provides the brewing formulas, tables, and information to take your brewing to the next level in this detailed technical manual."--

"Discusses the science and culture of hops, exploring such topics as history, hop varieties, brewing and dry-hopping techniques, and provides commercial recipes for brewing beer"--

History and chemistry of Maillard reaction products, and the derivation of caramel colors and flavors in the kiln and kettle.

"Water is arguably the most critical and least understood of the foundation elements in brewing beer. This is the third title in Brewers Publications' "Brewing elements series" which takes the mystery out of water's role in the brewing process. From an overview on sources, quality and geography, the book leads brewers through how to read water reports, under-standing flavour contributions, and the treatment and chemistry of brewing water. A discussion...

"A "beer lover's guide, including more than 100 types to know, arranged style by style"--Jacket. The Beer Bible is the ultimate reader- and drinker-friendly guide to all the world?s beers. No other book of this depth and scope approaches the subject of beer in the same way that beer lovers do?by style, just as a perfect pub menu is organized?and gets right to the pleasure of discovery, knowledge, and connoisseurship. Divided into four major families?ales,...

Features a crash course on basic ingredients and brewing gear along with an overview of the preparation, brewing, fermentation, and bottling and conditioning processes. Introduces malted grains, liquid yeasts, and the chance to explore recipes that highlight a variety of beer styles from the British Isles and Belgium to the United States and Germany.

"There is a supposed Chinese curse that says "May you live in interesting times'. There is no doubt whatsoever that, when it comes to beer, these most certainly are extremely interesting times. In China, itself, the brewing of beer accelerated at an astonishing rate in the past couple of decades. Elsewhere, in a huge range of countries but perhaps best typified by the likes of the United States, United Kingdom and Australia, there is a burgeoning...