General Description

A hard cover book written by Greg Hughes aimed at being both a beginner’s guide to brewing, teaching the brewer about all the different aspects of brewing and providing the home brewer with countless recipes for both conventional and less mainstream craft beer styles.

Content summary

An Introcution consisting of a brief history on brewing, the craft-beer revolution and a simplified diagram showing you what happens from grain to glass.

A discussion on ingredients ranging from different grains, sugars, hops, yeasts and botanicals.

A starting guide describing preparation, the different brewing methods, the equipment needed, yeast pitching, the fermentation process itself and bottling. More advanced techniques such as souring are also briefly discussed for those interested.

A beer style summary that helps you choose which recipes you may or may not fancy.

Well over 100 recipes ranging from lagers, ales, wheat beers and a wide range of mixed styles.