Home Brew: Techniques and Recipes For The Home Brewer

by Philip Ward

As millions of people coast to coast already know, nothing is as satisfying as a tasty, natural beer, fresh from your own home-brewed supply. Now you too can join the ranks of home brewers with this lively, practical guide. You'll learn how to set up your home brewery, how to distinguish a lager from a pilsner, and an ale from a stout from a wheat beer, and, best of all, how to make them. In addition to dozens of home brew recipes, Home Brew includes chapters beers of the world, malts and grains, hops and yeasts, tasting and evaluating, how to match beers with food, and collecting brewery memorabilia. Home Brew is all you need to brew the best beer you ever tasted right in your own home.

160 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 1995

About the author

Philip Ward was a chartered librarian who was appointed as Director of the Unesco/Government of Indonesia Project for the Development of the National Library Service, Jakarta. He is the author of more than fifty books. A poet, dramatist, and reviewer for World Literature Today, Ward has a large working private library and in 1956 was founding Honorary Secretary of the Private Libraries Association. He has lived in Libya (for 8 1/2 years), Malta, England, and Egypt, as well as Indonesia.

Reviews

[Fredrick Danysh · Rating 3 out of 5]

With the renewed interest in home brewing beer this work will serve as a guide for the beginning brewer. Equipment and techniques are discussed and several beer recipes are given.