Brew Ware: How to Find, Adapt & Build Homebrewing Equipment

by Karl F. Lutzen, Mark Stevens, Randy Mosher (Illustrator)

Gear up with the right equipment and take the hassle out of homebrewing. Karl E. Lutzen and Mark Stevens guide you through the best tools for all your brewing needs, from DIY homemade versions of commercial brewery equipment to simple devices that make brewing easier and safer. Learn which gadgets and gizmos work best for measuring, mashing, bottling, kegging, and more. With the proper tools close at hand you’ll save both time and money, leaving you free to focus on enjoying your homebrewed beers.

Genres: Brewing, Beer, Nonfiction, Cookbooks, Cooking, How To, Reference

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 8, 1996

Reviews

[Mark · Rating 3 out of 5]

Marking this read after-the-fact as am weeding.

Useful book if you are handily-inclined and like making things.

[Rob · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book's focus is definitely on the equipment, and throughout includes some good (if high-level) instructions on how to build a lot of that equipment. This book is pushing 20 years at this point, and I'm wondering if some of the stuff described in here isn't just more easily purchased -- putting aside for a moment the pride you can have from building your own gear. That said, there's some good history in here (re: different types of equipment) as well as some good discussion about different techniques. (I particularly liked the chapters on fermentation and yeast culturing, in particular). I'd consider purchasing a copy (I borrowed it from the library) -- but I need to get a good base of tools to start with. (Though at that point I may as well just buy the equipment to start with.)

[Jeff · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book for the real do-it-yourself brewer. For almost every piece of equipment you could buy for each stage in the brewing process (including all-grain brewing and kegging), they review some of the major brands (as of 1995, anyway) and usually give you a home-built alternative.

Most of this stuff is out of my league right now, but it gave me good ideas on what to look for in started equipment that would be easier to upgrade.

[Ben · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book has lots of basic how to for homemade gadgets to support home brewing. It's a nice resource, but doesn't have any techniques or depth which cannot easily be found on teh web.

[Pupfish]

I want to read

[Jeffrey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of good info about making your own equipment, just not cost effective if your time is worth anything

[Rick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not bad, there are some good ideas but being written in the mid-90s it is a bit dated now.