Wild Brews: The craft of home brewing, from sour and fruit beers to farmhouse ales

by Jaega Wise

An inspiring manual that shows you how to brew beers at home using wild fermentation techniques

WINNER BEST DEBUT DRINKS BOOK AWARD FROM FORTNUM & MASON

James Beard Award nominee

Produced using a mixture of naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria, wild fermented beers offer the ‘fine dining’ of the beer world. These beers are how beer tasted 200 years ago, before brewing was industrialized, and are enjoying a worldwide revival. 

Jaega Wise, head brewer at East London’s Wild Card Brewery, is one of the UK’s experts in wild fermentation. Here, she explains the science behind the brewing process and shares her recipes so that you can experiment at home. Learn how to brew, bottle, and age your beer in wooden barrels, and produce a range of different sour beer styles, farmhouse ales and fruit beers. 

Recipes and styles featured in the book  


Also included is a trouble-shooter section to guide you through what happens when wild yeast and bacteria get out of control and how to remedy it. Whether you are a beer geek or a home brewing novice, Wild Brews contains everything you need to replicate today’s sour and wild beer styles at home. 

"One of the most respected craft brewers in the country." - Imbibe.com

Genres: Cookbooks

192 pages, Hardcover

Published June 28, 2022

Reviews

[Alessandro]

3.5 really. Jaega clearly knows what she’s talking about and is mostly engaging and inspiring (I’m a very beginner and other books have shown themselves too technical), so I can’t wait to try some of her recipes. The main issues are the wrong references within the text (page numbers that don’t match), some stumbling upon microorganisms, and the list of places where to drink on the back. A serious book on wild beers cannot omit the Cantillon brewery bar (which admittedly has a lousy atmosphere but incredible selection) and the 3 Fonteinen Lambic-o-droom in Beersel. By the same token, mentioning Mikkeller as a place where to drink in Copenhagen (long time resident of the area) in 2022 is completely out of time, as they have been irrelevant for years. Baghaven keeps a somewhat interesting offering, but Mikkeller as a company is a thing of the past (both from a beer perspective and from their corporate image). It’s basically like recommending Brewdog. End of rant. Good book otherwise!

[Lana Svitankova · Rating 3 out of 5]

Дуже сподобалася емоційність і чесність викладення історії. Хороші поради в цілому. Фантастичні ілюстрації. З деякими описами не погоджуюся, але автор так бачить.

[Brian Taylor · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice presentation, but the content is very limited and basic.