Strong Waters: A Simple Guide to Making Beer, Wine, Cider and Other Spirited Beverages at Home

by Scott Mansfield, Anya Fernald (Foreword)

Discover the Many Rewards of Homemade Spirits—Unique, Flavorful, Economical and Surprisingly Easy to Make! Today's renewed interest in making wine and beer at home amounts to nothing less than a renaissance. No matter why you want to join the new generation of homebrewersto complement your cooking, to save money, or simply for a truly rewarding hobby—Strong Waters will tell you how. In this do-it-yourself guide, Scott Mansfield makes a grand tradition accessible for today's enthusiasts. Beginners will welcome his tips for getting started inexpensively with everyday materials, and experienced hobbyists will be inspired by recipes for longtime favorites and forgotten delights, Worried that making your own spirits is complicated? Don't be! Strong Waters covers everything from the basics of bottling to the science of sweetening. It's surprisingly easy, and as eight pages of color photos illustrate, the results are tantalizing. Cheers!

Genres: Food, Cooking, Cookbooks

264 pages, Paperback

First published March 17, 2010

Reviews

[Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

UPDATE: We made the balanced cider and it was excellent.



I highly recommend this book if you're interested in home brewing beyond just beer.

Initial reaction: I'm not going to rate this because we haven't made any of the recipes yet, but the instructions are excellent, as are the introductory chapters about cider-making, etc. I'll update this review once we've made something from this book.

(I buy loads of cookbooks, and I realize I never put them on GR.)

[Sean A. · Rating 5 out of 5]

Freaking great! i have made multiple beverages from this book and they all turned out pretty great and i intend to make many more. my best way for home booze making so far is thru this book!

[Sheila Shultz]

I have read but not used this information yet

[Scott Mansfield · Rating 5 out of 5]

The author is a freaking genius. Kidding. The book is different from other DIY tomes in the genre for these reasons:
* it covers all fermented beverages, not just beer, or just wine, etc
* it gives background on the history or cultural significance of each beverage...the health benefits of the ingredients too
* it includes enough recipes to learn the basic procedures and, more importantly, to create something original.

If you enjoy cooking and have wondered if you could make beer or wine, you can. Get this book or some other one and have at it!

[Mark · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very good, but why don't books on beer or wine making EVER contain the most PRIMITIVE forms of making them. It bugs me. They always update them to the modern era using malt syrups, packaged yeasts, etc, etc. Someplace on earth these basic, BASIC recipes have to exist. My search continues. This book was not it. Though it would be helpful for those willing to endure the modernization and all the cost of equipment that goes with it, for my personal reasons, it didn't make the cut.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, beginners guide though relies a lot on already bottled juices.

[Russell Troxler · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great place to begin.

What I took away from this book the most is, all the options. This book inspired me to try different things.