In this comprehensive guide to homebrewing, Dave Miller offers expert advice on the entire brewing process. With up-to-date techniques, simple definitions for unfamiliar terminology, and helpful diagrams demonstrating proper equipment layouts and methods, Miller includes everything you need to know to brew great-tasting beer at home. Clear enough for the novice, yet thorough enough to earn a home in the libraries of accomplished brewmasters,Dave Miller’s Homebrewing Guideis packed with useful information that will inspire you to take your beer to the next level.
Dave Miller is the author ofBrew Like a ProandDave Miller’s Homebrewing Guide, published by Storey in 1995. He was a brewer at Blackstone in Nashville from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure there, Blackstone’s beer won 14 Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup medals. In his retirement, he has returned to the world of homebrewing. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Homebrewers Association.
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If you can boil water and combine ingredients, you can learn the skills you need to make top-notch beer.Dave Miller's Homebrewing Guideis a simple yet complete overview for brewers of all levels. Brewmaster Dave Miller offers up-to-date advice on cutting-edge techniques and successfully guides you through the entire brewing process.
1 Introduction
2 How Beer Is Made
3 Getting Started in Homebrewing
4 Malts, Adjuncts, and Sugars
5 Water and Water Treatment
6 Mash Methods - An Overview
7 Equipment for Wort Production
8 What Happens in the Mash Tun?
9 Mashing and Lautering
10 Hops
11 Kettles, Wort Coolers, and Other Equipment
12 What Happens in the Kettle and Wort Cooler?
13 Boiling, Trub Separation, and Cooling
14 Yeast
15 Yeast Propagation and Maintenance
16 Fermentation Methods
17 Fermentation andlC