Books for home brewers:

If you wanted to buy only one book on homebrewing, this is the one. It covers from novice to advanced.

This book is an excellent reference for the homebrewer. It isn't written as a standalone teaching guide, but as a collection of useful information wrapped up in a nice little package. It dovetails nicely with The New Complete Joy of Home Brewing.

This book touches more on the numbers behind the art. If you're the "techie" type (you probably are if your visiting this site) then you will enjoy this publication. There are chapters on each major brewing ingredient, each of which gets into the details of what happens to a given ingredient during the brewing process. Following those chapters, are sections on creating recipes for the major beer styles of the world.

If you're wondering how they get that special flavor, peer into the pages of this book. See how the pros do it, an excellent book to start the recipe creation wheels turning. Each recipe provides an extract, partial mash, and all grain version. Clear and informative material.

They’ve done it again! 150 more world class beers cloned for the home brewer. Now you can make more of your favorite commercially brewed beers using the recipes found in this well written book.

This short book is a great manual for home brewers. First, it provides a succinctly readable introduction to get novices safely through their first few batches. Then, it goes on to present the best available introductions to intermediate and advanced brewing.

For both amateur alchemists eager to tap into this burgeoning field and seasoned zymurgists looking to improve their brews, The Brewmaster's Bible is the ultimate resource, featuring updated data on liquid yeasts, 30 recipes in each of the classic beer styles, and more.

For anyone weaned on Pappazian's books, this is the next logical step. Every aspect of the science of brewing beer is covered.~ sometimes funny style, but that doesn't detract from the excellent layout of this book, which leads from simple partial-mash brewing to all-grain mashing via a logical and step-by step progression of ideas.

In 1996 more than 250 brewers from around the globe entered their finest creations in the World Beer Cup International Competition. This collection of home brewing recipes from the Gold Cup winners features ales, bitters, porters, stouts, pilsners, lagers, light beers, malt liquors, and more.

After a detailed examination of the ingredients that go into brewing lagers, Noonan covers the essential steps of planning recipes and brewing classic lager styles. Recipes are included. Illustrations.