Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70660 in Books
• Published on: 1998-12-31
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 158 pages

Synopsis
A revised handbook for amateur brewers containing full instructions and 110 detailed recipes to recreate the flavour and quality of beers which are served in the pub - for a fraction of the price. Draught ales, bottled and keg beers, lagers and stouts are included. The recipes are based on information provided by the commercial brewers who produce some of the most famous beers: Youngers Tartan, Carling Black Label, Carlsberg Special Brew, Budweiser, Stella Artois, Lowenbrau, Grolsch, Whitbread Best, Newcastle Amber and Brown Ales and Mackeson. The book has been revised to take account of modern equipment and homebrewing techniques, with recipes adapted for contemporary ingredients and tastes.

Customer Reviews

This book changed my life!
I'd been home winemaking for a while and had just been introduced to and developed a taste for real ale when I came across the original edition of this book. It has a recipe for Greene King Abbot Ale which at the time was my favourite beer but unavailable in Liverpool so purchase was immediate! To cut a long story short this was the start of my full mash grain brewing that I've found to be the most enjoyable hobby. I'm still learning 30 years later! I found that most of the recipes in this book produced good results although not always that close to the real thing. I know that Dave Line over-estimated the likely efficiencies achievable by home brewers but I don't remember this causing me any great problems. When my extracts came out low I just relaxed, didn't worry and had a homebrew (long before I heard of Charlie Papazian) and either accepted a beer a bit low in OG, added some sugar and/or boiled a bit longer. The important thing for me was the delicious end result. It is easy to increase the amount of malt or reduce the target brew length to ensure you hit target OGs if that is a concern for you. My original copy it very well used, battered, wort-stained and annotated. This seems to be a common feature with this book. My favourite recipes from this book were Greene King Abbot Ale (it never came out like the real thing - it was usually better!), Eldridge Pope Royal Oak (very consistent) and Gibbs Mew Bishops Tipple (this is was a very popular brew with friends and I recommend that every brewer try this recipe at least once - it is a remarkable big beer).

The Original and still one of the best!
I brought my first copy sometime in the early 80's. It served as the perfect companion when moved from kit beers to all grain brewing.
Although it is now widely recognised that the recipes do need some adjustment with todays better quality ingredients, it was one of a kind in those early days of homebrewing. I've probably made over 20 of the ales in the book over the years and still use it as a recipe formulation guide. Yes, my original copy is still use but very tatty and wort stained!

Great
This book is great. It contains a wide range of recipes that are easy to follow from traditional ales to continental lagers. There is also a section on the mashing process so you can brush up your skills. An excellent book for the beginner and expert alike.