Product Description

This book delves into monastic brewing, detailing this rich-flavoured region of the beer world through detailed visits to the modern producers in both America and Belgium. Along the way, Stan Hieronymus examines methods for brewing these unique ales, suited to commercial and amateur brewers, ready to try their hands at these tasty treats.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #14104 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 295 pages

Customer Reviews

Get some divine inspiration
If you like abbey and Trappist beers and want to brew them this title should be self recommending and you will not be disappointed. It is packed full of information some of which is quite surprising. I am pretty sure I would be worried if my fermenting beer got to 30 centigrade. Apparently this is OK if brewing a abbey/Trappist beer. Blimey.

If you are not keen on this variety of Belgian beer but want to expand your brewing horizons I would still recommend this book. It will surely make you think about your processes and maybe change them.

Recommended.

good book
not a bad book but writen for a small market of brewers , if your into strong beers this is the best book out there for it

Secrets of Abbey and Trappist Brewing
This book is a bit of a conumdrum for the authour - as he trys to say there is no definitive 'Abbey' style (due to the varied products from Abbey breweries) and then goes on to show the common atributes. This seems to consist of using 10-20% sugar in lightly hopped brews, but that description doesn't do credit to the authour, who has done his homework and created an interesting read, that actually wills you to go and try creating your own Abbey style beer.