{"product_id":"brew-better-beer-isbn-9781607746317","title":"Brew Better Beer","description":"In this colorful homebrewing guide, The Kitchn’s Emma Christensen gives you the keys to the brewery. Start out by mastering the basic styles, like A Very Good IPA and A Very Good Porter, then move on to inspired variations such as Centennial Dry-Hopped Double IPA, Campari IPA, and Smokey Chipotle Porter to discover which flavors, infusions, hops, and yeasts work best with each ale and lager. Want to brew a signature beer with your own personal stamp? Go wild with the “Make It Yours” suggestions and try tossing anything from cherries to chai spices into your brew.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This handy manual also dives deep into the mechanics of brewing all-extract, partial-extract, and all-grain brews, and includes a big, beautiful photographic guide to brewing beer so you can see exactly how each step is done. You can brew small 1-gallon batches, perfect for apartment brewers and low-risk experimentation, or brew 5 gallons and have enough to share with all your friends. You’ll also be introduced to up-and-coming beer trends like rye malts, barrel-aging at home, sour beers, gluten-free beers, and Old World beer styles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Filled with inspiring recipes like Riding Lawn Mower Pale Ale, Maple Cider Dubbel, Finnish Juniper Rye Sahti Ale, Figgy Pudding British Barleywine, and Farmers’ Market Gruit, Christensen’s accessible approach will have you brewing better beer in no time.Introduction   1\u003cbr\u003e chapter 1: Know Your Ingredients   5\u003cbr\u003e Malts   6\u003cbr\u003e Water   10\u003cbr\u003e Hops   10\u003cbr\u003e Yeast   14\u003cbr\u003e Other Fun Ingredients   16\u003cbr\u003e Say Hello to the Beer Family!   19\u003cbr\u003e chapter 2: Assemble Your Beer Kit   23\u003cbr\u003e General Equipment   24\u003cbr\u003e Brewing Equipment   27\u003cbr\u003e Fermenting Equipment   28\u003cbr\u003e Bottling Equipment   29\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What to Expect on Your First Visit \u003cbr\u003e to a Homebrew Store   34\u003cbr\u003e chapter 3: Brew Your First Beer   37\u003cbr\u003e Bird’s-Eye View of How to Brew Beer   38\u003cbr\u003e How to Brew an All-Extract Beer   40\u003cbr\u003e All-Extract Amber Ale   49\u003cbr\u003e How to Brew a Partial-Extract Beer   50\u003cbr\u003e Partial-Extract Amber Ale   53\u003cbr\u003e How to Brew an All-Grain Beer   54\u003cbr\u003e All-Grain Amber Ale   62\u003cbr\u003e A Photographic Guide to Brewing Beer   60\u003cbr\u003e Should You Brew a 1-Gallon or \u003cbr\u003e a 5-Gallon Batch?   64\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4: Pale Ales   69\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good American Pale Ale   71\u003cbr\u003e Bitter Brit English-Style Pale Ale   72\u003cbr\u003e Bitter Monk Belgian-Style Pale Ale   73\u003cbr\u003e Pine Woods Pale Ale   74\u003cbr\u003e Amarillo SMASH Pale Ale   77\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What to Worry About, \u003cbr\u003e What Not to Worry About   78\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5: India Pale Ales (IPAs)   81\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good IPA   83\u003cbr\u003e Centennial Dry-Hopped Double IPA   84\u003cbr\u003e Double-Take Black IPA   86\u003cbr\u003e Two-Left-Feet American Barleywine   87\u003cbr\u003e Campari IPA   89\u003cbr\u003e How to Pour and Taste Beer   90\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6: Brown Ales   93\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good American Brown Ale   95\u003cbr\u003e Pecan Pie Brown Ale   96\u003cbr\u003e Brown Bear Seeks Honey Braggot   98\u003cbr\u003e The Great Pumpkin Ale   99\u003cbr\u003e Chai-Spiced Winter Warmer   101\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Get Geeky with the Mash   102\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7: Porters and Stouts   105\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Porter   107\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Stout   109\u003cbr\u003e Smoky Chipotle Porter   111\u003cbr\u003e All-Day Dry Irish Stout   112\u003cbr\u003e Affogato Milk Stout   113\u003cbr\u003e Boss-Level Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout   114\u003cbr\u003e Play with Your Hops   116\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8: British Ales   119\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good British Mild   121\u003cbr\u003e Tea Time Extra-Special Bitter (ESB)   122\u003cbr\u003e High Seas British IPA   124\u003cbr\u003e Sugar and Spice Strong Ale   125\u003cbr\u003e Figgy Pudding British Barleywine   127\u003cbr\u003e Brewing in Warm Weather, \u003cbr\u003e Brewing in Cold Weather   128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9: Belgian Ales   131\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Abbey Ale   133\u003cbr\u003e Maple Cider Dubbel   134\u003cbr\u003e Tropical Island Tripel   136\u003cbr\u003e Fuzzy Nose Sour Ale   137\u003cbr\u003e Peach Melba Sour Lambic   139\u003cbr\u003e Get Funky with Sour Beers   140\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10: Scottish and Irish Red Ales   143\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Scottish Ale   145\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Irish Red Ale   147\u003cbr\u003e Day Hiker Irish Red   148\u003cbr\u003e Caramel-Coconut Wee Heavy   151\u003cbr\u003e Smoke \u0026amp; Scotch Ale   152\u003cbr\u003e Ten Small Habits That Will Make \u003cbr\u003e You a Better Brewer   154\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11: Wheat Beers   157\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Wheat Beer (Hefeweizen)   159\u003cbr\u003e Sweet-Tart Berliner Weisse   160\u003cbr\u003e Salty Dog Gose   161\u003cbr\u003e American Summer Wheat Ale   162\u003cbr\u003e Lavender-Orange Witbier   165\u003cbr\u003e Adding Fruits, Spices, and Other \u003cbr\u003e Fun Things to Beer   166\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 12: Rye Ales   171\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Rye Pale Ale   173\u003cbr\u003e Dark Pumpernickel Roggenbier   174\u003cbr\u003e Finnish Juniper Rye Sahti Ale   177\u003cbr\u003e No Apologies Imperial Rye Ale   178\u003cbr\u003e Red Eye Chicory Rye Porter   179\u003cbr\u003e Five Easy Ways to Level-Up \u003cbr\u003e Your Brew Game   180\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 13: Session Ales   183\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Session Ale   185\u003cbr\u003e Riding Lawn Mower Pale Ale   186\u003cbr\u003e Watermelon Saison   188\u003cbr\u003e Lemonade Stand Shandy   189\u003cbr\u003e Farmers’ Market Gruit   191\u003cbr\u003e How to Design Your Own \u003cbr\u003e Homebrew   192\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 14: Gluten-Free Beers   197\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Gluten-Free Pale Ale   199\u003cbr\u003e Gluten-Free Saison   200\u003cbr\u003e Gluten-Free Chocolate Porter   202\u003cbr\u003e Jasmine Honey Sparkler   203 \u003cbr\u003e Hoppy Hard Cider   205\u003cbr\u003e The Real Deal with Lagers   206\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 15: Lagers   209\u003cbr\u003e A Very Good Pilsner   211\u003cbr\u003e Spring Blossom Maibock   212\u003cbr\u003e McNally’s Oktoberfest   214\u003cbr\u003e Chocolate Doppelbock   215\u003cbr\u003e Ode to San Francisco Steam Beer   217\u003cbr\u003e Common Problems, Easy Solutions   218\u003cbr\u003e Glossary: Homebrewer’s Lingo   222\u003cbr\u003e Recommended Resources   226\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments   227\u003cbr\u003e About the Author   228\u003cbr\u003e Index   229“Armed with Emma Christensen’s clear, concise, and thorough guide, cooking up a world-class IPA, summer-friendly saison, or salty-tart gose is as simple as strolling to the store to snag a six-pack.”\u003cbr\u003e —Joshua M. Bernstein, author of Brewed Awakening and The Complete Beer Course\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “From grain to glass, Emma has done a heroic job of demystifying and evangelizing the homebrewing process. To any and all aspiring brewers, I highly recommend this book!” \u003cbr\u003e —Sam Calagione, president and founder of Dogfish Head Craft BrewerEMMA CHRISTENSEN is the recipe editor for the popular homecooking website The Kitchn (www.TheKitchn.com), and a graduate of the Cambridge School for Culinary Arts in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A former beer reviewer for the \u003ci\u003eColumbus Dispatch\u003c\/i\u003e, she is a dedicated home-brewer \u003cbr\u003e always eager for the chance to nerd out about fermentation. Emma lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. To learn more, visit www.emmaelizabethchristensen.blogspot.com.INTRODUCTION:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy relationship with homebrewing did not get off to the best of starts. I was plenty eager and I had a lot of shiny new equipment, but an hour after returning from my first trip to the homebrew store, I felt completely and utterly baffled. I was also not in the kitchen; I was sitting on the couch in my living room with three different, slightly contradictory sets of brewing instructions laid out on the coffee table before me. My husband was tackling this new hobby with me, and neither of us had any idea where to begin or which instructions to follow or even how to move off the couch.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Once we formed a plan of action, the situation (unfortunately) did not improve. The liquid malt extract we’d purchased was roughly the consistency of tar and wouldn’t come out of the container. Our beer juice (which some, though not all, instructions mysteriously referred to as “wort”) took forever to come to a boil. And once it did, it continued to boil right over the side of the pot, extinguishing the burner’s pilot light and making a gigantic mess. My husband and I argued about whether the batch was ruined or if we could just add some more water and carry on—the first of many such stressed-out and frustration-fueled fights to follow. To date, some of our most ferocious battles as a married couple have happened while brewing beer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sound familiar? Maybe your first brew day (and possibly many others) went along similar lines. Maybe you’ve never brewed before and are reading this in horror, wondering what possessed you to ever think homebrewing might be “fun to try.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Don’t worry. I’ve got your back. What you’re holding in your hands right now is the result of many years of learning and tinkering with how to brew beer at home—without the tears or cursing. My number one goal is to guide you through those first few brews—the ones where everything is brand-new, you have no idea what’s going on, and the potential for frustration is high—and into a place where you feel confident stepping into the kitchen with nothing but a bag of grains and a desire for beer. The title for this book is also a promise: I want to help you brew better beer.\u003cbr\u003e Why homebrew in the first place? Because it’s seriously fun. Because it tickles your inner science geek. Because your first batch is instant membership into a fellowship of homebrewers that stretches back for eons. Because there is no finer feeling than flicking the cap off a bottle of beer, hearing that hiss of carbonation, and taking the first sip of a beer you brewed yourself. ","brand":"Ten Speed Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304858996965,"sku":"NP9781607746317","price":23.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781607746317.jpg?v=1767723064","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/brew-better-beer-isbn-9781607746317","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}