Homebrewing For Dummies

Introduction 1

Part 1: First Things First 7

Chapter 1: Welcome to the Wonderful World of Wort 9

Chapter 2: Setting Up Your Beeraphernalia 17

Chapter 3: Creating Your Own Department of Sanitation 35

Part 2: It's in There: The Nuts and Bolts of Beer 43

Chapter 4: Malt: A Tale of Two Sources (Grain and Extract) 45

Chapter 5: Hop Heaven 55

Chapter 6: Yeast and Fermentation 67

Chapter 7: On the Water Front 79

Chapter 8: Adjuncts and Flavorings 87

Chapter 9: Making Your Brew Bionic: Additives, Preservatives, Finings, and Clarifiers 99

Part 3: Ready, Set, Brew! 105

Chapter 10: Beginner Brewing Directions 107

Chapter 11: Intermediate Brewing Directions 115

Chapter 12: Advanced Brewing Directions 127

Chapter 13: High-Tech Brewing 147

Part 4: Packaging Your Brew 155

Chapter 14: Bottling Your Brew 157

Chapter 15: Doing the Can-Can: Canning Your Beer 173

Chapter 16: Kegging: Bottling's Big Brother 181

Part 5: BJCP Beer Style Guidelines and Homebrew Recipes 191

Chapter 17: Beginner Suggestions and BJCP Beer Style Guidelines 193

Chapter 18: Intermediate Recipes 209

Chapter 19: BJCP Beer Style Guidelines and Advanced Recipes 239

Part 6: Alternative Brewing 269

Chapter 20: In-Cider Information 271

Chapter 21: A Meading of the Minds 281

Chapter 22: Hard Seltzers 293

Chapter 23: Going Green: Being an Eco-Friendly Homebrewer 301

Chapter 24: Gluten-Free Brewing 313

Chapter 25: Barrel Aging and Souring Beer 321

Part 7: Putting Your Brew to the Test 337

Chapter 26: Storing and Pouring 339

Chapter 27: You Can't Judge a Bock by Its Cover: Evaluating Beer 349

Chapter 28: Troubleshooting 361

Chapter 29: Homebrew Competitions 375

Part 8: The Part of Tens 387

Chapter 30: Ten (or So) Ways to DIGIBIY (Do It, Grow It, Build It Yourself) 389

Chapter 31: Ten (or So) Gizmos That Can Make Your Brewing Better and Easier 401

Chapter 32: Just the FAQs: Ten (or So) Frequently Asked Questions 407

Index 413