ChrisColby
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My new book, "The Homebrew Recipe Bible," by Chris Colby (2016, Page Street Publishing) has just been released.
"Home Brew Recipe Bible" contains 101 homebrew recipes, all formulated with the same extract efficiency and hop utilization. Most major classic beer styles are present, along with a few experimental brews. All are 5.0-gallon recipes.
There are extract formulations given for every recipe possible. All the extract recipes contain base malts along with the steeping grains -- procedurally, they are similar to an extract with grains recipe, but since they contain base malts they are really a small partial mash. Because base grains add aroma to the beer, the extract formulations are superior to regular extract with grain formulations, IMO. (The temperatures and water-to-grain ratios are given, so the base grains will convert.)
Each recipe includes all the information you need, including optimal yeast starter size, strike water volume, amount of wort collect, etc. along with the usual temperatures and times.
In addition, most recipes have either added information on a relevant technique or ingredient, common ways to tweak the recipe, or both.
This is my first book and I tried to write a book that I would have enjoyed and benefitted from as a novice brewer. I hope all homebrewers will check it out -- it's on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and in bookstores -- and consider adding it to their library.
Thanks,
Chris
PS I checked with Yooper before posting this here. I hope nobody minds a commercial post. I'm just one guy, a homebrewer and writer, not a big corporation. (Most of the proceeds from my royalties will go towards feeding the clowder of stray cats my wife and I have adopted.
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"Home Brew Recipe Bible" contains 101 homebrew recipes, all formulated with the same extract efficiency and hop utilization. Most major classic beer styles are present, along with a few experimental brews. All are 5.0-gallon recipes.
There are extract formulations given for every recipe possible. All the extract recipes contain base malts along with the steeping grains -- procedurally, they are similar to an extract with grains recipe, but since they contain base malts they are really a small partial mash. Because base grains add aroma to the beer, the extract formulations are superior to regular extract with grain formulations, IMO. (The temperatures and water-to-grain ratios are given, so the base grains will convert.)
Each recipe includes all the information you need, including optimal yeast starter size, strike water volume, amount of wort collect, etc. along with the usual temperatures and times.
In addition, most recipes have either added information on a relevant technique or ingredient, common ways to tweak the recipe, or both.
This is my first book and I tried to write a book that I would have enjoyed and benefitted from as a novice brewer. I hope all homebrewers will check it out -- it's on Amazon and Barnes and Noble, and in bookstores -- and consider adding it to their library.
Thanks,
Chris
PS I checked with Yooper before posting this here. I hope nobody minds a commercial post. I'm just one guy, a homebrewer and writer, not a big corporation. (Most of the proceeds from my royalties will go towards feeding the clowder of stray cats my wife and I have adopted.
)
