Praise for How to Brew

Table of Contents

Preface to the Fourth Edition

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Introduction

Section I. Brewing Beer Kits

1. Brewing Your First Batch of Beer

2. Cleaning and Sanitizing

3. Malt and Malt Extract

4. Brewing with Beer Kits and Extracts

5. Hops

6. Yeast and Fermentation

7. Yeast Management

8. Water for Extract Brewing

9. Brewing with a Full-Volume Boil

10. Priming, Bottling, and Kegging

11. How to Brew Lager Beer

12. Brewing Strong Beers

13. Brewing with Fruits, Vegetables, and Spices

14. Brewing Sour Beers

Section II. All-Grain Brewing

15. Understanding Malted Barley and Adjuncts

16. How the Mash Works

17. The Methods of Mashing

18. Extractino and Yield

19. Getting the Wort Out (Lautering)

20. Brewing Your First All-Grain Batch

21. Residual Alkalinity, Malt Acidity, and Mash pH

22. Adjusting Water for Style

Section III. Recipes, Experimenting, and Troubleshooting

23. Some of My Favorite Beer Styles and Recipes

24. Developing Your Own Recipes

25. Is My Beer Ruined?

Section IV. Appendices

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Appendix D

Appendix E

Appendix F

Appendix G

Appendix H

Appendix I

Bibliography

Index