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The brewer's companion: A source-book for the small-scale brewer

4 reviews
Randy Mosher

Alephenalia Publications, 1993

One of the best books available for begining brewers.
Randy Mosher got it right with this book. This book is written in laymans terms and gets right to the basics, continuing on through moderate to advanced information. Very well laid out and full of usefull charts and worksheets. Hands down the best resource book for beginning brewers I've seen.

Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass

18 reviews
Randy Mosher

Brewers Publications, 2004

Great read, great ideas!
I'm enjoying this book immensely. This is my second home brewing book (Papazian was the first, about 15 years ago). Like Papazian, "Radical Brewing" includes plenty of lore in addition to hard core brewing info. And like Papazian this book has lots of humor in it. But Mosher's book is much more current, in terms of both information and viewpoint. And the humor is sardonic where Papazian's humor ...

Brewers Companion

1 review
Randy Mosher

Alephenalia Publications, 1995

Excellent reference, somewhat dated
This was my stock "technical details" book for quite a few years. However I recently received a copy of Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels and I don't think I'll be picking this up as much anymore. If you're looking for a copy of this book and having trouble finding it, I would strongly recommend the other one. Having said that there are a lot of diagrams and little details that make this ...

Tasting Beer
Randy Mosher

Storey Publishing, LLC, 2009

Beer. It's the most popular drink in the world. Enjoyed at ballparks, in home-away-from-home pubs, on the family room sofa, and in every kind of restaurant, beer is at ease in any setting. For all beer lovers who have known the pleasure of draining a pint, Randy Mosher explores and explains the complete tasting experience as it applies to all the wonderful brews of the world. Beer may be the common beverage of the people, but it is far from ...