Fantastic book with as much explanation as you could want

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	• How to Brew: Everything You Need To Know To Brew Beer Right The First Time John J. Palmer Brewers Publications, 2006 - 400 pages average customer review:based on 49 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It has everything!

Excellent book. It has info on everything you need to know about homebrewing. I keep it by my bedside.

Biblical

This is the book to have if you want to brew. Just get it, you won't be sorry.

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Excellent book for beginners and experienced.

Great book. No book covers every aspect but this is close. This was my fourth book on the subject and wish I would have started with this one. I would highly recommend this book if you are just getting started in home brewing with extract or just getting started with all grain.

Fantastic book with as much explanation as you could want

Wow, what a book!

Having grown up attached to the internet, I'm always skeptical of the need for most books. If you can find it on the web, why would you need/want to pay for a book?

However, this book has answered all of the lingering questions that I had regarding homebrewing. The internet covered some of the basics, but much of the detailed explanations for each and every process can't be easily found on the web. This book covers everything from the most basic hopped extract brewing all the way up to complex mashing techniques. It covers partial boils and their effect on the finished product, late extract additions, and why you add the hops that you add.

If you're technically savvy, this is a great book for you. There are tons of technical explanations to show you exactly what is going on at each step of the process. If you're not interested in those sections, they can be skipped without losing the overall picture.

And note: There is a glossary in the back. Use it.

Fantastic book. It's pushed me to see the limitations of partial boils in these times of scarce hops. I'm holding off on my next batch until I can get the required equipment to do some all-grain brewing.

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For the technically-minded

There are probably three books that are genuinely helpful for the beginning homebrewer. Which one is right for you depends on how you approach techniques of dealing with things in the physical world.
If the idea of doing anything physical scares the bejabbers out of you, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition (Harperresource Book). This is a very simple, slow and reassuring book. The author sounds like the friendliest, least intimidating guy in the world. The style is very chummy in a post-frathouse kind of way that some people find very difficult to read and that others find relaxing. In this book you may see the ancestor of the Complete Dummies series. I believe that Papazian, who has made a carreer of coaching homebrewers, has been published on the topic for thirty years or so.
If you're the sort of person who likes the idea of baking his own bread or wiring her own lamp, then probably The Complete Handbook of Home Brewing is right for you. The information is straightforward and well-organized and he allows for the fact that sometimes you want to make it fast and simple and other times you may want to linger over the details. There's a separate book of recipes ordered by beer style and also by degree of difficulty.
If you love worrying, then Palmer is the book for you. There are dozens of complications lurking in Palmer's world of brewing and a host of precautions and gadgets gadgets for avoiding them. Palmer is also the book for those who are curious about fundamentals: the hard science of brewing is to be found here.

--Lynn Hoffman, author of The New Short Course in Wine and bang BANG

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Everything needed to brew beer right the first time. Presented in a light-hearted style without frivolous interruptions, this authoritative text introduces brewing in a easy step-by-step review.

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