Good bginner's book on homebrew beer?

[jules07]

Can anyone recommend one?

[Uncle Albert]

Hi Jules,

Dave Line's two books are very good:

The Big Book of Brewing is a terrific all round guide for a beginner.

Brewing Beers Like Those You Buy has the basic methods outlined, but is more of a recipe book, once you know what you're doing. Great for replicating particular styles that you know you like.

The first one would be ideal if you've never brewed before.

[Protea]

i have a 'brewzer' home brew kit, which is excellent for first time brewers, there's a choice of kits to use in it - the bitter and IPA are quite good.

A friend of mine brews our homebrew beers for a beer festival we hold - he bought the basic kit (buckets and other paraphanalia) and then just buys various packs to make the beers (widely available from homebrew shop websites). There's a huge variety and apparently they're dead easy to make - i think most come with instructions.

[Brewer-again]

brewing??

Hi Jules07
It kinds of depends whether you want to brew from barley, malted concentrates or kits ?
I have brewed with all and still do, but the best was from malted barley which had to be boiled. The liquour was then used to make the beer.

[Soldierfire]

Trial by fire is the best way to start I got a brewer's best kit from the internet and the equipment. From there i tried other kits and learned how to do everything step by step. Real hard to screw-up the kits. Now i am making beer, wine and brandy at the same time. Soldierfire