Look What Came In the Mail!

Last week I got a delivery from thebookdepository.co.uk that is already proving to be a very good tool for helping me on this journey.




Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels. Wow.

The first half of this book talks a lot about intermediate and advanced areas of all-grain and extract brewing that I feel don't get enough attention in other books. Things like water chemistry, how SRM and EBC are calculated, the history of a lot of techniques and science behind those sorts of things, as well as yeast, hop utilization, and others. Some things he doesn't go into much detail on, but I like that he gives you an idea of what ELSE can go into producing flavors and colors in the beer you make.

The second half of this book, which I have yet to get into, covers something like 14 different styles and goes quite into depth on how to design a beer to fit this style. I am thinking this book will become my bible over the months/years I am on this journey. I am quite excited to finish up part one and move onto reading about how to make a German Pils. I may have to buy another example of the style soon. That König was too good.