"The Artist Formerly Known as Kap'n Salty" <mikey666@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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wrote in message news:46CC9B89.9060400@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Designing Great Beers is a good book; the notable problem is that he has
> no real information on Belgian styles, and some other substyles styles
are
> completely absent as well (Euro Dark Lager, for example).
>
> He goes into some detail into the "whys" of ingredients, how ingredients
> were used historically (to the extent that that data is available), and
> presents a lot of information on incidence and amounts of ingredients
per
> style based on historical NHC second round winners. This is useful,
> although I think the data naturally shows a build-in "contest" bias.
>
> Overall highly recommended with the caveat that it's useless for Belgian
> styles.
>
> Other good books include some books from the AHA Style series -- some
are
> better than others. If you're into lagers, Noonan's "New Brewing Lager
> Beer" is quite useful. I also like Fix's "Analysis of Brewing
Techniques",
> although some information may be more pertinent to small professional
> brewers than homebrewers.
>
> I haven't cared for the "Clone Brews" book, personally. The AG recipes
in
> particular seem poorly thought out, and in some cases just plain wrong.
>
Yep, I have three of those books (not Fix's book) and I would have to
agrree
100% percent with your conclusions. Noonans's book is very useful if
you're
into lagers in a big way, which I am.
Steve W (in Aus)
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