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Summary: Get this book, it's worth twice the asking price.
Review: Anyone can put together a list of recipes for all the classicstyles of beer, throw a cover on it and hawk it for ... ... or put up a web site and collect a thousand different ways to combine malt and hops... recipes are easy to come by. But this book is more than just a collection of formulas. I give it a wholehearted five stars because the authors fill the pages with their passion for brewing great beer. The pages are a combination of anecodtes, brew tips and best of all quotations from all the greats of literature... Shakespeare to Orwell, they all had something to say about beer. I never tire of flipping through the pages when I am getting ready to make the next batch, and laughing at the wit and wisdom found within. I'll say it again. Get this book, it's worth twice the asking price.
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Summary: Best Recipe Book for the Extract Brewer
Review: I have used this book so much I wore it out. I now have a second copy. This is no doubt the best recipe book I own. It is geared towards the extract brewer and is a great companion to Papazian's "Complete Joy of Homebrewing". It is not an instruction book for the new brewer but rather a comprehensive book or recipes. There are simple recipes that a new brewer can use instead of purchasing a kit. There are also more advanced recipes for the more experienced brewer. It contains recipes for nearly every style of beer as well as cider and mead. My personal favorite is the Saison recipe, which most recipe books do not include. Unfortunately I don't see copies this book at the local bookstores or LHBS anymore. Grab a copy before this gem goes out of print.
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Summary: Best Recipe Book for the Extract Brewer
Review: I have used this book so much I wore it out. I now have a second copy. This is no doubt the best recipe book I own. It is geared towards the extract brewer and is a great companion to Papazian's "Complete Joy of Homebrewing". It is not an instruction book for the new brewer but rather a comprehensive book or recipes. There are simple recipes that a new brewer can use instead of purchasing a kit. There are also more advanced recipes for the more experienced brewer. It contains recipes for nearly every style of beer as well as cider and mead. My personal favorite is the Saison recipe, which most recipe books do not include. Unfortunately I don't see copies this book at the local bookstores or LHBS anymore. Grab a copy before this gem goes out of print.
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Summary: Great foundations for your own recepies.
Review: I've found that the recepies in this book are great starters for designing my own. It's great that it's an all extract based book using Wyeast. It also has some great tips. Excellent book for newbies.
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Summary: The only recipe book an extract brewer will ever need.
Review: If you're looking for a "how-to" book with regard to home-brewing, this ISN'T it, but if you just want RECIPES than this is the one to get. There is a mix of both extract and all-grain recipes. The emphasis on the former is not as great as advertised which I found slightly disappointing--for me, home-brewing is a hobby and not an occupation. (With a little bit of practice, however, it's not too difficult to convert an all-grain recipe into an extract version.) No matter what your style or taste, you'll find at least several different choices here, with recipes complete and easy to understand, and usually presented in a very entertaining fashion. Lots of tips, "history of beer" vignettes, and quotes from famous people on the subject of beer, many of which I have found fun to use in label-making. There's also some very good food recipes in here, all using beer--the Chicken with Roasted Garlic Cream Sauce has become a family favorite, and I'm anxious to try the Chocolate Cream Stout Cake!
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Summary: Good book containing Extract recipes of many brews.
Review: The book is well laid out and contains a good number of recipes of extract based homebrews.
The only major complain is that as an allgrain brewer, there are only a few recipes which can interest me.
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Summary: The best extract homebrew recipe book out there
Review: This is a delightful book of recipes, tips, and antecdotes. As an extract brewer, the book meets my needs perfectly. The recipes are varied and wide ranging, from classic recipes to historic and seasonal brews.
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Summary: A Politically Charged Recipe Book
Review: This recipe book contains extremely enticing and creative recipes. However I can't seem to get past a few of the fundamental flaws this book has:
1. The book is politically charged. The authors should have titled this book "The Homebrewers Recipe Guide of the Democrat Party". The authors admonish Newt Gingrich, sing praises to Jimmy Carter, and fill the book with their "progressive" social commentary. This took me by surprise because I thought I was buying a reference book, not a book on political commentary.
2. The authors do not provide any guidelines for hop bittering. The recipes explain how much of which hop to use but do not indicate bittering units in the recipes - This is important because hop potency can vary from year to year and because bittering units can help you make adjustments incase the required hops are not available at your homebrew shop.
3. Most of the recipes are for extract users who can boil their entire 5 gallon batch. Most extract users only have the means to boil 2-3 gallons at the most. This makes a big difference in the homebrewers use of hops.
The recipes look good but I plan on returning my copy for another politically neutral recipe book.
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Summary: Let down...
Review: What started out as a pleasant experience became a bit of a let down. The foreword by Charlie Papazian gets you all geared up. The book reads well although some of the tips are questionable. The book is definitely more for the extract brewer. Some recipes look interesting and some are out there. However comments that are degrading or offensive to certain people should have been omitted. This is supposed to be a reference book not a soapbox. Overall I found Designing Great Beer (Daniels) much more useful.
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