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Summary: Good book, but.....
Review: I am a big fan of all of the Styles Series books, but this is by far my favorite. Nearly every brewing book covers British ales and continental lagers in detail, yet offer only the briefest of comments on Belgian ales. Pierre Rajotte did extensive research for this highly readable book and he covers the history, styles and brewing techniques in just the right level of detail. Of particular value are his tips for working with high gravity beers. If you brew and you love Belgian ales, I highly recommend this book.
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Summary: Belgian Jackpot
Review: I have been a homebrewer for five years. I have read a lot of brewing literature. I own eight of the "Classic Beer Styles Series" and have read several others. I will be frank: the Series' quality is not consistent. Pierre Rajotte's Belgian Ale is one of the best in the series. I have brewed five of the recipes in the book and all have turned out well. When brewing other Belgian recipes I always use the mashing program found on page 83 in the valuable chapter four, "Brewing with a Belgian Brewmaster." If you are contemplating brewing a Belgian, (not spontaneously fermented that is found in the book "Lambic" of the Series) then get your hands on this book, particularly if you are going to attempt a high gravity Belgian.
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Summary: Good, but....
Review: The history section is great reading, and the book includes sections on major categories of belgian beer. The brewing section features a brewing session with the Chouffe brewer! However, as promising as that may be, this section apparently wasn't edited because it is incomprehensible at points. But I still recommend this book for those brewing belgian beer. It's the best out there.
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Summary: Good, but....
Review: The history section is great reading, and the book includes sections on major categories of belgian beer. The brewing section features a brewing session with the Chouffe brewer! However, as promising as that may be, this section apparently wasn't edited because it is incomprehensible at points. But I still recommend this book for those brewing belgian beer. It's the best out there.
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Summary: Good book, but.....
Review: This was a very good but. I have a few complaints. One if your a beginer home brewer forget about understanding most of this book. Two the 1st 3 chapters are mostly history of the country and how they brewed/brew. Very intereseting but it went beyond brewing or anyhting that was related to beer. Not a history book a beer brewing book. Not bad if your into alot of history. Most homebrewers do not use open fermenters and wood fermenters so I feel he did not need to keap bringing that up all the time. And three, the autor realy got deap into the science of microorganizems and brew science. Way over my head and most other people I'm sure. I'm not a pro brewer. Othere than that the bookl was good. Recipes good. He gives all grain 5 gal. Extract 5 gal and all grain 1 barrel (31 US Gal.)recipes.
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