Review: Wow! Home Brewing Beer!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2012
Everything you need to know to get started on your home brewing career and claim to fame as the "king (or queen) of beer" brewers! Author Dave "Homebrew" Hendricks leaves nothing to chance. If this book has anything to do with it, you are going to be very popular in your social set from your first "batch."Who knew so much went into brewing beer? "Homebrew" Hendricks offers an amazing amount of information, well formatted, well presented.From page one, he has you salivating for your first taste of homebrew. You are not only taken through the process and given 40 "easy peasy" recipes, including:Real American Ale (shades of the Pilgrims)Irish Red Ale (visions of a country pub)American Lite Beer (I can see me in the sleek ads now)Dark German Lager (shades of saurbraten)Australian Sparking Ale (hmmmmm...)Tart Cherry Beer...andHappy Holidays Spiced Beer..."Homebrew" takes you through all the legalities - yes, there are legalities: you must be over 21, you cannot brew over 100 gallons per year if you are in a single adult household - wonder how "they" know, you cannot ship via USPO...You'll learn of all the supplies and suppliers you will ever need... flavorings to add to your basic beer, such as, vanilla extract, spruce essence, smoke extract, unsweetened brewer's licorice, ginger, fruit flavorings, chocolate, herbs and spices such as coriander, allspice, cinnamon, cloves...Wow, what an adventure. Dave shares his enthusiasm, know how, and introduces a world in which your creativity can abound.