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Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles |  | Author: Ray Daniels
Publisher: Brewers Publications
Category: Book
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Pages: 404
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Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 7 x 1
ISBN: 0937381500
Dewey Decimal Number: 663.42
EAN: 9780937381502
ASIN: 0937381500
Publication Date: January 25, 2000
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Amazon.com Review
Part 1 of Designing Great Beers is a complete book in itself, focused solely on home-brewing ingredients and techniques (including three superb chapters on hops alone). Ray Daniels proves himself the "techie" type, infusing his introductory chapters with as much brewing math as brewing lore. Yet, Daniels never hops off the deep end of beer geekdom. Instead, he complements this emphasis on data with the creative use of graphics; where one could get bogged down in the stats, there is usually a clear visual depiction to instantly summarize their meaning. This focus on facts continues into part 2 of Daniels's guide, where it backs an admirably pragmatic take on beer styles and their importance in home-brewing. Daniels devotes a chapter to each of 14 major style categories, detailing historical origins and modern brewing techniques. He lays a contemporary groundwork by compiling and analyzing the recipes of the National Homebrew Competition's most successful beers. The assumption is that beers deemed representative of particular beer styles in modern competitions serve as ideal models for recipe creation. Among the information provided for each style is a chart showing the percentage of brewers using each type of grain and in what proportions the grains were added. Similar data are supplied for hop varieties, yeast strains, and water treatment. This reverse engineering of award-winning beers naturally benefits experienced brewers seeking to wow judges at the next competition. Yet, even brewers taking their first shy steps into creating their own recipes have much to gain from this kind of practical analysis. Daniels provides the basic tools a brewer of any level can use to formulate recipes with confidence and creativity. --Todd Gehman
Product Description
Author Ray Daniels provides the brewing formulas, tables, and information to take your brewing to the next level in this detailed technical manual.
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 Great information! July 28, 2010
TaylorMade
I am still working my way through this book, and I have found tons of useful information that should help me design a batch of beer rather than buying the ingredient kits. I like the way the chapters are laid out, making it easy to go back to certain chapters and find the information you are looking for quickly.
Awesome! July 2, 2010
S. Blomquist (fort collins, CO United States)
This is an excellent intermediate beer brewing guide. It breaks down the nitty gritty science of brewing into laymen's terms as best anyone can. I would recommend reading the joy of homebrewing or some other more introductory book prior to this one. The first half of the book describes various aspects to brewing and the second half outlines beer styles and how to achieve those styles. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in taking their brewing to the next level.
My most consulted brewing book May 19, 2010
Zach Osterloh (Manchester, NH)
"Designing Great Beers" is the best brewing book I have ever read. It certainly isn't for beginners, though. A friend loaned it to me and I tried reading it when I started homebrewing, but because I was unfamiliar with many of the more scientific concepts, it didn't make a lot of sense. After a couple years of brewing, reading a dozen more books and years worth of homebrewing magazines, I came back to Daniels' tome. The book kept getting referenced in other literature, so I figured that it had to be good. I was not disappointed; this book is amazing.
Daniels has a gift for explaining brewing concepts in easy-to-understand terms. The science presented in the earlier chapters is never confusing and I finally understand scientifically what is happening in my brews. Many of the topics are referenced in other brewing books, but not explained; Daniels makes sure that you aren't confused. The formulas are also extremely helpful, I use his water volume calculations for every brew now.
The second part of the book about recipes is also exceptionally beneficial. The upper and lower limits of style, along with the averages have improved my recipe creation skills immensely. Before reading this book I was afraid to make my own recipes because of some disastrous earlier experiences, but these chapters give excellent guidance. Overall, I find this book to be indispensable.
 A good Resource but Limited data pool March 12, 2010
Kujo
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's great I've read it and refer to it, but the data sampling pool is so very small that it's almost a joke. Seriously, of a sampling pool of 7 winners 86% used Crystal.... wow that tells me alot... ah, but it's still fun to dig into each style when formulating your own recipes.
Simpy a "must read" for the homebrewer February 11, 2010
Nick W. (Hampshire, IL USA)
Great book for anyone who is thinking about brewing more than just pre-packaged beer kits. The first half of the book covers some ins and outs of brewing that you can find in several other books. I would say that it is nothing ground breaking. The second half of this book is what stands out and makes it a must have. The chapters are divided by beer style for easy reference on what you want to try brewing. The chapters start with historical info on the beer style and progreses into the nuts and bolts of how to properly brew the style. Using the information that I read in this book I was able to design my own brew with ease...and it tastes better than a lot of the prepackaged kits that I've brewed!!
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