How to Brew - John Palmer Book

• Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time (Fourth Edition) By John Palmer Fully revised and updated.
• How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you're a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you.
• John Palmer adeptly covers the full range of brewing possibilities-accurately, clearly and simply.
• From ingredients and methods to recipes and equipment for brewing beer at home, How to Brew is loaded with valuable information on brewing techniques and recipe formulation.
• A perennial best seller since the release of the third edition in 2006, How to Brew, is a must-have to update every new and seasoned brewer's library.
• This completely revised and updated edition includes:
• More emphasis on the "e;top six priorities"e;: sanitation, fermentation temperature control, yeast management, the boil, good recipes, and water.
• Five new chapters covering malting and brewing, strong beers, fruit beers, sour beers, and adjusting water for style. All other chapters revised and expanded:
• Expanded and updated charts, graphs, equations, and visuals.
• Expanded information on using beer kits.
• Thorough revision of mashing and lautering chapters:
• Expanded tables of recommended times and temperatures for single-infusion, multiple-step, and decoction mashing.
• Complete discussion of first wort gravity as a function of water to grist ratio.
• Complete revision of infusion and decoction equations.
• Revised and updated information on managing your fermentation:
• Yeast pitching and starters.
• Yeast starter growth factors.
• Yeast and the maturation cycle.
• And much more!