Tag: brewing book
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Homebrew Legalization Day, United States, 14 October
I generally stay far away from politics, but today is an exception. Forty-four years ago today President James (Jimmy) Earl Carter Jr. signed the Federal Transportation Bill H.R. 1337. A transportation bill may seem like a strange thing for a beer enthusiast to be happy about, but there was an amendment in that bill that…
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Mid-term Break from Learning About Beer to Enjoy Some Beers
This is mid-term week for Auburn Brewing Science Masters Program. I am up to my eyeballs in yeast cell biology, contamination test, and calculations for mass and energy. After a few days of studying I needed a break. I decided to try a Comparison Tasting for the Certified Cicerone Exam that I am also studying…
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The Saké Handbook, John Gauntner, 2002
John Gauntner’s book Saké Handbook was one of several books I read while studying for the International Kikisake-shi Certification. Of the three books, I felt that this one was the best book for someone who is brand new to enjoying saké. The book is broken into three parts. The first part covers the history, manufacturing…
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Beer & Book Review: Craft Beer in Japan, English, Mark Meli, 2013
Unlike many of the books on my shelf I can tell you exactly where I was when I bought this book and I even had a chance encounter with the author, although at a separate location and time. I met the author Mark at Koyoto Brewing Company. He was one of the few westerners at…
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Chapter 5: Palate Trips from Beer Pairing; The Essential Guide from the Pairing Pros, Julia Herz and Gwen Conley
Since the beginning of the year I have read and written reviews for about a dozen beer books. In many of these books are recipes and exercises the reader can utilize to reinforce lessons taught in the book. Last week I wrote a review of Beer Parings by Julia Herz and Gwen Conley, now I…
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Beer & Book Review: Beer Craft, William Bostwick and Jessi Rymill, 2011
I have no idea how this book ended up on my bookshelf. I don’t remember buying this book or receiving it as a gift. Before moving to Japan I bought several homebrewer’s libraries. It must have been one of the books in those collections. I have been pleasantly surprised with this book. This tiny six…
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Beer & Book Review: Beer Pairing – The Essential Guide From the Pairing Pros, Julia Herz and Gwen Conley, 2015
At the beginning of the year I wrote a series of post on the Twelve Beers of Christmas. In that series I provided a food pairing for twelve beers of each day of Christmas. Several people have asked my how I decided what to pair with the beers. Some of these pairings I have long…
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Beer & Book Review: The Great Beers of Belgium – The new guide to Belgian beer culture, Michael Jackson, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2008
It is rare for two celebrities to share the exact same name. But two men found their way to top of their profession. Sadly both men have passed away but the legacy they have left in music and beer/whisky world are still felt today. These two men share little in common other than the name…
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Beer & Book Review: The “Vierka” Wine Book, English Version, Friedrich Sauer KG Stuttgart, 1960s
I came across this book, really pamphlet, with a larger stack of beer books I bought from an older gentleman from in New Jersey. The book appears to be a publication by a yeast manufacture (Vierka). While I was unable to find their yeast in any of the major online homebrew websites upon further research…
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Beer & Book Review: Ancient Brews, Patrick E. McGovern, 2017
I have read many descriptions of Patrick McGovern. The one that I enjoy the most is of a beer version of Indiana Jones. While the theatrical imagery is great to have, I understand that Patrick McGovern is less leather jacket, fedora, and bullwhip and more scientific procedures to determine what is in the ancient vase.…
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Beer & Book Review: Home Brewing Without Failures, H. E. Bravery
The book is written by Harold Edwin (more commonly H.E.) Bravery. After a good bit of digging I would not be surprised if this is a pen name for Noel Whitcomb. I make this assumption based on the forward written by Mr. Whitcomb in another Bravery brewing books, Home Wine Making Without Failures. In that…
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Beer & Book Review: Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Beer, Maureen Ogle, 2006
The news of Monster Energy Drink buying CANarchy has fanned once again the craft beer purist complaint that another brewery has sold out to the man and gone against its core foundation. This same argument has been made when Bell Brewery was sold to Lion a subsidiary of Kirin Brewing and Goose Island was sold…
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Beers & Book Review: The Brewers Companion, Randy Mosher, (c) 1993, 1995, 2000
Prior to moving to Japan I collected a solid library’s worth of old and new beer books. The thought was that it would be harder to get brewing books overseas, but I still wanted to learn. I plan to read through them all and provide my thoughts about the book, what I liked, disliked, and…
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