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RECIPES, TALES, AND WORLD-ALTERING MEDITATIONS IN A GLASS Randy Mosher Brewers Publications Division of the Brewers Association PO Box 1679, Boulder, CO 80306-1679 (303) 447-0816; Fax (303) 447-2825 BrewersAssociation.org ©2004 by Randy Mosher All rights reserved. Except for use in a review, no portion of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission of the publisher. Neither the author, editors, nor the publisher assumes any responsibility for the use or misuse of the information in this book. ISBN: 978-0-937381-83-0 (print) ISBN: 978-0-9840756-2-1 (eBook) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data for the Print Edition Mosher, Randy. Radical brewing : recipes, tales, and world-altering meditations in a glass / by Randy Mosher. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Brewing--Amateurs’ manuals. I. Title. TP570.M65 2004 641.8’73--dc22 2004003466 Technical Editor: Gordon Strong Book Project Editor: Ray Daniels Copy Editor: Jill Redding Cover and Interior Designer: Randy Mosher/Randy Mosher Design Production: Julie Korowotny Direct all inquiries or orders to the above address. To all the brewers, past and present, who have pushed the boundaries in search of something great to drink. T C ABLE OF ONTENTS Foreword by Michael Jackson Introduction: Changing the World One Glass at a Time Chapter 1: An Embellished History of Beer Chapter 2: What is This Thing Called Beer? What Makes a Beer? Body and Texture Units of Measurement Beer Flavor Elements of Aroma The Fine Art of Drinking Beer Chapter 3: An Overview of Brewing Why Homebrew? The Brewing Process in a Nutshell Stuff Get on With It: Your First Radical Brew How Not to Screw It Up Extract + Mini Mash Brewing Mashing Made Easy Basic Infusion Mashing Mashing Made Difficult Chapter 4: Basic Ingredients Malt, Glorious Malt Malt Types Chart More Hops! Hop Variety Chart Is It or Is It Not the Water? Godisgood: The Mystery of Yeast Chapter 5: How to Build a Beer It’s Art, I Tell You: Putting a Recipe Together Cypherin’: Calculating in the Brewery On To a Recipe It’s All About Process Fermenting and Conditioning About the Recipes in This Book Recipe Worksheet Chapter 6: Is It Any Good? The Basics of Critical Tasting Your Strange Brain A Dirty Dozen of Off-Flavors Chapter 7: Basic Drinkers Extraordinary Ordinaries: British Bitter (Not So Dumb) Blondes A Flash of Brilliance: British Summer Ale A Sparkle in Your Ale Kick-Ass IPAs Brown is Beautiful Intire Butt: Porter Twelve Ways to Improve a Stout Chapter 8: Lager On! A Perfect Pilsener Decoctions: Are They Worth the Bother? Munich Dunkel Almost Porter: German Schwarzbier Alternate Bocks Chapter 9: Belgians are Easy Belgian Pale Ales Brews of Beelzebub: Strong Pale Ales Saison: Beer of Heavenly Balance Three Times the Fun—Abbey Beers Chapter 10: Big Honkin’ Brews Big Things: The Demands of Big Beer Dragon’s Milk: English October Beer Imperial Pale Ale English Doble-Doble Toward a Portlike Beer Chapter 11: Beyond Barley Wheat and Weizen Adjunct Grain Chart GoseBier of Jena A Smattering of Adjunct Recipes Chapter 12: Hops Are Just Another Herb, Mon Using Herbs and Spices Herb and Spice Chart Wassail: Twelve Beers of Christmas And More... Chapter 13: Tooting your Fruit Fruits for Brewing Chart Techniques for Brewing With Fruit Oranges and Other Citrus Drink Your Vegetables Holy Chihuahua, It’s Chile Beer! Shrooms, Man! Chapter 14: Bent Beers Taking Liberties with Styles Smokin: Beers, That Is Historic Smoked Beer Styles Sugar, Sugar Radical Techniques Just Plain Crazy Chapter 15: The Mysteries of Belgium A Perfectly White Beer Off-White Oud Bruin: Flanders Sour Brown Lambic Chapter 16: Rolling Your Own Going Organic Malting Your Own Barley Roasting Your Own Growing Hops Chapter 17: Forward into the Past Historical Weights and Measures Very Ancient Beers The Age of Gruit Heather Ale of Scotland Old Ingredients and Quantities Finnish Sahti Devon White Ale Kvass and Other Russian Beers Ales & Beers of Jolly Old England Thick Gooey Beers Outlaw Ales of Northern Germany The Horrors of Colonial Ales Chapter 18: Save the Bees! A Bit About Honey Mead, Glorious Mead Braggot and Beyond Chapter 19: Don’t Try This Alone The Glory of Brew Clubs Big Barrels O’ Beer Stone Beer Get-Togethers and Beer Tastings You Can Take it With You Chapter 20: The Buckapound Brewery Some Generalities Raw Materials and How to Work Them Automation The Buckapound Brewery Chapter 21: A Few Words on Beer & Food What Goes With That? Cooking With Beer Cooking With Beer Ingredients Chapter 22: What’s Next? So Much to Do Going Pro Appendix Web Link Brewing Organizations List of Recipes Bibliography Index
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