From: Drew Avis (Drew@don't.mailme.here.com) Subject: Re: Best books............. Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing Date: 2001-11-27 10:49:52 PST A week ago I would have recommended The New Joy of Homebrewing. Today I'd recommend John Palmer's How to Brew. This is *the* book to get you started on brewing, and is far more up to date on ingredients & processes than TNJOH or Miller's book. I'm working on a complete review (I'll post in a week or so), but the short review is: this is the best book out there for the new brewer. Drew ~ http://www.strangebrew.ca >"RR" wrote in message >news:9u0l9g$dsl3@cliff.xsj.xilinx.com... > I remember seeing a recent post that mentioned the best book(s) to read > before brewing one's first batch of beer. And of course, I cannot find the > post. > > Recommendations? > > Thanks, RR > Message 7 in thread From: John 'Shaggy' Kolesar (spam@shagg.net) Subject: Re: Best books............. Newsgroups: rec.crafts.brewing Date: 2001-11-27 14:18:24 PST On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 13:47:42 -0500, wrote: >A week ago I would have recommended The New Joy of Homebrewing. Today I'd >recommend John Palmer's How to Brew. This is *the* book to get you started >on brewing, and is far more up to date on ingredients & processes than TNJOH >or Miller's book. > >I'm working on a complete review (I'll post in a week or so), but the short >review is: this is the best book out there for the new brewer. Completely agree with the above. I own both Papazian's, Miller, Noonan, and a few others. I just finished reading Palmer's "How to Brew" and it is easily the best one I've seen yet. He explains things in a way which is easy to understand, and not only covers the "what to do" of brewing, but also explains the "how and why" you do it that way without overwhelming the beginners with technical information. He does get technical in the later chapters on advanced techniques, but once you're ready for all-grain breweing, you should have the experience to follow what he's saying. Definitely recommend it to any new brewer or anyone who is thinking of moving from extract to all-grain. John.