books

The Best Home Brewing Books – Four of my Favorites

by Brad Smith on April 19, 2019 · 2 comments

This week I’ll give you my picks for top home brewing books. As you might expect I have a pretty extensive library of brewing books, and I also know many of the top authors well. I’ve included Amazon associate links for each book which you can use if you want to support this site. Many […]

“Designing Great Beers” by Ray Daniels – A Book Review

by Brad Smith on March 12, 2008 · 9 comments

I recently revisited Ray Daniels’ classic work “Designing Great Beers”, a book written in 1996 and published by the Brewers Association. Though I originally read this book several years ago, I enjoyed it even more the second time. For those of you who don’t know the book, it is advertised as “The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles”…