The Brew Master’s Bible: The Gold Standard for Home Brewers - Stephen Snyder

Master homebrewer Stephen Snyder presents the A to Z guide for producing expert home-brewing results every time. Everything there is to know about homebrewing is here--how to ferment, condition, bottle or keg, store, serve, and savor your homebrews. Also included are:

• tips on choosing yeast, malt, hops, specialty grains, and additives
• lists of every type of beer in the world--and how to make them
• directories of supply shops, beer associations, and publications
• master brewers’ suggestions for improving your beer 

Providing easy-to-follow instructions and with the zeal of a true believer, Snyder walks novice brewers through their first simplest batches to more advanced techniques to the ultimate in homebrewing--formulating your own recipes. 

Topping it all off is a mind-boggling array of recipes collected from brewmasters around the world. It would take a lifetime to brew them all. For each beer type--from India Pale Ale to the heaviest German bock, from fruit- and spice-flavored beers and Christmas beers to the blackest chocolate stout--Snyder includes endless variation and professional advice, making this, truly, the only brewing guide you’ll ever need. 


Stephen Snyder has written for Zymurgy and Ale Street News. He is the author of The Brewmaster’s Recipe Manual and The Beer Companion