Books on Beer | The Pure Brewer

SUSTAINABLE HOMEBREWING – AN ALL ORGANIC APPROACH TO CRAFTING GREAT BEER

November 14, 2019August 23, 2019 by Vincent Ehret

Sustainable Homebrewing

Title: Sustainable Homebrewing – An All-Organic Approach to Crafting Great Beer

Author: Amelia Slayton Loftus

369 pages

Price: $19

Cheapest place to buy: Amazon.com

My rating: 5 out of 5

About the author

Amelia Slayton lives what she preaches. She has been a fervent (“obsessed”, as she says) home brewer since 1994, and has founded the country’s first and only certified organic brewing supply store, in Santa Cruz, California, Seven Bridges Cooperative in 1997, which she managed until 2011. She grew up in rural Vermont in a family who grew most of the food they would need. Amelia is creative, passionate, militant for the environment and a sustainable lifestyle, she worked for Greenpeace for seven years. Today she continues to express her talent for crafting quality home made beers, as well as cooking from her farm fresh ingredients and roasting artisan coffee. The book’s graphic design is the author’s work.

HOW TO BREW – JOHN PALMER, THE REFERENCE FOR HOME BREWING

November 12, 2019June 28, 2019 by Vincent Ehret

How to Brew – Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time

Title: How to Brew – Fourth Edition

Author: John J. Palmer

582 pages

Price: $23

Cheapest place to buy: Amazon.com

My rating: 5 out of 5

About the author

John Palmer was born in Michigan, graduated with a degree in metallurgical engineering in 1987 from Michigan Tech. He also worked at a lab involved in aerospace R&D. John Palmer is currently one of the most recognized authority in home brewing. Co-author of two other essential books on beer making: “Brewing classic styles” – with Jamil Zainasheff and “Water: a Comprehensive Guide for Brewers”. John Palmer founded in 2011 Palmer Brewing Solutions, Inc., a consulting company specialized in product development for the beer industry, and is today the director of publications for the Master Brewers Association of the Americas.

THE COMPLETE JOY OF HOMEBREWING, FOURTH EDITION, BY CHARLIE PAPAZIAN – A MUST READ!

November 12, 2019May 12, 2019 by Vincent Ehret

Title: The Complete Joy of Homebrewing – Fourth Edition

Author: Charlie Papazian

459 pages

Price: $10

Cheapest place to buy: Amazon.com

My rating: 5 out of 5

About the author

Charlie Papazian is regarded as the most prominent and respected advocate to the modern home brewing movement revival in America. He founded the American Homebrewers’ Association (AHA) in 1978, which runs every other year the most prestigious and largest beer competition in the world, “The World Beer Cup”, aka “The Olympics of Beer”.