There are countless Brewing courses, tutorials, articles available online, but for some, having a book is still a necessity to learn. This is an up-to-date list of recommended books.
- How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time (2017)
- Brewing (2013)
- Mastering Brewing Science: Quality and Production (2019)
- Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew (2007)
- The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing: All-Grain and Extract Brewing * Kegging * 50+ Craft Beer Recipes * Tips and Tricks from the Pros (2017)
- The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Fourth Edition: Fully Revised and Updated (2014)
- Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers (Brewing Elements) (2013)
- Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Beer from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (2011)
- For The Love of Hops: The Practical Guide to Aroma, Bitterness and the Culture of Hops (Brewing Elements) (2012)
- Historical Brewing Techniques: The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing (2020)
- Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass (2004)
- New Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbrewers (2003)
- Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues (1999)
- The Brewing Storm (Charmed) (2004)
How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time (2017)
How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time (Fourth Edition) By John Palmer Fully revised and updated, How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you’re a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you. John Palmer adeptly covers the full range of brewing possibilities―accurately, clearly and simply.
Brewing (2013)
Brewing is designed for those involved in the malting, brewing, and allied industries who have little or no formal training in brewing science. While some elementary knowledge of chemistry and biology is necessary, the book clearly presents the essentials of brewing science and its relationship to brewing technology.
Mastering Brewing Science: Quality and Production (2019)
Mastering Brewing Science is a comprehensive textbook for the brewing industry, with coverage of processes, raw materials, packaging, and everything in between, including discussion of essential methods in quality control and assurance. The book equips readers with a depth of understanding to deal with problems and issues that arise during production of beer from start to finish, as well as statistical tools for continual quality improvement.
Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew (2007)
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The Brew Your Own Big Book of Homebrewing: All-Grain and Extract Brewing * Kegging * 50+ Craft Beer Recipes * Tips and Tricks from the Pros (2017)
For more than two decades, America's homebrewers have turned to Brew Your Own magazine for the best information on making incredible beer at home. From , Brew Your Own sets the standard for quality.
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Fourth Edition: Fully Revised and Updated (2014)
Fully Revised and Updated, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing is everything you need to know to brew beer at home from start to finish including new recipes, updated charts on hop varieties, secrets to fermentation, beer kit tips, and more—from the master of homebrewing.The Complete Joy of Homebrewing is the essential guide to understanding and making beer, from stouts, ales, lagers, and bitters, to specialty beers and meads.
Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers (Brewing Elements) (2013)
Water is arguably the most critical and least understood of the foundation elements in brewing beer. Water: A Comprehensive Guide for Brewers, third in Brewers Publications’ Brewing Elements series, takes the mystery out of water’s role in the brewing process.
Brewing Up a Business: Adventures in Beer from the Founder of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (2011)
Starting with nothing more than a home brewing kit, Sam Calagione turned his entrepreneurial dream into a foamy reality in the form of Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, one of America’s best and fastest growing craft breweries. In this newly updated Second Edition, Calagione offers a deeper real-world look at entrepreneurship and what it takes to operate and grow a successful business.
For The Love of Hops: The Practical Guide to Aroma, Bitterness and the Culture of Hops (Brewing Elements) (2012)
Stan Hieronymus expertly explains the nature of hops, their origins, hop quality and utilization–and even devotes an entire chapter to dry hopping. For the Love of Hops also includes a reference catalog of more than 100 varieties and their characteristics.
Historical Brewing Techniques: The Lost Art of Farmhouse Brewing (2020)
Ancient brewing traditions and techniques have been passed generation to generation on farms throughout remote areas of northern Europe. With these traditions facing near extinction, author Lars Marius Garshol set out to explore and document the lost art of brewing using traditional local methods.
Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass (2004)
Radical Brewing takes a hip and creative look at beer brewing, presented with a graphically appealing two-color layout.
New Brewing Lager Beer: The Most Comprehensive Book for Home and Microbrewers (2003)
This book offers a thorough yet practical education on the theory and techniques required to produce high-quality beers using all-grain methods either at home or in a small commercial brewery.
Principles of Brewing Science: A Study of Serious Brewing Issues (1999)
In this indispensable reference, Fix applies the practical language of science to the art of brewing.
The Brewing Storm (Charmed) (2004)
Earth, air, fire, water — A child must bring them all together. Calm the shaking, quell the slaughter Tonight’s the night — it’s now or never. Despite wacky weather threatening the San Francisco area, life for the Charmed Ones is as normal as ever. Normal, that is, until eleven-year-old Tyler Michaels shows up at their door. Tyler, a Firestarter, is on the run from demons.
Best Brewing Books You Should Read
We highly recommend you to buy all paper or e-books in a legal way, for example, on Amazon. But sometimes it might be a need to dig deeper beyond the shiny book cover. Before making a purchase, you can visit resources like Library Genesis and download some brewing books mentioned below at your own risk. Once again, we do not host any illegal or copyrighted files, but simply give our visitors a choice and hope they will make a wise decision.
A Beginner's Guide to Japanese Tea: Selecting and Brewing the Perfect Cup of Sencha, Matcha, and Other Japanese Teas
Author(s): Per Oscar Brekell
ID: 3182765, Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, Year: 2022, Size: 44 Mb, Format: epub
In the Shadow of Auschwitz
Author(s): Daniel Brewing
ID: 3300678, Publisher: Berghahn Books, Year: 2022, Size: 529 Kb, Format: epub
Beer and Brewing in Medieval Culture and Contemporary Medievalism
Author(s): John A. Geck, Rosemary O’Neill, Noelle Phillips
ID: 3372703, Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, Year: 2022, Size: 8 Mb, Format: pdf
Please note that this booklist is not final. Some books are absolutely chart-busters according to USA Today, others are written by unknown writers. On top of that, you can always find additional tutorials and courses on Coursera, Udemy or edX, for example. Are there any other relevant resources you could recommend? Drop a comment if you have any feedback on the list.