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[Poptop]

Hi All, luckily I'm getting pressured for what I want for Christmas and I need to give my gorgeous wife a couple ideas. So my question to you is:In a broad sense, what is one of your favorite brewing books?Drilling down, what is one of your favorite style oriented brewing books?I'm leaning toward British beers personally...Thanks, MikeAlso posted on NB's forum.

[HVB]

For overall recipes I like Brewing Classic Styles. I think it is a good place to start and tweak the recipe for your tastes. Designing Great Beers is also a good book but a bit dated at the moment but is useful for recipe creation. All my favorite style books are geared towards sour beers so that will not help you much

[Humperdink]

Second for designing great beers if you're working on recipes. Noonan's new brewing lager beer for a good in depth technical look at brewing.

[Poptop]

For overall recipes I like Brewing Classic Styles. I think it is a good place to start and tweak the recipe for your tastes. Designing Great Beersis also a good book but a bit dated at the moment but is useful for recipe creation. All my favorite style books are geared towards sour beers so that will not help you much

Got them both. Love them both.

Edited by Steppedonapoptop, 12 December 2012 - 08:20 AM.

[MtnBrewer]

If you like British beers, a hidden gem is Pale Ale by Terry Foster. My current favorite is the IPA book by Mitch Steele (head brewer at Stone). Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher also great for out-of-the-box beers. The Belgian series is fantastic as well: Brew Like a Monk, Wild Brews and Farmhouse Ales.

[Poptop]

I was looking at the Pale Ale read but also looking at the British Ale read.

[SchwanzBrewer]

Yeast.Great book. Very informative. In fact I need to read it again.

[HVB]

I The Belgian series is fantastic as well: Brew Like a Monk, Wild Brews and Farmhouse Ales.