Charlie Papazian, master brewer and founder and president of the American Homebrewer's Association and Association of Brewers, presents a fully revised edition of his essential guide to homebrewing. This third edition of the best-selling and most trusted homebrewing guide includes a complete update of all instructions, recipes, charts, and guidelines. Everything you need to get started is here, including classic and new recipes for brewing stouts, ales, lagers, pilseners, porters, specialty beers, and honey meads.

The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, third edition, includes:

• Getting your home brewery together: the basics -- malt, hops, yeast, and water
• Ten easy lessons for making your first batch of beer
• Creating world-class styles of beer (IPA, Belgian wheat, German Kölsch and Bock, barley wine, American lagers, to name a few)
• Using fruit, honey, and herbs for a spicier, more festive brew
• Brewing with malt extracts for an unlimited range of strengths and flavors
• Advanced brewing techniques using specialty hops or the all-grain method or mash extracts
• A complete homebrewer's glossary, troubleshooting tips, and an up-to-date resource section
• And much, much more

Be sure to check out Charlie's The Homebrewer's Companion for over 60 additional recipes and more detailed charts and tables, techniques, and equipment information for the advanced brewer.

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Cheers to beer! The fresh and powerfully hopped Moylander Double IPA. The Jolly Pumpkin Madrugada Obscura Dark Dawn Stout, with its artisan barrel sourness and decadent bittersweet chocolate. Plus classics like Celebrator Doppelbock, the beautifully balanced Czech Rebel, and the deceptively smooth Double Dead Guy. From Charles Papazian, president of the Brewer's Association, 365 Bottles of Beer recommends hundreds of fantastic lagers, ales, porters, stouts, and seasonal brews, and presents homebrew recipes, beer facts, trivia, and more. For the beer lover, it's a year of captivating discovery.
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