Review of The Complete Joy of Homebrewing Third Edition

At first I thought this book has to be the one to add to the collection, because the author Charles Papazian is the founding president of the American Home brewers association, so anything worthy to know about home brewing, this guy would be the one to tell you.

The book is made enjoyable because of the funny cartoons you find in the book related to brewing. the one I like is the guy coming out of the TV set telling the TV Viewer to "Relax. Have a brew!"

The book starts off giving you a history of American beer and the all important question :
Is it legal?
My favourite chapter is the one on some world classic styles of beer featuring ales of British origin and styles of lager beers.
The book follows the same format as most home brewing guides as a quick overview followed by more detailed information, the information is very easy to read and understand.

The complete joy of home brewing is a good book if your interested about finding out about beer in general
Its a useful resource, although most of the information found in the book can be found on the Internet, this book is still a good buy as it has all the useful insights in one handy book you can get just as much great free advice from the American home brewers association.

As expected good solid advice,as a basic but lacks more up to date information which you can find elsewhere in this blog.
I found this book easier to read than the book How to brew: Everything you need to know


Kindle review
Quite difficult to view the tables of the book on the kindle, as some of the descriptions have a lot of diagram formats, but this book is.definitely worth a space in your book shelf.

Top Tips
The guide to growing your own hops is a welcome bonus
A trouble-shooting section on if you get into difficulty.
It has interesting sections on how to create wine so not strictly on soley creating the best home brew beer.
The complete joy of home brewing expands on how it helps you troubleshoot just in case some of your projects go wrong
　
Who should read it ?
The style and format comes off as a beginners book but it is really for intermediate, the first 40 pages gives you an outline into setting up and what to expect from a brewing kit.
I would not not recommend this book for the advanced brewer, it is for a medium to beginner range. It can be a bit heavy on terms, you really need to know a few before you understand how to go about about applying the techniques.
　
If you haven't brewed for a while a good book to sparking up your interest in home brewing again.
Recommended for someone at the intermediate stage
Good gift idea for the home brewing enthusiast.
Its more about understanding the process, so it can help you find ways to improve your beer making.
　
Visit the website of the American Homebrewers Association


European Buyers
Some ingredients in particular some types of hops are hard to get a hold of in the UK , it has to be sourced from America, but any good home brewing shop in the UK would surely be able to help you out.



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