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Great books, like serious beers, never go out of style. And with the holiday shopping season now ON, we thought we’d spotlight some of the year’s best craft best books. And here are three that we really enjoyed…
Project Extreme Brewing: An Enthusiast’s Guide to Extreme Brewing at Home by Sam Calagione, Todd Alstrom, Jason Alstrom
A reckless celebration of envelope-pushing brewing techniques that’s defined Sam Calagione and the brewery he built, as well as the the Alström brother’s Extreme Beer Fest events, Project Extreme Brewing is one of 2017’s best books on brewing at home.
With over 50 homebrew recipes from dozens of America’s most beloved and respected breweries, This visually engaging opus offers the reader step-by-step instructions that challenge traditional definitions of what goes into making a great beer.
True to its name, Project Extreme Brewing features an intriguing spectrum of unusual recipes, some sublime and others completely insane…but that’s part of its fun.
Written for both the seasoned homebrewer and the newbie alike, Project Extreme Brewing is oft-centered brewbook that homebrewers are going to savor and celebrate. And even if that homebrewer on your list owns several books on the subject…we promise you, they don’t own a brewbook like this!
Lonely Planet’s Global Beer Tour by Lonely Planet Food
Beer books can be a lot of things, but with so many of them, fun isn’t the first thing that comes to mind. And the beauty of Lonely Planet’s Global Beer Tour is that in addition to being a useful and informative guide to the world’s craft beer scene, it never forgets to entertain.
Authored by a consortium of 28 writers who are part of Lonely Planet’s world-wide community, this colorful guide showcases beer’s most essential and exotic locations. And it does it in a manner that’s always conversational, like travelers sharing insider tips in out of the way beer hangouts.
Spanning five continents, and 32 countries (including the good old USA), Lonely Planet’s guide to the best beer and beer places around the world casts a wide net. With every brewery they highlight, they thankfully stick to the relevant essentials and throw in a quirk or two to keep things fun. You get what you need to be intrigued and a little more to stay entertained.
Craft beer (and beer travel) has never been more exciting or vital, and Lonely Planet’s Global Beer Tour is a backpack essential and you don’t want to hit the road without a copy.
Session Beers: Brewing for Flavor and Balance by Jennifer Talley
Jennifer Talley’s Session Beers is an ‘experienced’ look session beer phenomenon written by someone who pioneered the low-alcohol style.
Talley began her career at Squatters Pub Brewery in Salt Lake City, where Utah’s liquor laws at the time demanded her attention to lower ABV brewing techniques. So while the craft beer industry was increasingly intoxicated with bigger and bolder beers, she was refining the art of balance and flavor that needed to stay below 4% ABV.
With an eloquent forward by Bell’s Director of Operations John Mallett, Session Beers explores the history and origins of these distinct brews before it becomes something entirely unexpected…an in-depth and exhaustive guide to brewing your own session beers at home. More than 24 recipes from the nation’s most impressive brewers are included from serious breweries like Firestone Walker, Bells, New Glarus Brewing, Stone, and Russian River.
As deft and balanced and as the beer style it explores, Jennifer Talley’s Session Beers is a work of keen insight that’s crafted for the ‘inner brewer’ in us all
