Brewing Beers Like Those You Buy (Amateur Winemaker)

by David Line

A revised handbook for amateur brewers containing full instructions and 110 detailed recipes to recreate the flavour and quality of beers which are served in the pub - for a fraction of the price. Draught ales, bottled and keg beers, lagers and stouts are included. The recipes are based on information provided by the commercial brewers who produce some of the most famous Youngers Tartan, Carling Black Label, Carlsberg Special Brew, Budweiser, Stella Artois, Lowenbrau, Grolsch, Whitbread Best, Newcastle Amber and Brown Ales and Mackeson. The book has been revised to take account of modern equipment and homebrewing techniques, with recipes adapted for contemporary ingredients and tastes.

Genres: Reference

158 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

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Dave Line (1942 – 1980) was a British beer author. An electrical engineer by profession, he is regarded as a pioneer in homebrewing during the 1970s.

Reviews

[Les · Rating 5 out of 5]

For many years this was my brewing bible and my well-thumbed, wort and beer spattered copy still gets referred to occasionally. I have brewed many recipes in this book and many were delicious and some did indeed come out similar to the commercial beers that they were intended clones of (long before "clones" was used in relation to brewing). The recipes were designed in view of the poor quality of ingredients available in the UK in the late 1970s so, with modern ingredients I'd suggest some adjustments using the same proportions in your malt bill and adjusting the overall amount to allow for your brewhouse efficiency. Dial back the hops a bit too because hop quality is now much better than it was. Finally, you must brew The Bishop's Tipple recipe-it is fantastic.

[Grant · Rating 2 out of 5]

Practices in this book are a bit dated by modern standards. For example there is no real use of different strains of yeast or of aroma hops.

[Nick Williams · Rating 4 out of 5]

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