Book Description
An exceptional guide for helping kit brewers get the most from their kits. Also included are kit rankings, recipes, and troubleshooting tips.


From the Back Cover
Do you want to try homebrewing but fear you will still have questions after opening your kits? Do you already make beer from kits but want to fine-tune your brew to suit your taste? In straightforward terms this guide will steer you through the basics of kit brewing to create great beer -- the first time and every time. -- Step-by-step techniques for brewing from kits -- Complete equipment list -- Directions for everything from choosing a style to bottling -- Suggestions for tailoring kits to create your own varieties -- Recipes from around the world -- Features of selected kits -- Instructions for adapting metric kits to fit standard US sizes -- Helpful troubleshooting guide


About the Author
Brothers Joe and Dennis Fisher are the authors of Storey's Brewing Made Easy, Great Beer From Kits, and The Homebrewer's Garden. Joe is a freelance illustrator who was the first place winner in the 1993 Common Ground Fair Competition Steam Beer Category, and has also toured the West Coast to sample micro-brewed beers. Dennis is a freelance writer who has worked as an assistant tapster in Oxford, where he became acquainted with real beer. He has written many articles for The New England Coastal News, a bi-monthly newspaper on maritime subjects. Committed kit brewers with a history of success, the brothers are members of the American Homebrewer's Association, Seed Savers Exchange, Flower & Herb Exchange, Maine Organic Farmers' and Gardeners' Association. They have written for Zymurgy magazine and live and brew in Winterport, Maine.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Do you want to try homebrewing but fear you will still have questions after opening your kit? Do you already make beer from kits but want to fine-tune your brew to suit your taste? In straightforward terms this guide will steer you through the basics of kit brewing to create great beer - the first time and every time; Step-by-step techniques for brewing from kits, complete equipment list, directions for everything from choosing a style to bottling, suggestions for tailoring kits to create your own varieties, recipes from around the world, features of selected kits, instructions for adapting metric kits to fit standard US sizes, and helpful troubleshooting guide.

SYNOPSIS

An exceptional guide for helping kit brewers get the most from their kits. Also included are kit rankings, recipes, and troubleshooting tips.

Brothers Joe and Dennis Fisher are the authors of Storey's Brewing Made Easy, Great Beer From Kits, and The Homebrewer's Garden.

Joe is a freelance illustrator who was the first place winner in the 1993 Common Ground Fair Competition Steam Beer Category, and has also toured the West Coast to sample micro-brewed beers.

Dennis is a freelance writer who has worked as an assistant tapster in Oxford, where he became acquainted with real beer. He has written many articles for The New England Coastal News, a bi-monthly newspaper on maritime subjects.

Committed kit brewers with a history of success, the brothers are members of the American Homebrewer's Association, Seed Savers Exchange, Flower & Herb Exchange, Maine Organic Farmers' and Gardeners' Association. They have written for Zymurgy magazine and live and brew in Winterport, Maine.