How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you're a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you. John Palmer adeptly covers the full range of brewing possibilities--accurately, clearly and simply. From ingredients and methods to recipes and equipment for brewing beer at home, How to Brew is loaded with valuable information on brewing techniques and recipe formulation.

A perennial best seller since the release of the third edition in 2006, How to Brew, is a must-have to update every new and seasoned brewer's library.

This completely revised and updated edition includes:

• More emphasis on the "top six priorities" sanitation, fermentation temperature control, yeast management, the boil, good recipes, and water.
• Five new chapters covering malting and brewing, strong beers, fruit beers, sour beers, and adjusting water for style.
• All other chapters revised and expanded:
  • Expanded and updated charts, graphs, equations, and visuals.
  • Expanded information on using beer kits.
  • Thorough revision of mashing and lautering chapters:
    • Expanded tables of recommended times and temperatures for single-infusion, multiple-step, and decoction mashing.
    • Complete discussion of first wort gravity as a function of water to grist ratio.
    • Complete revision of infusion and decoction equations.
  • Revised and updated information on managing your fermentation:
    • Yeast pitching and starters.
    • Yeast starter growth factors.
    • Yeast and the maturation cycle.
• And much more!