Staff Pick
A marriage of two of my all-time favorite things (beer and gardening), Joe and Dennis Fisher's The Homebrewer's Garden is an essential reference for any homebrewer looking to adopt a more holistic approach. With information on growing, preparing, and using your own hops, malts, grains, and brewing herbs, and an emphasis on organic methods, The Homebrewer's Garden isn't just the best book of its kind... it's also the only one. Recommended By Tove H., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
Grow Your Own...Brew Your Own!
If you have a backyard, or even a sun-facing porch, you can greatly enhance the flavor, aroma, and uniqueness of your homebrew by growing your own hops, brewing herbs, and malt grains.
Easy instructions will help you put the "home" into your homebrew from setting up your first hop trellis, to malting grain at home, to brewing recipes specially formulated for homegrown ingredients. When you grow your own organic ingredients, you can be sure they are the freshest and purest available.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-184) and index.
About the Author
Joe Fisher 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, Joe and his brother Dennis 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. Together they have written Storey's Brewing Made Easy, Great Beer From Kits, and The Homebrewer's Garden.Dennis Fisher 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, Dennis and his brother Joe 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. Together they have written Storey's Brewing Made Easy, Great Beer From Kits, and The Homebrewer's Garden.
Table of Contents
Introduction: The Advantages of Growing Your Own
Chapter 1: Homegrown Hops
Chapter 2: Brewing Herbs
Chapter 3: Homegrown Grains and Homemade Malts
Chapter 4: Beer Recipes: Using Homegrown Hops, Brewing Herbs, and Homemade Malts
Appendix A: Measurements and Conversions
Appendix B: Sources for Garden and Brewing Supplies
Glossary
Bibliography and Suggested Reading
Index