Home Brewing

by Kevin Forbes

Overview

If you like the idea of raising a glass of home-brewed mulled wine or Christmas ale on a cold winter's night, then this is the book for you. A complete guide to the home brewer's year, it describes how the brewing process works and the equipment you will need, before taking you through all the brewing seasons with delicious beer, wine, cider, perry and cocktail recipes.

Whether you are new to home brewing or whether you want to expand your range this book will have you savouring tasty brews all year round.

Topics include:
. Equipment
. Ingredients
. Beer
. Wine
. Mead, cider and perry
. Sloe gin and other infusions
. Non-alcoholic drinks
. Hangover cures

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781848584426
Publisher:	Arcturus Publishing
Publication date:	02/15/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	431 KB

About the Author

Kevin Forbes lives in East Sussex and is an RHS qualified gardener. He has a wide knowledge of horticulture and has embarked on a number of hobbies to widen his knowledge of the outdoors. He puts down his love of gardening and nature to his mother, whose enthusiasm has rubbed off on him. He is currently running his own gardening and property maintenance company.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION BEERS

Kits or mashes

Equipment

Ingredients

Beer Styles

Brewing From a Kit

Malt Extract Brews

Brewing Partial and Full Mashes

Beer Recipes

Hedgerow Beers

WINE

Wine from Grapes

Winemaking Equipment

Cleaning and Sanitizing

Making Wine from Kits

Country Wines

MEAD, CIDER AND PERRY

Mead

Cider

Perry

SLOE GIN AND OTHER INFUSIONS

Infusions

Vodka Infusions

Gin Infusions

Brandy Infusions

NON-ALCOHOLIC DRINKS

Soft Drinks

HANGOVER CURES GLOSSARY INDEX