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Do you like to make beer but wish you had a general brewing book to guide you along the way? If so, then you might enjoy Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles, a book by Ray Daniels. This reference and reading book contains plenty of useful information to help you brew the perfect batch of beer.

Designing Great Beers is a lengthy book, with more than 400 total pages and divided into two main sections. The first part of the book concentrates on homebrewing ingredients and techniques. The second part of the book breaks down the major styles of beer, complete with facts and figures that detail the history, composition, and other important information on the different styles of beer common today. Charts accompany much of the data, helping to visually explain the numeric data for better understanding.
The main idea behind Designing Great Beers is to help the reader/homebrewer with recipe formulation. But unlike other books about homebrewing, this book doesn’t just hand you the recipes. Rather, it wants to help you create your own recipe. This creative angle is different from other brewing guides and it makes Designing Great Beers stands out in the growing pack of homebrewing volumes. The book explains the different styles and what makes each unique, then leaves the rest to you, the curious homebrewer. With such great explanations and charts, the imagination starts to flow faster than a freshly tapped keg. Homebrewers will quickly feel a sense of inspiration and rush to their homebrewing journal to take notes and prepare their next recipe.
Homebrewers need advice and suggestions, and that includes even the most seasoned among us. Designing Great Beers aims to acquaint readers with the different styles available with solid advice on achieving target levels of gravity, IBU, and more. It is a very useful guide for homebrewers who have graduated from beginner’s brewing school and want to learn more ways to hone their craft.
Rating: 9 Cheers out of 10

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Ever wondered exactly what your college aged “child” was talking about when describing the game beer pong? Want to know the real rules behind the drinking game “quarters?” Or maybe you are getting ready to have your own Mardi Gras, New Years or Oktoberfest party and would like to have a game or two to play. Consider using this complete guide to beer drinking games.

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