Radical Brewing: Recipes, Tales and World-Altering Meditations in a Glass Review

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(More customer reviews)I have a new favorite brewing book - Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher. I must admit that I was put off by the title at first. "Radical Brewing? I don't want to brew weird stuff, I want to brew good stuff..." But after I had a chance to browse thru a copy, I realized there was nothing weird about it. It is radical like Copernicus was radical. It is full of really interesting information that I had not known or barely heard of before. This is a spectrum of brewing, brews, and brewers.
How to describe it??
Broadly, it is like Designing Great Beers in that it presents the ingredients of brewing, the methods for using them and how various beer styles were developed by using those ingredients.
The difference could be described in this way though: If DGB were described as a university course in the main lecture hall on brewing, then Radical Brewing is sitting down with the Prof one-on-one, while he regales with his experiences and pours you samples as he talks. And, if you know Randy, then this description of his book is self-explanatory. It really is a book that you will pick up and read for the fun of it. There are lots of interesting recipes, and his discussion makes you want to try them.
A great book to further your homebrewing education.
John Palmer
author of "How To Brew"
www.howtobrew.com

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Radical Brewing takes a hip and creative look at beer brewing, presented with a graphically appealing two-color layout.

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Strong Waters: A Simple Guide to Making Beer, Wine, Cider and Other Spirited Beverages at Home Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a no-nonsense, easy to duplicate, beautifully simple guide to a cornucopia of fermented beverage recipes! Well written, concise, perfect guidance. I have taught several mead making classes, recommending this book as the go-to source for answering all questions. Buy this book and start brewing fantastic fermented beverages to entertain and impress friends, family and neighbors. I have made tomato wine, mead, cyser, black cherry melomel and rhodomel from this book. There are plenty of other recipes that I want to make, from limoncello to Irish Cream Whiskey to pomegranate wine. This book describes all of the required tools, techniques and methods for successful fermentation in a very calm and straightforward manner. Easy to follow, easy to create.
Enhance your enjoyment of life. Purchase this book and start producing beverages! Don't delay! Buy this book today. Worth the price of the book with the first batch you put together. Amaze friends, amaze yourself. Convinced yet? On your deathbed, you will regret all of the fine beverages you never made if you don't purchase this book and make a bunch of these fine fermentations. Be a whole and complete person - get this book NOW!
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Discover the Many Rewards of Homemade Spirits-Unique, Flavorful, Economical and Surprisingly Easy to Make!

Today's renewed interest in making wine and beer at home amounts to nothing less than a renaissance. No matter why you want to join the new generation of homebrewers-to complement your cooking, to save money, or simply for a truly rewarding hobby-Strong Waters will tell you how.

In this do-it-yourself guide, Scott Mansfield makes a grand tradition accessible for today's enthusiasts. Beginners will welcome his tips for getting started inexpensively with everyday materials, and experienced hobbyists will be inspired by recipes for longtime favorites and forgotten delights, including:

Limoncello, the perfect aperitif to conclude an Italian dinner
Perry, apple cider's sweeter cousin, made from pears
Jalapeño Wine, a healthy drink that doubles as a marinade
Rhodomel, an ancient Grecian mead flavored with roses and honey
Spruce Beer, a North American classic since colonial times

Worried that making your own spirits is complicated? Don't be! Strong Waters covers everything from the basics of bottling to the science of sweetening. It's surprisingly easy, and as eight pages of color photos illustrate, the results are tantalizing. Cheers!

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Chemistry and Technology of Soft Drinks and Fruit Juices Review

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(More customer reviews)The book is a collection of papers by various authors in this field. It gives you an appreciation of the tremendous effort that goes into producing your generic soft drink or fruit juice. The chemistry is nontrivial, and rarely covered in a general chemistry or biology text. Thus, you have to search for the rare book like this one, that does give technical details of the various processing steps.
And not just of the processing. There is also considerable discussion about the packaging. Vital in preserving the contents for as long as possible.
The average consumer, of course, has no inkling of all this. But now you do.

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Soft drinks and fruit juices are produced in almost every country in the world and their availability is remarkable. From the largest cities to some of the remotest villages, soft drinks are available in a variety of flavours and packaging. The market for these products continues to show a remarkable potential for growth. The variety of products and packaging types continues to expand, and among the more significant developments in recent years has been the increase in diet drinks of very high quality, many of which are based on spring or natural mineral water.This book provides an overview of the chemistry and technology of soft drinks and fruit juices. The original edition has been completely revised and extended, with new chapters on Trends in Beverage Markets, Fruit and Juice Processing, Carbohydrate and Intense Sweeteners, Non-Carbonated Beverages, Carbonated Beverages, and Functional Drinks containing Herbal Extracts. It is directed at graduates in food science, chemistry or microbiology entering production, quality control, new product development or marketing in the beverage industry or in companies supplying ingredients or packaging materials to the beverage industry.

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