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Make your best beer ever! Legendary brewer Dave Miller brings a lifetime of professional experience into your home. With complete plans for a system that requires just 18 square feet and full of small-batch recipes, Brew Like a Pro reveals the secrets of truly great draft- and pub-style brewing. Learn to make classic all-grain beers that stay fresh in kegs for months, eliminating the need for bottling. This clear, concise guide is sure to take your homebrewing to the next level.
Dave Miller is the author of Brew Like a Pro and Dave Miller's Homebrewing Guide, published by Storey in 1995. He was a brewer at Blackstone in Nashville from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure there, Blackstone's beer won 14 Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup medals. In his retirement, he has returned to the world of homebrewing. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Homebrewers Association.
1 How I Got Here
Then and Now
The Limits of Simplicity
The Place (or Lack Thereof) of Malt Extract
Blueprint to Brew
Beer 101
2 An Inside Look at a Pub Brewery
3 Building a Home Brewery
Space
Utilities
Equipment for the Draft Beer System
Water Filter
Malt Mill
Mash Mixer
Mash/Lauter Tun and Hot Liquor Back
Sparge Arm
Recirculation Arm
Grant
Brew Kettle/Whirlpool
Burner
Heat Exchangers
Cold Liquor Back
Pump
Aeration Stone and Air Pump
Fermenting Vessels
Racking Arm, Transfer Hoses, and Fittings
Filters
Instruments
Recommended Setups
4 Brewing Materials
Water
Malt and Other Grains
Hops
Yeast
Clarifying Agents
Cleaners and Sanitizers
5 Homebrewing Operations
Before You Start
Before You Brew
Brew Day
Fermentation Management
Filtration and Carbonation
6 Advanced Techniques
Yeast Propagation and Culturing
Lager Brewing
Step and Decoction Mashing
Bottling
Cask-Conditioned Beer ("Real Ale")
7 Projects
Lauter Tun and Hot Liquor Back
Sparge Arm/Recirc Arm
Grant
Two-Stage Heat Exchanger
Thermowell
Pump Speed Control
8 A Handful of Recipes
Appendix: Infusion Rinsing ("Batch Sparging")
Resources
Index
Enjoy Refreshing Draft Beer -- at Home!
Elevate your homebrewed beer to new levels of quality and consistency. Dave Miller has been a homebrewer and a professional brewmaster; he has firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of a pub brewery and a unique understanding of how to adapt pro techniques for home use. Follow Miller's advice on setting up an efficient all-grain home brewery and a draft system for serving fresh, cold beer, and you'll be brewing like a pro in no time -- no bottling required!
Dave Miller is the author of Brew Like a Pro and Dave Miller's Homebrewing Guide, published by Storey in 1995. He was a brewer at Blackstone in Nashville from 1994 to 2008. During his tenure there, Blackstone's beer won 14 Great American Beer Festival and World Beer Cup medals. In his retirement, he has returned to the world of homebrewing. He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Homebrewers Association.
1 How I Got Here
Then and Now
The Limits of Simplicity
The Place (or Lack Thereof) of Malt Extract
Blueprint to Brew
Beer 101
2 An Inside Look at a Pub Brewery
3 Building a Home Brewery
Space
Utilities
Equipment for the Draft Beer System
Water Filter
Malt Mill
Mash Mixer
Mash/Lauter Tun and Hot Liquor Back
Sparge Arm
Recirculation Arm
Grant
Brew Kettle/Whirlpool
Burner
Heat Exchangers
Cold Liquor Back
Pump
Aeration Stone and Air Pump
Fermenting Vessels
Racking Arm, Transfer Hoses, and Fittings
Filters
Instruments
Recommended Setups
4 Brewing Materials
Water
Malt and Other Grains
Hops
Yeast
Clarifying Agents
Cleaners and Sanitizers
5 Homebrewing Operations
Before You Start
Before You Brew
Brew Day
Fermentation Management
Filtration and Carbonation
6 Advanced Techniques
Yeast Propagation and Culturing
Lager Brewing
Step and Decoction Mashing
Bottling
Cask-Conditioned Beer ("Real Ale")
7 Projects
Lauter Tun and Hot Liquor Back
Sparge Arm/Recirc Arm
Grant
Two-Stage Heat Exchanger
Thermowell
Pump Speed Control
8 A Handful of Recipes
Appendix: Infusion Rinsing ("Batch Sparging")
Resources
Index
Enjoy Refreshing Draft Beer -- at Home!
Elevate your homebrewed beer to new levels of quality and consistency. Dave Miller has been a homebrewer and a professional brewmaster; he has firsthand knowledge of the inner workings of a pub brewery and a unique understanding of how to adapt pro techniques for home use. Follow Miller's advice on setting up an efficient all-grain home brewery and a draft system for serving fresh, cold beer, and you'll be brewing like a pro in no time -- no bottling required!