Books and supplies for homebrewers and craft beer lovers
Looking for a brewing yeast that's fresh and is easy to use for beginners? We carry Imperial Organic Liquid Yeast and Omega Yeast. If you're interested in a yeast strain that we don't have in stock, text us at (412) 585-2651
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*Imperial Organic Liquid Yeast is only available for curbside pickup
*Omega Yeast can be shipped on request
We are so excited to introduce Dried Lutra™ Kveik! The same shockingly clean and versatile yeast you welcomed last year, but now in a convenient dried format! Just like the liquid form, Dried Lutra™ can produce anything from lager-like styles, imperial stouts, and barleywines. Even clean hard seltzers can be achieved, completing healthy fermentation in as few as four days—half the time it takes with other strains!
Dried Lutra ferments fast at high temperatures, to a very high ABV and is shelf-stable for two (2) years from the date of manufacture. Refrigerate or store in a cool, dry place.
- Flocculation: Medium-High
- Attenuation: 75-82%
- Temperature Range: 68-95° F (20-35° C)
- Alcohol Tolerance: 15%
Brewers of all sizes should uphold the value of safety alongside their edgy brands and creative and carefully crafted beers and other beverages. It's the responsibility of all brewery employees to assess hazards, learn how to control or eliminate them, and to document and train each other on the safest ways to perform tasks.
Become fluent in the universal language of beer
The ubiquity of gluten-containing grains, such as barley, wheat, and rye, in modern-day brewing has prevented many potential consumers from fully enjoying the craft beer revolution.
The Chemistry of BEER
An Engaging Introduction to Chemistry with a Popular Theme
Get hoppin' with this guide to microbrewing your own beer
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- Learn everything about brewing processes, maintenance and analysis- Technical, in-depth and yet accessible- Written in collaboration with the European Trade Association of Brewers, representing 29 countries and more than 10,000 breweriesThis book is the ultimate guide for running a small brewery with an eye on improving and maintaining a high level of quality in day-to-day operations.
Brewing with Cannabis introduces the convergence of marijuana and brewing in the modern craft beer movement. Explore the varied history of how the cannabis plant became federally illegal and dive into both historic and current laws on decriminalization and legalization of cannabis in the U.S.
An inspiring manual that shows you how to brew beers at home using wild fermentation techniques
Produced using a mixture of naturally occurring yeasts and bacteria, wild fermented beers offer the ‘fine dining’ of the beer world.
This updated edition of the official homebrewing guide from top magazine and website Brew Your Own is packed with recipes, expert advice, step-by-step process photos, ingredient information, and more.
Homebrewers around the world have turned to the experts at Brew Your Own magazine for more than two decades.
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For more than two decades, homebrewers around the world have turned to Brew Your Own magazine for the best information on making incredible beer at home.
Enjoy over seventy delicious, seasonal recipes from the country's best independent breweries in this cookbook and beer pairing guide—a must-have book for craft beer lovers, home cooks, and fans of homebrewing.
Told through wit and humor and 100% illustrations, Hooray for Craft Beer is an entertaining and informative journey through the history and world of craft beer. Readers will explore every aspect of beer from the ingredients and brewing process to glassware and how to taste beer, as they embark on a whirlwind trip around the world to discover the origin of favorite beer styles.
A fascinating exploration of beer, ancient and contemporary, and its role in shaping human society
Inspire a lifelong exploration of your senses as you learn to pair beer and food like a pro.
*2016 International Association of Culinary Professionals Award Finalist*
Beer has reclaimed its place at the dinner table. Yet unlike wine, there just aren’t many in-depth resources to guide both beginners and beer geeks in pairing beer with food.
How To Brew: Everything You Need to Know to Brew Great Beer Every Time (Fourth Edition) By John Palmer Fully revised and updated, How to Brew is the definitive guide to making quality beers at home. Whether you want simple, sure-fire instructions for making your first beer, or you're a seasoned homebrewer working with all-grain batches, this book has something for you.
Fully Revised and Updated, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing is everything you need to know to brew beer at home from start to finish including new recipes, updated charts on hop varieties, secrets to fermentation, beer kit tips, and more—from the master of homebrewing.
A resource for brewers of various experience levels. It covers yeast selection, storage and handling of yeast cultures, how to culture yeast and the art of rinsing/washing yeast cultures. It includes sections on how to set up a yeast lab, the basics of fermentation science and how it affects your beer.
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Water is arguably the most critical and least understood of the foundation elements in brewing. For many brewers used to choosing from a wide selection of hops and grain, water seems like an ingredient for which they have little choice but to accept what comes out of their faucet.
It is difficult to believe that at one time hops were very much the marginalized ingredient of modern beer, until the burgeoning craft beer movement in America reignited the industry's enthusiasm for hop-forward beer.
Brewers often call malt the soul of beer. Fourth in the Brewing Elements series, Malt: A Practical Guide from Field to Brewhouse delves into the intricacies of this key ingredient used in virtually all beers. This book provides a comprehensive overview of malt, with primary focus on barley, from the field through the malting process.
Jamil Zainasheff is a perennial award winner at the National Homebrew Competition finals and winner of over 500 brewing awards across all style categories. In this book he teams up with home-brewing expert John J Palmer to share award-winning recipes for each of the 80-plus competition styles. Using extract-based recipes for most categories, the.
Formulas, ingredients, historical and modern day brewing practices are all covered in this book. Drawing on information from old brewing records, books, contemporary beer analysis, and hundreds of recipes, the author provides a wealth of data on the current and historical brewing techniques and ingredients for 14 popular ale and lager styles.
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Hard seltzer is a booming category in the world of lifestyle beverages and many craft brewers are lending their artisanal skills to this refreshing beverage. Simple to make and with a wide range of creative flavor additions, hard seltzer is a sparkling alternative for beer lovers looking to give their palate a different experience.
Ancient brewing traditions and techniques have been passed generation to generation on farms throughout remote areas of northern Europe. With these traditions facing near extinction, author Lars Marius Garshol set out to explore and document the lost art of brewing using traditional local methods.
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This is the story of how I discovered the existence of a tradition for brewing beer at home that goes back to the Stone Age, and started diving into it. The story is recounted through posts I published on my blog 2010-2015, documenting how I found this type of brewing in isolated areas in Norway and Lithuania.
Bringing beer history to life, Viking Age Brew takes readers on a lavishly illustrated tour of rustic brewhouses fueled by wood and passion. Sahti is a Nordic farmhouse ale that is still crafted in accordance with ancient traditions dating back to the Viking Age.
Craft beer is about innovation, discovery and interpretation. Homebrewing is about all that and more As the beer scene changes, so do the beer styles we know and love. Grandmaster Beer Judge Gordon Strong takes you on a guided journey of discovery in Modern Homebrew Recipes that include the latest BJCP style changes.
From internationally recognized beer-brewing authority Randy Mosher comes the ultimate guide to the craft, for beginners and advanced brewers alike.
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Takes a hip and creative look at beer brewing, presented with a graphically appealing layout.
This completely updated second edition of the best-selling beer resource features the most current information on beer styles, flavor profiles, sensory evaluation guidelines, craft beer trends, food and beer pairings, and draft beer systems.
Provides insights that are laid out in a comprehensive format that includes tips, hints, examples, techniques, recipes, analogy, and allegory.
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Explore the evolution of one of craft beer's most popular styles, India Pale ale. Loaded with brewing tips from some of the country's best brewers, IPA covers techniques from water treatment to hopping procedures.
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Craft beer's most popular style, India Pale Ale, is experiencing a flavor revolution. Brewers are using a wide range of flavors to push the boundaries of the style, from cocoa nibs to coffee, fruits to vegetables, spices, herbs, and even wood - brewers are using a wide range of flavors to push the boundaries of the style.
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Have you ever found yourself doing less and less homebrewing, or being too intimidated to take up the brewing to begin with? Let Drew Beechum and Denny Conn help you brew the best possible beer with less work and more fun Simple Homebrewing simplifies the complicated steps for making beer and returns brewing to its fundamentals.
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Explore Local Flavor Using Cultivated and Foraged IngredientsAmericans have brewed beers using native ingredients since pre-Columbian times, and a new wave of brewers has always been at the forefront of the locavore movement.
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Hey homebrewers—make better beer! Returning for his second book, Chris Colby highlights the modern brewing methods homebrewers use to make beer. From the basic procedures for making beer from malt extract to advanced all-grain techniques and tests for quality . . . This book is a beer geek’s dream!
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Make your next beer your best beer with this revised and expanded version of the popular guide to homebrewing.
