Introduction 1 chapter 1: Know Your Ingredients 5 Malts 6 Water 10 Hops 10 Yeast 14 Other Fun Ingredients 16 Say Hello to the Beer Family! 19 chapter 2: Assemble Your Beer Kit 23 General Equipment 24 Brewing Equipment 27 Fermenting Equipment 28 Bottling Equipment 29 What to Expect on Your First Visit to a Homebrew Store 34 chapter 3: Brew Your First Beer 37 Bird''s-Eye View of How to Brew Beer 38 How to Brew an All-Extract Beer 40 All-Extract Amber Ale 49 How to Brew a Partial-Extract Beer 50 Partial-Extract Amber Ale 53 How to Brew an All-Grain Beer 54 All-Grain Amber Ale 62 A Photographic Guide to Brewing Beer 60 Should You Brew a 1-Gallon or a 5-Gallon Batch? 64 Chapter 4: Pale Ales 69 A Very Good American Pale Ale 71 Bitter Brit English-Style Pale Ale 72 Bitter Monk Belgian-Style Pale Ale 73 Pine Woods Pale Ale 74 Amarillo SMASH Pale Ale 77 What to Worry About, What Not to Worry About 78 Chapter 5: India Pale Ales (IPAs) 81 A Very Good IPA 83 Centennial Dry-Hopped Double IPA 84 Double-Take Black IPA 86 Two-Left-Feet American Barleywine 87 Campari IPA 89 How to Pour and Taste Beer 90 Chapter 6: Brown Ales 93 A Very Good American Brown Ale 95 Pecan Pie Brown Ale 96 Brown Bear Seeks Honey Braggot 98 The Great Pumpkin Ale 99 Chai-Spiced Winter Warmer 101 Get Geeky with the Mash 102 Chapter 7: Porters and Stouts 105 A Very Good Porter 107 A Very Good Stout 109 Smoky Chipotle Porter 111 All-Day Dry Irish Stout 112 Affogato Milk Stout 113 Boss-Level Barrel-Aged Imperial Stout 114 Play with Your Hops 116 Chapter 8: British Ales 119 A Very Good British Mild 121 Tea Time Extra-Special Bitter (ESB) 122 High Seas British IPA 124 Sugar and Spice Strong Ale 125 Figgy Pudding British Barleywine 127 Brewing in Warm Weather, Brewing in Cold Weather 128 Chapter 9: Belgian Ales 131 A Very Good Abbey Ale 133 Maple Cider Dubbel 134 Tropical Island Tripel 136 Fuzzy Nose Sour Ale 137 Peach Melba Sour Lambic 139 Get Funky with Sour Beers 140 Chapter 10: Scottish and Irish Red Ales 143 A Very Good Scottish Ale 145 A Very Good Irish Red Ale 147 Day Hiker Irish Red 148 Caramel-Coconut Wee Heavy 151 Smoke & Scotch Ale 152 Ten Small Habits That Will Make You a Better Brewer 154 Chapter 11: Wheat Beers 157 A Very Good Wheat Beer (Hefeweizen) 159 Sweet-Tart Berliner Weisse 160 Salty Dog Gose 161 American Summer Wheat Ale 162 Lavender-Orange Witbier 165 Adding Fruits, Spices, and Other Fun Things to Beer 166 Chapter 12: Rye Ales 171 A Very Good Rye Pale Ale 173 Dark Pumpernickel Roggenbier 174 Finnish Juniper Rye Sahti Ale 177 No Apologies Imperial Rye Ale 178 Red Eye Chicory Rye Porter 179 Five Easy Ways to Level-Up Your Brew Game 180 Chapter 13: Session Ales 183 A Very Good Session Ale 185 Riding Lawn Mower Pale Ale 186 Watermelon Saison 188 Lemonade Stand Shandy 189 Farmers'' Market Gruit 191 How to Design Your Own Homebrew 192 Chapter 14: Gluten-Free Beers 197 A Very Good Gluten-Free Pale Ale 199 Gluten-Free Saison 200 Gluten-Free Chocolate Porter 202 Jasmine Honey Sparkler 203 Hoppy Hard Cider 205 The Real Deal with Lagers 206 Chapter 15: Lagers 209 A Very Good Pilsner 211 Spring Blossom Maibock 212 McNally''s Oktoberfest 214 Chocolate Doppelbock 215 Ode to San Francisco Steam Beer 217 Common Problems, Easy Solutions 218 Glossary: Homebrewer''s Lingo 222 Recommended Resources 226 Acknowledgments 227 About the Author 228 Index 229.