Jamil Zainasheff

The Modern Homebrewer is a hands-on, practical guide to the most modern and up-to-date home brewing ingredients, equipment, and processes. Written by two award-winning homebrewing experts-turned professional brewers, this new book will equip both novices and the most experienced brewers with the skills they need to produce professional quality beer at home.

This is a resource for brewers of all experience levels. The authors adeptly cover yeast selection, storage and handling of yeast cultures, how to culture yeast and the art of rinsing/washing yeast cultures. Sections on how to set up a yeast lab, the basics of fermentation science and how it affects your beer, plus step-by-step procedures, equipment lists and a guide to troubleshooting are included.

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 duo gives sure-footed guidance to brewers interested in reproducing classic beer styles for their own enjoyment or to enter into competitions.