More Homebrew Favorites: More Than 260 New Brews! [Paperback]

Karl F. Lutzen (Author), Mark Stevens (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 7, 1997

"Send us your best," said Karl F. Lutzen and Mark Stevens, in their appeal for the favorite recipes of homebrewers across North America.  Homebrew clubs, brewing suppliers, and homebrewers everywhere took up the call.  Here are the collected best of the best with straightforward directions for making each brew.  With more than 240 recipes inside, this is a homebrewer's heaven.

Editorial Reviews

From the Back Cover

Lutzen & Stevens are back with more than 260 of the latest great homebrew innovations.

All brewers, even those who formulate their own recipes, will want to own this wide-ranging recipe book, which includes:

* Recipes for both extract and all-grain beers, offering combinations for novices and experienced homebrewers

* Clear, straightforward directions for making ales, lagers, meads, and specialty beers

* Unusual recipes for exotic brews

* Directions for brewing lesser-know beers

* Comments and brewing tips from contributing brewers

About the Author

Co-author of three Storey books, Karl F. Lutzen is also an editor of the on-line public domain recipe collections, Cat's Meow I, II, III. His Storey books include Homebrew Favorites and More Homebrew Favorites.

Co-author of three Storey books, Mark Stevens is also an editor of the on-line public domain recipe collections, Cat's Meow I, II, III. His Storey books include Homebrew Favorites and More Homebrew Favorites. Mark is a technical writer who is a member of the American Homebrewers Association and the Beer Judge Certification Program. His articles have appeared in All About Beer magazine.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC (January 7, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0882669680
• ISBN-13: 978-0882669687
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #574,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good collection of recipes, July 21, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: More Homebrew Favorites: More Than 260 New Brews! (Paperback)

Before I bought this book I looked at a couple of others first. I thought about Papazian's "Homebrewers Companion" but it had a lot of things other than recipes that I didn't need, and I thought about Higgins "Homebrewers Recipe Guide", but I didn't believe that even 3 people ever really brewed and tested 200 recipes, so I was left with Lutzen and Stevens two books "Homebrew Favorites" and "More Homebrew Favorites". I bought them both.

The books contain lots of recipes (240 in the first volume, 260 in the second) and in every single style. The recipes are evenly split between easy extract recipes and the more advanced all grain recipes. (Good! I can be challenged when my skills improve.) Most important to me was that the beers were brewed by a lot of different people, and a lot of them won awards in lots of different contests and lots of them include some comments about how the beers turned out. This gives me confidence that th! e recipes really worked and the huge number of recipes gives me lots of options and even helps me create my own variations, picking elements I like from one recipe and combining them from another.

The two "Homebrew Favorites" books are probably the best recipe collections on the market, at least for my needs (and probably most other homebrewers too). The books really are on target as far as knowing what homebrewers do in their kitchens.

The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars is that there are some recipes in the book that too simple for me or that are kind of goofy (I don't want to make beer with hot peppers in it!) Maybe you would like this though, so look at it and see.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very reliable, February 27, 2001

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"saltylizard" - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Homebrew Favorites: More Than 260 New Brews! (Paperback)

I rely on this book to pull me through.

I've been brewing for just over 6 years. I do mostly partial-mash/extract brews. This book has been invaluable not just for the recipes it contains, but also for the examples of styles and their ingredients that it presents.

Recipes are convieniently grouped by style and clearly labeled by difficulty (all-grain, extract, etc.). Most recipes also feature brewers and/or judges comments which can be valuable when improving upon or creating your own recipe.

I highly recommend this book to anyone who is just starting to brew their own or has been making kits and is looking for more of a challenge.

For the serious all-grain brewer, this book will be less than you're looking for. You should try "Year of Beer" by Amahl Turczyn.

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent recipe resource, July 1, 2006

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James Henderson (San Mateo, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Homebrew Favorites: More Than 260 New Brews! (Paperback)

I've made 6 different all-grain beers from this book so far, and all have been very good. The Northwest Stout recipe won me best overall at a local beer club event, over 35 other beers. There are other books much more suitable to "teaching" homebrewing. However, if you already have batches under your belt and you want to add some nice variety to your beer fridge, this book is definitely worth it.

Cheers.