101 Ideas for Homebrew Fun (Paperback)

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Product Description

This beer group activity book has 101 amazing, odd, and creative ways to enjoy the celebration of homebrewing.

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The only book with 101 bizarre, interactive, and zany activities for homebrewers of all levels and anyone who relishes beer!

Only Ray Daniels could have devised so many outrageous activities to celebrate beer and the art of homebrewing. His book is filled with fun ideas for social get-togethers, homebrew clubs, and individuals and is brimming with cool adventures and beermaking advice.

Activities include: Brewing in wacky places, like the zoo, in an art gallery under a Picasso, at your local campground, or on top of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Creating culinary delights with homebrew ingredients, like Malt Waffles, Spent Grain Cookies, Smoked Porter Cheesecake, and A Soft Spot for Pretzels. Brewing weird beers, like Hobgoblin's Great Pumpkin Beer, A Jolly Ale for Old Saint Nick, Are You Porter or Stout?, Hard Cider That's a Snap, Mead from Heaven, and Sour Mash Beer. And last but not least, grab your pith helmet, khakis, and petri dish for a yeast safari, and learn how to harvest thousand of different yeast strains.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Brewers Publications (May 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0937381578
• ISBN-13: 978-0937381571
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,904,967 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A mile wide, an inch deep, December 16, 2006

By	Brian Connors (Cape Cod, MA) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This curious little book is essentially similar to the factoid collections you find in the reference section of any decent bookstore, though a bit more in depth. But not much. And that's fine. It's a lot of hit-and-run vignettes designed to educate the intermediate brewer on various and sundry bits of beer trivia, and even learn to make a few styles that aren't in the standard literature. There's even a few recipes using beer ingredients to keep the dedicated cook/beer snob interested. It's not a bad book at all, though perhaps a little much for a rank beginner.

Even for what it is, though, it falls tragically short of perfection. Recipes, for example, are poorly organized; the recipe for Sumerian beer falls particularly short, requiring careful reading to notice that an important ingredient was left out of the ingredient list (though fortunately was still in the directions). And there's no bibliography, no mention of where to go to read more about the topics this book scratches the surface of.

I don't know that I'd consider it an essential read, but candy isn't essential either, and that's basically what this book is. If nothing else, it's a good palate cleanser between more technical literature.

5 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is full of fun ideas., February 23, 2000

By	William Wible, Jr. "broncobill" (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this book to be alot of fun. It gives ideas about lots of new things to try. The tips are each on their own page, and numbered. In addition to better brewing tips and tips on ingredients, there are ideas for fun things to do at homebrew club meetings, ideas for competitions, and even a story or two.

I really liked this book. The key word is fun.