Well it's Christmas morning. The wife and kids made out pretty well with clothes and makeup and all that kind of stuff. Our really good friends from Florida sent a few packages as always.
I opened mine to find a pair of brewing related books. One is a classic called "Designing Great Beers" by Ray Daniels, of which I already own a well used & tattered copy. I may see if the Library would take a copy to add to the meager collection of beer related books they offer.
The other book is sure to become a classic, It's called "Brew Like A Monk" by Stan Hieronymus. I have borrowed this one from friends during the year to read on one of my many plane flights.
"Brew Like A Monk" has always struck me a silly title, but you cannot judge a book by it's cover for sure. For anyone interested in Trappist and Abbey style beer, this is a must read. The book tries to deliver something to every reader, whether you are a brewer or just a beer geek. Every reader will come away with a basic understanding of these great beers, who brews them, and what makes them so wonderful. The brewer will be able to come away with many new ideas for recipe formulation as well as new techniques to employ in his or her home brewery.
There is a noticeable scarcity of ready to go recipes in this book, and I say that is a good thing. There are plenty of recipes already on the web. Good brewing books always provide information along with basic brewing science as to allow the brewer to formulate recipes; much like an episode of Alton Brown's Good Eats does this for food science.
You can find "Brew Like a Monk" and many other classic beer style books either on the web or at a nearby home brewing supply...
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