"The Brewer's Apprentice" Offers An Insider's Guide To The Craft Of Beer Brewing

Drink up and pay homage to your favorite hobby-craft brewing beer, ciders, and meads alongside the legends, innovators, and rising stars of the beer world!

In THE BREWER'S APPRENTICE (Quarry Books, Paperback, $24.99 US/$27.99 CAN), you get incomparable behind-the-scenes access to the craft brewing world, along with tutorials on everything from mastering the perfect pour to designing a world-class IPA. This illustrated handbook escorts you through the steps of the brewing process and offers a unique curriculum that supports and enhances the reader's knowledge of brewing basics.
Inside readers will find:
- Interviews with 18 world-class brewers, including:
- Vinnie Cilurzo, Russian River
- Sam Calagione, Dogfish Head
- Ken Grossman, Sierra Nevada
- James Watt, BrewDog
- How to source the best hops, barley, wheat, and more; farm-to-table and seasonal brewing.
- Setting up your homebrewing workshop to master brewing chemistry 101
- Tinkering with nontraditional ingredients and extreme brews.
- Techniques for brewing mead, sour ales, and cider.
The American Homebrewers Association estimates that 750,000 people (in the U.S.) brew beer regularly with those numbers growing rapidly every year. THE BREWER'S APPRENTICE will show readers and enthusiasts how they too can begin their own home brewing adventures!

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About Quarry Books - Apprentice Series
The comprehensive guides in Quarry's Apprentice Series go beyond the "basics" or "101" books by pairing illustrated instructions, techniques, and recipes with extensive expert profiles. These books offer complete curriculum for classic trades that elevate a beginner's skill to expert level, and will keep the skills of more seasoned cooks fresh.


About the Authors

Greg Koch is co-founder and CEO of Stone Brewing Co. (www.stonebrew.com) in Escondido, California. Since Greg started the company with his partner, Steve Wagner, in 1996, Stone has become one of the fastest-growing and highest-rated breweries in the world. Brewing 115,000 barrels in 2010, Stone is the fourteenth-largest craft brewery in the United States, and the largest American-owned brewery in the southwestern United States, a position it achieved without advertising, discounting, or giving away freebies. Greg passionately believes that environmental and social sustainability goes hand-in-hand with brewing mind-blowing beer, and he frequently speaks on topics ranging from craft beer to business to food to marketing, bringing a bold, entertaining, and often humorous approach to public speaking engagements.

Matt Allyn is a freelance writer living, drinking, and brewing in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He's a certified, card-carrying beer judge, and has been homebrewing award-winning beers for six years. His writing has been published in Men's Health, Draft, Zymurgy, Runner's World, and Bicycling. And while he doesn't have a favorite beer, he prefers whatever is fresh, seasonal, and in his hand. Visit his website at www.mattallyn.com.