Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation by Chris White and Jamil Zainasheff

If you are an American Homebrewers Association member, you can pre-order the new yeast book written by Jamil Zainasheff (of Ninkasi winner / Brewing Network fame) and Chris White (of white labs fame), and get a stellar deal at the same time. The book is titled, “Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation by Chris White and Jamil Zainasheff.” They are offering 30% off with the code: Yes2Yeast.

I’ve been looking out for the book ever since I heard they were working on it. After all, as the saying goes, brewers make wort, and yeast makes beer. I already placed my order.

Yeast: The Practical Guide to Beer Fermentation 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

There is a Table of Contents here.

It is also set to debut at the GABF here.

And while you are waiting for it to be delivered, you can read this old Zymurgy article, “The Secret to Healthy Yeast: Making a Starter.”

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Date:: 08.18.10 / 3pm

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Marsh 08.20.10 / 9am

Looks good, will have to order. What would you recommend as a good book for a general brewing how-to?

Brian 08.20.10 / 10am

How To Brew, by John Palmer is really the best, and if you were to only buy one book, this should be the one. It covers everything, and is even online for free: http://www.howtobrew.com/intro.html

Also, Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer have a book called Brewing Classic Styles, which is filled with 80 recipes of different styles, and allows you to quickly acquaint yourself with how each style differs and is brewed. If one was to go through and brew all 80 recipes it would be an excellent education.

The other must read, is Designing Great Beers, by Ray Daniels. This book really goes into the details of every style, and the even the variance within a style. He covers historical significance as well as the National Homebrewers Conference winners so that you can understand which parts of the style spectrum are commonly agreed upon as hitting their mark.

Marsh 08.23.10 / 9am

Awesome, thanks Brian! I’ll start with How To Brew.

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