Brewing Books

The book section is divided into two parts - books that we stock and ship directly from HopTech and books that are available through amazon.com.

The following two books can be added to your HopTech order just like any of the other of the products on the website. Just click the add button.

Brewing Quality Beers: Byron Burch. This newly revised and greatly improved edition is a great book for the beginning brewer, giving you a lot of information without overwhelming the reader. We include a copy with each of our brewing equipment kits. BKBQB $6.95

All Grain Brewing Made Simple: Mark Garetz. All grain brewing doesn't have to be complicated. This booklet covers the basics of equipment and procedures to make all grain brewing simple and easy using single-step infusion mashing. Also covers basic mashing theory and water chemistry. Has instructions on how to set up a mashing system using commercially available products and building your own. 13 pages, comb bound. BKAGB $5.95

cover Considered by many to be the "bible" of homebrewing, but now largely out of date. The Homebrewer's Companion (below) offers a much needed update, but you can't just buy that books as it leaves out topics covered in this one. BKCOH $12.50

Brew Ware Karl F Lutzen & Mark Stevens
How to find, adapt & build homebrewing equipment BKBW $18.95

The Alaskan Bootleggers Bible Leon W Kania
Makin' Beer, Wine, Liqueurs & Moonshine Whiskey, an old Alaskan tells how it's done. BKABB $22.95

Homebrewing for Dummies BKHFD $19.99

Clone Brews Tess & Mark Szamatulski
Homebrew recipes for 150 commercial beers BKCB $14.95

North American Clone Brews Scott R Russell
Homebrew recipes for your favorite American & Canadian Beers BKNAC $14.95

From Vines to Wines Jeff Cox
The complete guide to growing grapes & making your own wine BKVTW $18.95

Making Table Wine at Home
Division of Agriculture & Natural Resources Cooperative Extension University of California BKMTW $15.95

The remainder of the books on this site are offered to you in concert with amazon.com. By clicking on the picture of the book or the text link next to the picture, you'll be taken to the amazon.com site. Most of the books are available at discount prices. You pay amazon.com directly and they ship the books to you. We decided to offer you books this way because it allows us to offer you these featured books, plus any other brewing books (or any book, music or video) available through amazon.com.

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The Home Brewer's Companion

Designing Great Beers : The Ultimate...
This is probably the best new book to be released to homebrewers in quite some time. If you are at all interested in what goes into a beer recipe and why, then this book is for you. A much better investment than a book full or recipes, this will allow you to create your own.