As well as eight recipes in great detail, “Brewing with Wheat” also includes information about the formulation of dozens of specific beers. Because of the way books are assembled sometimes things get cut. Unfortunately that included the “specs” for Dark-n-Curvy, the beer from Piece Brewery & Pizzeria in Chicago that grabbed still another medal in [...]
From the Table of Contents (with details added) Foreword By Yvan De Baets Introduction About the Book Part I – Wheat, the Other Brewing Grain 1 Wheat, Beer, and Bread 2 Wheat Basics: Why Is My Beer Cloudy? - Partly Cloudy to Cloudy - Twenty-First Century Solutions - You Say 4-Vinyl Guaiacol, I Say Clove [...]
Eric Warner’s “German Wheat Beers,” also from <em>Brewers Publications</em> belongs in your library. When I was in Germany last fall I learned there are German brewers who use it as a reference. Yes, I find that intimidating, however I do hope to pass along research that’s taken place since Eric wrote his book in 1992, [...]
Continue reading about Brewing and drinking German Hefeweizen and other Weizen beers
Are you a beer judge? Do you have an opinion about how beers you’ve entered in competitions have been judged? Here’s an opportunity to comment. That means everything from common flaws in Weizen beers to what you view as misconceptions about the styles. Anonymous comments are OK, although I prefer you sign your name. If [...]
