Brewing Everything: How to Make Your Own Beer, Cider, Mead, Sake, Kombucha, and Other Fermented Beverages (Countryman Know How)

Book excerpt: Easy and authentic ways to ferment delicious beverages at home Brewing Everything is a thorough, accessible, and humorous guide to brewing anything from beer to cider to sake. For every brewing project there is both an easy way and a hard way, a method useful to both the curious novice and the hardcore brewing veteran. Each chapter includes interviews with experts (brewmasters, cidermakers, new meadery startups, and small-batch kombucha sellers) as well as the author’s own home- tested recipes. Brewing Everything walks you through the process from start to finish, beginning with easier shortcuts until you get the hang of it, and then upgrading to the harder stuff after you’ve brewed a thing or two. With step-by-step instructions, color photographs, and methods for every level of experience, this is the ultimate guide to all things home brew.