Brew Chem 101: The Basics of Homebrewing Chemistry - Softcover

Understand the science that goes into making your favorite beverage. This crash course in brewing chemistry makes it easy for every homebrewer to make better beer. Using simple language and helpful diagrams, Lee W. Janson guides you through every chemical reaction in the brewing process and explains how you can avoid potential problems. Steer away from common mistakes in taste, fermentation, and alcohol content, and use your newfound knowledge to successfully brew your most delicious beer yet.

Do you need to have an advanced science degree to understand brewing chemistry? Certainly not! Any brewer, explains author Lee W. Janson, can understand the basic details of the life of a yeast or the careless steps that produce those annoying off-flavors -- and learn how to avoid them.

Brew Chem 101 features:

-- Nontechnical language and a highly readable style

-- Explanations of the chemical reactions at each stage of the brewing process and how to avoid potential problems

-- A primer on beer tasting and judging