Hop Variety Handbook: Learn More About Hops...Create Better Beer.

Absolutely love this book. This is not a book written in some long winded wordy form. It gives you all the vital information you need for hop selection: Alpha, Beta, cohumulone acids, and the essential oils. He does go in depth about acids and oil and how it applies to hop selection in the prelude to the hops listings. Its really a great reference and I use it for nearly every recipe I make. Plus, Dan will answer email questions about hops and brewing. I have emailed him a couple of times and he has been very helpful. Very well written and easy to follow; and for the price you can't go wrong. I wish it was in hardcover, I have almost wore out the binding from using it so much. Cheers to Dan at Beaver Brewing Co. for making a great reference for the homebrewing community!

i think you should know what is in this book and what is not. the "book" part is 10 pages, yes 10. by book i mean the writing, the words people put on paper to tell a story or convey an idea. the thing is those 10 pages are a great resource for identifying the hops components (specs) and how each of those components impact the final beer.The rest of the book consists of individual pages dedicated to individual hops and the detailed specs of the hops, which is very valuable to me. This book provides a road-map on how to understand the complexity of the hop utilization in my beer and then list the majority of available hops with details to help me make good choices for creating the flavor, bitterness and aroma that I am shooting for.Yes you can get much of the info for free from websites of hops lists, but this is a nice resource to have when you are designing your beer or even at the brewing stage. I have been brewing for several years and only after reading this book did I feel like I understood enough about hop specs to be able to end up with a beer that I had imagined when I was designing the recipe.Just don't expect a history lesson, technical rhetoric, stories and such. Dan explains the elements, defines how those elements impact the beer and then list the hops so that you can design a beer with a good idea of what the outcome will be. i will buy other hops books, but i do not regret buying this one, i am glad to have it.

For $10 this book is the best hop guide out there. It has a pretty exhaustive list of hops and all the data you need right in one place. The best feature is he has brewed with almost all of them and breaks them down in aroma and flavor contributions separately. He also has a recommended brews section. I have read it like 5 times. He also intends to update this guide every year, which is perfect for how many new varieties are coming out recently. The hop oil review in the forward is a great primer to understand a little more of the language of the hop. On top of all of this, I emailed him a question and a recommendation, and he actually wrote me back. Awesome!

The book is thin on content with only a few pages on the explanation of hops, but it does server as a decent reference in the number of hops listed and their associated data. There were, however, some glaring issues. There are a couple of hop descriptions repeated under the same name and two descriptions repeated for distinct hops. A 5 minute review would have revealed this. I am not sure if that was an editorial issue or that the book printer was just that bad.In any case, the descriptions are decent, but I was put off by comments like "there is little on the web about this hop". I mean, come on.. who doesn't have internet and google? I am looking for a little bit more than that. You have been warned.

This book is a great guide that I use frequently when trying to decide what hops I'll use for my next batch. Instead of searching online for various hops, it's handy to have a volume of information right there to look through. Other books have lots of useful information as well, but something I find particularly valuable is the personal touch he puts in the hop descriptions. Instead of just listing flavor, aroma, and bittering qualities, he also includes brief notes on his own experience using each hop. Save yourself loads of time with experimentation and read his personal notes on using hops to better guide you in your own endeavors. This is a really good book that I reference all the time!

So I bought this almost on a whim, but since then I've found this guide as a must have for home brewing. It literally is something I work with everytime I build a new beer recipe. It's basically the best hop guide around, giving alpha acid, beta acid, myrcene, etc. content that you will never find on our small homebrewer hop packets in our local brew shops.This is a must have for anyone brewing, in my opinion. It's an easy quick guide to almost 100 hops that far surpasses anything else I have found as a true field guide. The only weakness is in some editing and grammatical issues, which are easily overlooked when you read the full, robust outlines of so many hop varietals that even an expert would keep this in their back pockets.

The book is nice for quick reference to different hop styles, I do feel that it is slightly dated though because the hops/brewing industry is always growing. My favorite part of this handbook is the brief summary in the beginning, I learned a lot about beer in just a few pages.

This is a great book. The first 10-15 pages talk about how hops got in beer, how it grows and how to grow it. Then it explains the make up of hops and how everything affects the taste. The rest of the book,100+ pages, list the hop varieties and what each one brings to the beer as far as bitterness, taste and aroma go. It's very helpful when trying to come up with a recipe and a specific taste I have in mind. The author needs to write one on different grains and what they contribute to the final outcome. A great book for the beginner as well as the seasoned brewers.

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Sehr informatives Buch wenn man etwas über den Hopfen wissen will. Speziell die einzelnen Werte der Hopfen sind super zum rechnen. Im Buch sind die häufigsten Hopfen enthalten.

Arrivato nei tempi stabiliti.E' un vero e proprio manuale con le schede tecniche dei luppoli più frequentemente utilizzati. Vengono fornite tutte le informazioni tecniche necessarie (% alfa e beta acidi, cohumulone, myrcene oil, humulene oil e caryophyllene) e fornisce anche una breve storia. Descrive inoltre gli usi tipici (sia gli stili birrai in cui viene solitamente utilizzato, sia la fase della bollitura più indicata), il profilo organolettico e fornisce anche suggerimenti per i sostituti... I luppoli che vogliamo, ahimè, non sono sempre disponibili durante l'anno!Ormai è il mio primo rifermento quando voglio sviluppare nuove ricette o aggiustare quelle già fatte.Il manuale è in inglese ma facilmente comprensibile anche da chi non è pratico della lingua, a parte l'introduzione e le note finali ogni luppolo è presentato in una vera e propria scheda tecnica. Male che va avrete quasi sicuramente una app per le traduzioni sul vostro smartphone :PConsigliato a tutti gli appassionati ed homebrewers!

A practical document with good/experienced advices for homebrewer level.Not all hops are covered : 110 but UK's ChallengerNot for hop homegrowing, diseases not coveredA good memo to bring with on the road/shopping

O livro é um belo catálogo dos diferentes tipos de lúpulo, mas não vai muito além disso. A parte sobre como plantar ou cultivar lúpulo é muito superficial e a parte sobre a utilização do lúpulo na fabricação de cerveja é muito curto.