How extensive is your beer-related library?

[Brew Swillis]

I just got done creating an extensive Amazon wishlist, full of brewing and beer-realted books. Im just beginning my own library, but I am curious

How ridiculously extensive or meager is your library? Whats the most unexpected book in your library that you would never have expected to see on your bookshelf if you never took up brewing (in terms of science or specific topic)?

Ive got a feeling Im going to end up with texts on yeast and microbiology at some point, which is the furthest thing from my Political Science background.....

[pbts]

I just got done creating an extensive Amazon wishlist, full of brewing and beer-realted books. Im just beginning my own library, but I am curious

How ridiculously extensive or meager is your library? Whats the most unexpected book in your library that you would never have expected to see on your bookshelf if you never took up brewing (in terms of science or specific topic)?

Ive got a feeling Im going to end up with texts on yeast and microbiology at some point, which is the furthest thing from my Political Science background.....

I have an extreme book fetish, as does my wife (heh heh). We're just starting to build our beer-related library and so far have bought:

* Brew Like A Monk
* How To Brew
* The Homebrewer's Garden
* The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
* Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers

[thatguy314]

I just got done creating an extensive Amazon wishlist, full of brewing and beer-realted books. Im just beginning my own library, but I am curious

How ridiculously extensive or meager is your library? Whats the most unexpected book in your library that you would never have expected to see on your bookshelf if you never took up brewing (in terms of science or specific topic)?

Ive got a feeling Im going to end up with texts on yeast and microbiology at some point, which is the furthest thing from my Political Science background.....

About 16 Books and Slowly Growing:

General Reference
Beer Compation, Jackson
Great Beers of Belgium, Jackson

Basic Instruction
How to Brew, Palmer
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing, Papazian
The Complete Handbook of Homebrewing, Miller

Brewing to Style / Receipe Formulation
Designing Great Beers, Daniels
Brewing Classic Styles, Z + P
Brew Like a Monk, Hieronymous
Brewing with Wheat, Hieronymous
Farmhouse Ales, Markowski
Pale Ale, Foster
Stout, Lewis
Radical Brewing, Mosher

Brewing Science / Construction
Principles of Brewing Science, Fix
The Fungus Among Us (yes I know it's a pamphlet), White
Brew Ware, Lutzen and Stevens

Completely Inaccurately Named Coffee Table Books I got as a Moving In Present from An Ex Girlfriend
The Complete Encyclopedia of Beer, Verhoef

Also have a couple years of BYO and zymurgy.

[dunleav1]

I'm at 40 books right now. I'm starting to get into the older books now.

[Spelt]

Began with:
The Home Brewer's Companion - Charlie Papzian (what else)
Then he released:
The New Complete Joy of Homebrewing (at that point I'm hooked)

Added Beer for Dummies and Homebrewing for Dummies (oh yes I did)

Moved on to:
Designing Great Beers - Ray Daniels which is totally a must have in any homebrewer's library

Finally arrived at:
How to Brew - John Palmer

One worthy off the beaten path addition is Michael Jackson's Beer Companion - its an amazing tour de force of beer history, style history and brewery tours. Absolutely a great read for anyone that's a Saccharomyciac!

[siwelwerd]

In order of most-referenced to least:

Brewing Classic Styles (Zainasheff/Palmer)
New Brewing Lager Beer (Noonan)
Designing Great Beers (Daniels)
Principles of Brewing Science (Fix)
And of course Papazian's two books, but those were mostly read-once material for me.

[twoskis brewskis]

I'm a lucky man to have such great wife that works at a large bookstore chain. She will bring me home nearly a book a month from the clearance section (mostly beer review books) and when I even mention that a new book is out there is a green bag with the book in it on the counter the next time she works.

That being said I have to be up to 35 or so books on brewing, hop growing, mead, distilling, and beer in general.

Some of my favorites:

Brewing Classic styles, HTB, Designing Great Beers, and all the beer style series books.

[Brew Swillis]

Well right now Im at more fluffy books than technical books
How to Brew - Palmer
Brewmasters table- oliver
Beer & Philosophy - Hales

Ive read Papazians ADventure sin Homebrewing, but Beer & Philosophy was really an influential book for me. It set me onto Political Theory as a course of study and really dialed me into appreciating beer. Next Up I think are Brewing Classic Styles and maybe Radical brewing. I know eventuallyIll have more than know what to do with!