Reddit reviews Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing and Other Next Steps
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Lark Books NC
Hey man,
So the book I ended up buying when I switched to All-Grain was Homebrew Beyond the Basics: All-Grain Brewing and Other Next Steps by Mike Karnowski. It was what finally made all the ideas of All-Grain click for me and has pictures, descriptions of grain and hop types, and various recipies along the way. If you're looking for a book (instead of lots of other suggestions on online resources), I thought it was a good reference for getting away from extract.
Yea every time I went, it was Mike and his wife pouring, talking beer etc.
Looking around, I noticed they hand bottle just about everything. He used to work at Green Man. Super nice guy. Great beers and imagination. He also wrote a book called "Homebrew: beyond the Basics" which is really good.
https://www.amazon.com/Homebrew-Beyond-Basics-All-Grain-Brewing/dp/1454707852
Surprisingly a number of studies/experiments have suggested the dextrins (high FG) really don't add much body. Hard to believe, but apparently true!
Yeah, I felt that way for a while... mostly just because of the time commitment I figured it would involve. After reading some articles like the one linked in the post (http://www.onemansbeer.com/first-all-grain-beer-step-by-step/, which is even easier if you just switch to a batch sparge) and watching some youtube videos, it started to seem a lot more straightforward.
In particular, I can highly recommend Homebrew Beyond the Basics... I read several books along the way, and this was really the best I found for the specific focus of extract to AG transition (top reviews on Amazon are spot on).
I am new to home brewing (I've done two extract kits in the past and helped my brother do an all grain). I've recently upgraded my system to accommodate for all grain brews and made my first original recipe brought up in Beersmith. If you're doing all grain, I found this book very helpful with understanding all the vocabulary and processes: https://www.amazon.com/Homebrew-Beyond-Basics-All-Grain-Brewing/dp/1454707852
Like the other guy said, using the tutorials on Beersmith's website should get you going, additionally, the software itself has a lot of mouse pop ups when you hover over a button that gives a reasonable description. Google for any terms you are unfamiliar with, and maybe try entering them in YouTube as well, sometimes people give a live demo or a more visual explanation.
Lastly, sometimes you just have to try things out even if you're unsure if you're doing it right or wrong and learn through your own experience.