(Part 2) Top products from r/TheBrewery

This is my full list of books from /r/homebrewing but it includes pro level books:

New Brewers:

• How to Brew - John Palmer
  
• Brewing classic styles- Jamil Zainasheff
  
• Designing Great Beers - Ray Daniels
  
• The Complete Joy of Homebrewing - Charlie Papazian
  
  Continued Learning:
  
  
• Water - Palmer and Kaminsky
  
• Yeast - Zainicheff and White
  
• Malt - Mallet
  
• Hops - Hieronymous
  
• Experimental Brewing - Drew Beechum and Denny Conn
  
• Radical Brewing - Randy Mosher
  
• Brewing Better Beer - Gordon Strong
  
  Specialty/Advanced/Other:
  
  
• American Sour Beers - Michael Tonsmeire (/u/oldsock)
  
• Brewing with Wheat - Stan Hieronymus
  
• IPA: Brewing Techniques - Mitch Steele
  
• Farmhouse Ales - Phil Markowski
  
• Brew Like a Monk - Stan Hieronymus
  
• New Brewing Lager Beers - Gregory J. Noonan
  
• Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers- Stephen Harrod Buhner
  
• Drink: a cultural history of alcohol - Iain gately
  
• Principals of Brewing Science - George Fix
  
  Business Books:
  
  
• Brewing Up a Business - Sam Calagione
  
• Brewers association Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery - Cantwell, among others
  
• SO you want to start a brewery - Tony magee
  
• Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co - Ken Grossman
  
• Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery Paperback –Steve Hindy & Tom Potter
  
  Technical Readings (Textbooks might be expensive):
  
  
• Brewery Operations Manual - Tom Hennessy
  
• Beer Packaging - Master Brewers Association
  
• Technology Brewing and Malting - W. Kunze, 5th Edition
  
• Malting and Brewing Science, Volume 1 - Many Authors
  
• Malting and Brewing Science, Volume 2 - Many Authors
  
• Brewing yeast and fermentation - Boulton and Quain

https://www.amazon.com/Winery-Technology-Operations-Handbook-Wineries/dp/0932664660

It's a little older, but the basics are extremely solid and that will give you a very good over view on the operations as well as some more in depth, but still basic Chemistry.

Housing varies hugely from winery to winery. We provide a farm house for our employees and a weekly stipend. Typically it's a few seasonal employees working with the full time crew. Harvest is a lot of hours, a lot of weird nights, and a lot of hard work. But it is also very rewarding, and you'll make bonds with people for the rest of your life. Basically the grapes make you their bitch for a few months :)

Grass is always greener... where there's shit all over the ground...

If beer making is a cathartic hobby to your well-paying day job, think long and hard as your hobby you enjoyed is now mandatory work that you must upkeep on a schedule, and you might need to have a significant bankroll when time get tough. Also, take a reasonable estimate of cost and double them, same with time to complete.

I also suggest reading the "E-Myth Revisited" which talks about how having the technical knowledge is not the same as having the business acumen to run a business. With "technical passion" being a notable driver for you, read this book as it makes distinctions between working on your business and working in your business. If you are leading the company, you wont shouldnt be making the beer...


Your location, your knowledge base, financial backing, prior experience in dealing with the management of resources (people, product inventory, logistics) will all play a huge part in your ability to pull it off. A SOLID marketing plan is critical as there are lots of new breweries popping up EVERYWHERE, and distinguishing yourself during your infancy is getting harder and harder to do. Not all will succeed.... cash flow is PARAMOUNT.

Anyway, good luck in your endeavors. I still wonder if this was the right choice for me.. hours are long and compensation low (but I have substantial equity!) but people like the product so I have that going for me.

If you want a book that teaches you only what you need to know to make a batch of beer, check out "Speed Brewing" by Mary Izett. It's got just the basics for beer, as well as lots of other super simple (and quick) fermented beverages.

Evaluating Beer from the Brewer's Association is a really good resource. It might not contain all of your requirements though. But do not let the ~200 pages fool you, this is a very information rich and technical book.

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Dick Cantwell's book




Don't forget the legalities

https://www.amazon.com/Brewery-Operations-Manual-Tom-Hennessy/dp/0578143747

https://www.amazon.com/Proof-Science-Booze-Adam-Rogers/dp/0547897960/ref=nodl_

Check out the microbreweries handbook written by Ted Bruning. It mainly focusses on setting up a microbrewery in England (also goes into the aspects of casks and the trading system).

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