Haven't finished reading it yet BUT I can state that the negative reviews on amazon are not justified. This is a good book to read for the AG brewer. There is history lessons and a lot about how grains are made into malt which does give you a good insight into it all. It's not heavy going and so far (about 75% of the way through) no maths (see what I did there ?).
Stand out comment - malt does the heavy lifting. (hops are the finesse).
Stand out concept - when designing a recipe taste the malt.
Now this I had to try. So I got a teaspoon of three random malts (maris otter plus two others) and me and missus dipped our fingers in a tasted them. And you could taste the contributions they would make - obviously not the final beer taste but what they brought to the party. Neutralness of Maris Otter, the bitter sweet of the crystal and the biscuit from the third. I then mixed them up and you could taste how they blended. An eye opener for me.
I'll update when I finish it.
Stand out comment - malt does the heavy lifting. (hops are the finesse).
Stand out concept - when designing a recipe taste the malt.
Now this I had to try. So I got a teaspoon of three random malts (maris otter plus two others) and me and missus dipped our fingers in a tasted them. And you could taste the contributions they would make - obviously not the final beer taste but what they brought to the party. Neutralness of Maris Otter, the bitter sweet of the crystal and the biscuit from the third. I then mixed them up and you could taste how they blended. An eye opener for me.
I'll update when I finish it.
