The Red Zymurgist
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Here are the home brewing books I have in my library.
Books that I recommend - In the order I recommend reading them
How to Brew by John Palmer. The first book any new home brewer should read.
Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels. Good source of the background on homebrewing calculations.
Brewing Classic Styles by John Palmer and Jamil Zainascheff. Great recipe source, plus a good education on the different beer styles.
The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian. Charlie is a true pioneer of US homebrewing, and this was one of the books that was first written after homebrewing was legalized.
Yeast by Chris White and Jamil Zainascheff. Good book on the prime ingredient of brewing and how to optimize its use.
Brewing Better Beer - Gordon Strong's book of techniques for advanced brewers to improve their beer.
Brew like a Pro by Dave Miller. A book with discussion of many techniques and equipment builds.
Brew Ware - A book of projects for home brewers. A bit dated, but still has some useful ideas.
Tasting Beer by Randy Mosher. Good book for helping to develop tasting skills
The Home Brewer’s Companion by Charlie Papazian - a follow up to the Complete Joy of Homebrewing, with additonal techniques and recipes.
Water by John Palmer and Colin Kaminski. A book for more advanced all grain brewers. Once you get cleaning, sanitizing and fermenting down, then you can focus on water.
New Brewing Lager Beer by Gregory Noonan. This book covers more than lagers, and delves fairly deeply into the calculations and details of brewing.
For the Love of Hops by Stan Hieronymus - a guide to the history and various uses of hops in brewing.
Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers by Stephen Harrod Buhner - A great resource for ancient and non-traditional beers.
Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher. Covers the use of many non-traditional brewing ingredients
Microbrewed Adventures by Charlie Papazian - Charlie's recounting his visits at various breweries around the world.
Clone Brews - A book of 200 recipes based on commercial beers.
The Brooklyn Brewshop's Beer Making Book - Covers brewing in 1 gallon batches, and contains 52 season recipes for 1 gallon batches (it does include 5 gallon versions of the recipes as well).
The Oxford Companion to Beer by Garret Oliver - An encyclopedia of all kinds of beer information, terminology, styles, breweries, and on and on. A sizeable book.
The Homebrewer's Garden - A how to of growing your own brewing ingredients.