For beer brewers ready to put even more "home" into their homebrewing, brothers Joe and Dennis Fisher offer advice on growing hops, grains, and herbs, plus malting instructions and recipes for more than 25 homebrews.
Put the "Home" in Homebrew
Turn the bounty from your garden into delicious homebrewed beer! Grow hops, herbs, and even grains in your own backyard for the freshest ingredients possible, and make your beer uniquely flavorful. Brewing experts Joe and Dennis Fisher guide you through building a hop trellis, planting and caring for herbs, fighting diseases and pests, malting grain, and growing the best varieties for your region. Includes more than 25 enticing beer recipes featuring homegrown ingredients, a full-color photo gallery of more than 40 herbs for brewing, innovative and inspiring design ideas for creative hop trellises, and profiles of businesses and microbrewers with insight into the local craft beer movement.
“The Homebrewer’s Garden is extraordinarily handy, with an easy-to-follow format. With a thorough foundation for fundamental and innovative homebrewing, it is the perfect resource for gardener-homebrewers.”
— Charlie Papazian, founder and past president of the Brewers Association and author, The Complete Joy of Homebrewing
“The Homebrewers Garden is a fantastic resource for learning how to grow your own ingredients and harvest them at peak flavor. Your taste buds and your friends will be happy you invested some time with this book.”
— Russ Klisch, owner and founder, Lakefront Brewery