Take a coast-to-coast beer tour without ever leaving home. Karl F. Lutzen and Mark Stevens have collected more than 240 recipes contributed from North America’s premier brewing suppliers, homebrew clubs, and individual artisans that are guaranteed to work well with standard homebrewing equipment. This eclectic mix is full of regional variations of porters, ales, stouts, and lagers that will have you expanding your repertoire and experimenting with essences of orange, ginger, maple, and more. With so many options, you’ll find the perfect brew for everyone’s taste.

"Send us your best," said Karl F. Lutzen and Mark Stevens, in their appeal for the favorite recipes of homebrewers across North America. Homebrew clubs, brewing suppliers, and homebrewers everywhere took up the call. Now here it is. Homebrew Favorites is a nuts-and-bolts guide to creating unusual brews at home, including:

-- Ales, lagers, lambics, wits , meads, ciders, and more

-- Straightforward directions for making each brew

-- Award-winning recipes for everything from simple pale ales and full-bodied lagers to exotic Bengal Spice Beer and Cranberry Ale