The Craft Brewing Handbook
A Practical Guide to Running a Successful Craft Brewery

Relates the science and engineering of brewing, applying the latest innovations in brewing to small-scale operations

Chris Smart (Edited by)

9780081020791

Hardback, published 13 November 2019

270 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.55 kg

"With the explosion of craft breweries all over the world and also in South Africa, this book is a useful guide to brewers starting out in their careers. As the editor, Chris Smart, states, “the purpose is to provide a very practical content of immediate value to anybody who hopes to establish a craft brewery or is in the early stages of producing beer for sale?. Science and engineering concepts are used to explain where necessary, but I found the book to be easy to read and not overly technical or jargon-rich." --FST

The Craft Brewing Handbook: A Practical Guide to Running a Successful Craft Brewery covers the practical and technical aspects required to set up and grow a successful craft brewing business. With coverage of equipment options, raw material choice, the brewing process, recipe development and beer styles, packaging, quality assurance and quality control, sensory evaluation, common faults in beer, basic analyses, and strategies to minimize utilities, such as water and energy, this book is a one-stop shop for the aspiring brewer.

1. Introduction 2. Raw Materials 3. Beer styles and recipe development: what should I brew? 4. Brewhouse operations 5. Fermentation 6. Quality Assurance/Quality Control and product safety and testing 7. Sensory evaluation of beer 8. Common faults in beer

Subject Areas: Food & beverage technology [TDCT]