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Customer Reviews:Average Customer Rating: Great book I bought this for my husband's birthday and it took him no time to read through it. He's a homebrewer and recently wanted to research trappist and abbey ales. Had a great history about the monks themselves and their practices. The only thing he said he'd would have like is if the book talked more about how a homebrewer could make this work in their home. Otherwise, great book. Great book for the intermediate to advanced brewer What a great book. This goes into a great amount of depth in the Belgian style of brewing. I made a dubbel after reading this (with things I learned from it) that is fantastic. A few things to remember about this book if you're considering purchasing it; Great Beer Book for Connoisseurs This book is filled with history and information on trappist beers and is a delightful look into brewing. So for the Belgian beer lover who wants to know more about the history and origin of their favorite beers, it's amazing. Not what I was looking for and may not be for you either I'll admit this book is long on history, but it's very short on what most home brewers want-recipes. The book is more about techniques used at these breweries, a sprinkling of their history, and a description of what each tastes like. There was some recipes in the book, but not really clones of the major Trappest's ales, but a few of the more well know Abby Ales. Original gravity and attenuation was given for each, however. You would really have to know how to design a beer and use this book as a starting point, a concession the book makes in the first chapter. It is really designed, to use a cooking analogy that they did in the book, to give you an idea for a dish and it's up to you to come up with a recipe. To be honest, if all your wanting to do is clone your favorite Abby, be it Trappest or not, doing a Google search or checking out some of the better forums will do you far better. This is more for the advanced brewer, and a novelty at that; however, it was a decent read. Excellent resource on Belgian beers and brewing Brew like a Monk is an excellent book that tells a great story about the history and state of Abbey-type beers in Belgium. It's an excellent source of information for beer enthusiasts or intermediate to advanced brewers. While it's certainly not the first book an aspiring brewer should buy, I would highly recommend it for any admirers of Trappist beer. | | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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