I’m not a “regular” but have been brewing for a little while(5 years about half all grain). I would say I’m intermediate and my two books I use the most for my recipes are:
Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher and
Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels
I just picked up Brewing Classic Styles recently, it’s a good book. Not sure if it’s intermediate or what it is. I guess I’d say it’s for those who are starting to experiment with different styles and wanting a good guideline from a proven recipe. So I guess I’d say that’s intermediate as beginner is mostly just brewing kits, in my opinion.
yes, yes, yes and yes. These 4 books have changed the way I brew. Only one I’d add is “Farmhouse Ales” by Phil Markowski - if you want to make Saison, Grissette or Bier de Guarde - this book tells it all.
I agree, although I dropped my subscription some years ago after 10 years or so. I still refer back to my archive for recipes and a refresher on some of the past articles.
With respect to that thought, I really enjoyed your article on quick finishing brews Drew. Made me want to ask you (or anyone else that would care to comment) about fermenting/conditioning in Cornies. I just bought 4 ten gallon cornies and would like to use two of them as fermenter/bright tanks.
Question: Would you shorten the out-tube to avoid blowing out yeast/losing beer and if so how much would you cut off? Again, these are ten gallon cornies.
After subscribing faithfully for the past 11+ years, I can honestly say that I am STILL learning a lot and enjoying my BYO subscription thoroughly. No end in sight for me.