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Brew delicious organic beer at home. In this comprehensive guide, Amelia Slayton Loftus covers everything you need to know to brew at home with organic ingredients, stressing practices that minimize waste and use sustainable resources. Along with 30 irresistible recipes, Loftus provides expert tips on buying equipment, harnessing solar energy, recycling water, using spent grain, and growing your own organic barley, hops, and herbs. You'll enjoy brewing homemade beer that not only tastes great, but is good for the environment.
Amelia Slayton brewed her first batch of organic beer in 1995 and has won many local and national homebrewing awards. In 1997, she cofounded Seven Bridges Cooperative, the country's only cooperatively owned, certified organic homebrew supply store (www.breworganic.com) and was intimately involved with the day-to-day business until 2011. She now concentrates on writing and homesteading full-time. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.
Brew It Green!
Whether you know your way around a mash tun or you're a first-timer intrigued by the prospect of brewing great beer that's also organic, you can make homebrewing part of your eco-friendly lifestyle. From sanitizing your equipment to sourcing organic ingredients, this comprehensive primer guides you through the entire process.
· Choose efficient, environmentally sound equipment
· Recycle your wort-chilling water for cleaning or irrigation
· Brew more than 30 all-grain organic beers from scratch
· Put spent grain to good use in baked goods or a compost pile
· Create original beer recipes using organic ingredients
· Grow your own organic ingredients
· Reduce waste in your homebrewing
Introduction
Part 1 – The Allure and the Art of Homebrewing
1
Looking at Essential Equipment and Supplies
Figuring out the gear you need and where to get it, plus health, safety, and environmental consideration
2
Finding Organic Brewing Ingredients
Understanding the primary ingredients of beer – barley malt, yeast, and hops – and finding organic sources
3
The Basics of Brewing Good Beer
Covering the fundamentals of homebrewing, with an easy 12-step summary for making a batch of ale
4
Kicking It Up: Brewing From Scratch
A holistic approach to making all-grain beer, with detailed explanations of mashing and sparging, plus tried-and-true methods for improving your brew
Part 2 – Sustainable Brewing in the Kitchen and Garden
5
The Homebrewer's Kitchen
Achieving zero waste in your homebrew process by using spent grain, hops, and yeast; baking with spent grain; what to do with a batch that goes bad (make vinegar!)
6
The Homebrewer's Garden
Composting, growing mushrooms on spent grain, brewing with fruit and vegetable crops, growing and malting your own barley and other grains
Part 3 – Brewing Organic Beer
7
Easier Recipes for Beginning Brewers
A collection of homebrew recipes in many different styles for novice brewers, with all-grain conversions
8
Advanced All-Grain Recipes
The most comprehensive collection of organic beer recipes ever compiled in one place!
9
Creating Your Own Organic Beer Recipes
A guide to adapting conventional recipes for use with available organic ingredients.
LIST OF BEER RECIPES
METRIC CONVERSION CHART
RESOURCES
INDEX
"It was only a matter of time before the trends of homebrewing and sustainability came together, making it possible to make your own beer with as little impact as possible - and since Sustainable Homebrewing: An All-Organic Approach to Crafting Great Beer there's never been a better resource for trying it yourself. … By the time you're done reading it, you'll be ready to brew without waste, and improve your brewing skills while you're at it."
Amelia Slayton brewed her first batch of organic beer in 1995 and has won many local and national homebrewing awards. In 1997, she cofounded Seven Bridges Cooperative, the country's only cooperatively owned, certified organic homebrew supply store (www.breworganic.com) and was intimately involved with the day-to-day business until 2011. She now concentrates on writing and homesteading full-time. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.
Brew It Green!
Whether you know your way around a mash tun or you're a first-timer intrigued by the prospect of brewing great beer that's also organic, you can make homebrewing part of your eco-friendly lifestyle. From sanitizing your equipment to sourcing organic ingredients, this comprehensive primer guides you through the entire process.
· Choose efficient, environmentally sound equipment
· Recycle your wort-chilling water for cleaning or irrigation
· Brew more than 30 all-grain organic beers from scratch
· Put spent grain to good use in baked goods or a compost pile
· Create original beer recipes using organic ingredients
· Grow your own organic ingredients
· Reduce waste in your homebrewing
Introduction
Part 1 – The Allure and the Art of Homebrewing
1
Looking at Essential Equipment and Supplies
Figuring out the gear you need and where to get it, plus health, safety, and environmental consideration
2
Finding Organic Brewing Ingredients
Understanding the primary ingredients of beer – barley malt, yeast, and hops – and finding organic sources
3
The Basics of Brewing Good Beer
Covering the fundamentals of homebrewing, with an easy 12-step summary for making a batch of ale
4
Kicking It Up: Brewing From Scratch
A holistic approach to making all-grain beer, with detailed explanations of mashing and sparging, plus tried-and-true methods for improving your brew
Part 2 – Sustainable Brewing in the Kitchen and Garden
5
The Homebrewer's Kitchen
Achieving zero waste in your homebrew process by using spent grain, hops, and yeast; baking with spent grain; what to do with a batch that goes bad (make vinegar!)
6
The Homebrewer's Garden
Composting, growing mushrooms on spent grain, brewing with fruit and vegetable crops, growing and malting your own barley and other grains
Part 3 – Brewing Organic Beer
7
Easier Recipes for Beginning Brewers
A collection of homebrew recipes in many different styles for novice brewers, with all-grain conversions
8
Advanced All-Grain Recipes
The most comprehensive collection of organic beer recipes ever compiled in one place!
9
Creating Your Own Organic Beer Recipes
A guide to adapting conventional recipes for use with available organic ingredients.
LIST OF BEER RECIPES
METRIC CONVERSION CHART
RESOURCES
INDEX
"It was only a matter of time before the trends of homebrewing and sustainability came together, making it possible to make your own beer with as little impact as possible - and since Sustainable Homebrewing: An All-Organic Approach to Crafting Great Beer there's never been a better resource for trying it yourself. … By the time you're done reading it, you'll be ready to brew without waste, and improve your brewing skills while you're at it."