Brewing Materials and Processes: A Practical Approach to Beer Excellence - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 012799954X ISBN 13: 9780127999548

Publisher: Academic Press, 2016

Synopsis

Brewing Materials and Processes: A Practical Approach to Beer Excellence presents a novel methodology on what goes into beer and the results of the process. From adjuncts to yeast, and from foam to chemometrics, this unique approach puts quality at its foundation, revealing how the right combination builds to a great beer. Based on years of both academic and industrial research and application, the book includes contributions from around the world with a shared focus on quality assurance and control.

Each chapter addresses the measurement tools and approaches available, along with the nature and significance of the specifications applied. In its entirety, the book represents a comprehensive description on how to address quality performance in brewing operations.

Understanding how the grain, hops, water, gases, worts, and other contributing elements establish the framework for quality is the core of ultimate quality achievement. The book is ideal for users in corporate R&D, researchers, students, highly-skilled small-scale brewers, and those seeking an understanding on how the parts impact the whole in beer production, providing them with an ideal companion to complement Beer: A Quality Perspective.

• Focuses on the practical approach to delivering beer quality, beginning with raw ingredients
• Includes an analytical perspective for each element, giving the reader insights into its role and impact on overall quality
• Provides a hands-on reference work for daily use
• Presents an essential volume in brewing education that addresses areas only lightly covered elsewhere

About this title

About the Author

Charles W. Bamforth, Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of California, Davis, USA

Charles W. Bamforth, PhD, DSc, FCIBD, FIBiol, FIAFoST is Distinguished Professor Emeritus

at the University of California, Davis and Honorary Professor at the University of Nottingham, England. He has held positions as director of research for Brewing Research International and as research and quality assurance manager for Bass Breweries in the UK. In 1999 he became the first Anheuser-Busch Endowed Professor of Malting and Brewing Sciences at UC Davis. He is formerly Senior Quality Adviser for the Sierra Nevada Brewing Company and a Past President of the Chartered Institute of Brewers and Distillers (CIBD). He is the author of numerous books and papers as well as being a past editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Society of Brewing Chemists. He received the Award of Distinction of the American Society of Brewing Chemists in 2011. In 2018, he received the Recognition Award from the Brewers Association and was awarded the Horace Brown Medal by the CIBD. He was inducted into the American Craft Beer Hall of Fame in February 2026

Edition details

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 012799954X
• ISBN 13: 9780127999548
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 366
• Editor: W. Bamforth PhD DSc FIBD FIBiol FIAFoST Charles