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Capn Ahab
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Mitch Steele - IPA

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What a book! Well researched and well written, loads of passion for the subject, great detail, insight and historical perspective and an a-fucking-mazing recipe section. Put it on your Christmas list.

Anyone else read it (other than Ali)?
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How did you know I'd read it?

I've even had the privilege of speaking with the author about what's in it (which leads onto a top secret master plan for another book).
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alikocho wrote:How did you know I'd read it?
Obvious innit.
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It's not a bad book. Quite a lot of info that can be found elsewhere but at least it's gathered together in one place. The recipes are interesting but I couldn't easily decide whether they were scaled down commercial recipes or actually tailored for small homebrew quantities.
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Anyone care to lend me their own copy for a few weeks? Feeling tight at the mo :-)
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The recipes are interesting but I couldn't easily decide whether they were scaled down commercial recipes or actually tailored for small homebrew quantities.
Pretty much all of them are scaled down commercial recipes.
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If you liked the book, there's an interview with Mitch Steele about the book on basic brewing radio: http://www.basicbrewing.com/index.php?p ... radio-2012

He gives a quick overview of the history of IPA and goes on to talk about hopping beer and a bit of discussion about Stone beers and the hops they use.
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I left my copy at the Miners after last week's BBC :(
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Capn Ahab wrote:I left my copy at the Miners after last week's BBC :(
Bummer. It still there?
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I'm going there tomorrow, so will check, but I have a feeling that unlike a tatty scarf or hat, on finding it a pissed punter is more likely to take it home than hand it in. Bummer indeed.
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