Books for beer wine & cider

This is the 9th revised edition of a book first published in 1960, and with over 3 million copies sold it must by now be on most winemakers' bookshelves.

The first half details the basic principles of Home Winemaking, and the second half contains 150 recipes simply arranged by month, with each recipe using the ingredients currently available.

Making Wines Like Those You Buy In recent years there has been a rapid growth in the popularity of wines of all sorts.

This book shows you how to make your favourite wines. Bordeaux, Champagne, Chianti, Claret, Hock, Port, Sherry, Liqueurs and Aperitifs - all these can be made at home from easily available ingredients.

Making Sparkling Wines, by J. Restall & D. Hebbs

Sparkling wines, or champagnes, have a charm and attraction all their own: they are synonymous with celebration and happiness and are the natural choice for any kind of festivity. For a wine maker to produce his or her own sparkling wine is one-upmanship to the nth degree. Yet it is perfectly possible. 

Growing Vines To Make Wines, by Nick Poulter By 1994 the vineyard established by Nick Poulter and his partner at Cranmore, on the Isle of Wight, was producing between 15,000 and 20,000 bottles of wine each year. This book will help the amateur to produce high-quality wine from home-grown grapes, providing that the right varieties are used and the simple rules followed.

Real Cidermaking On A Small Scale, by Michael Pooley & John Lomax

Michael Pooley and John Lomax have been cidermakers for more than twenty years. During this time their teaching courses and demonstrationsof the craft at venues throughout the UK have acquired a national reputation.

This is the 3rd updated edition of a book which has sold over half a million copies, and containes 130 tried, reliable recipes to use all year round.

This book supplements the First Steps In Winemaking book, and the two together will provide an invaluable library for your hobby.

Winemaking With Concentrates This book is for the winemaker who likes the ease and convenience of making wine from concentrates or for those who enjoy wine but lack the facilities to make it grapes and other fruits.

This is a recently revised edition of David Lines best selling book.

A brief introduction to the brewing methods used is followed by the full recipes as developed by David, based on information provided by the commercial breweries themselves. 107 recipes are included to make such famous beers.

This is the book for any real enthusiastic and ambitious brewer ... the person who wants to brew high quality "true" beers that were once thought long beyond the ability of the amateur.

"The Big Book Of Brewing" brings to brewers and experts alike a simple method of "mashing" for producing the finest flavoured beers, ales, stouts and lagers from all-grain.