![]() I will say that the book contains a nice variety of styles however some of the recipes, particularly in the Light Lagers category appear to have little variation in their ingredients and procedures. I will not replicate the entire recipe list in this review but if you look at the link later in this review it contains a preview of the book which includes all the table of contents pages. There are 18 English Ale recipes, 7 Scottish Ales, 6 American Ales, 5 Brown Ales, 11 Porters, 18 Stouts, 10 IPAs, 6 Wheats, 29 Belgian & French Ales, 12 Strong Ales, and 12 beers described as Esoteric. There are 8 Light & Amber Hybrid recipes. The book contains 35 Light Lager recipes, 9 Pilsners, 8 Amber & Dark Lagers, 5 Bocks, for a total of 60 lager recipes. I'll describe my actual experience with some of those recipes at the end of this review. My reasoning for buying a clone recipe book at all was that I thought that if I could brew beers that closely replicated 'known' commercial beers then I must be doing things right or at least not doing them wrong. I like the Kindle format and some of the alternatives which I reviewed at the time of purchase, listed at the end of this review along with some others I've later found, were not available for the Kindle. The fact that the book came in Kindle format, as well as its 4+ star Amazon review average were factors in buying it. I bought the 2nd edition of CloneBrews in Kindle format in July 2013, soon after I restarted homebrewing following a nearly seven year hiatus, with the idea that I would brew some clone recipes which I could then compare with the actual commercial examples in order to calibrate my brewing skills. Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC 2 edition (May 10, 2010) A Review of CloneBrews, 2nd edition, by Tess and Mark Szamatulski ![]()
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