{"id":46,"date":"2010-05-12T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2010-05-13T05:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slobrewer.com\/?p=46"},"modified":"2010-05-12T22:30:37","modified_gmt":"2010-05-13T05:30:37","slug":"in-defense-of-an-analysis-of-brewing-techniques","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slobrewer.com\/wordpress\/books\/in-defense-of-an-analysis-of-brewing-techniques\/","title":{"rendered":"In Defense of An Analysis of Brewing Techniques"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So after using <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0937381470?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=davsweb-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0937381470\">An Analysis of Brewing Techniques<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=davsweb-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0937381470\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> to help answer a question that one of my homebrew club members had about fining, I decided to check Amazon to see what kind of reviews the book has received. To my shock I found a pair of low ratings from a decade ago that seem totally out of place. How could such a great book that&#8217;s cited numerous times in other homebrew texts and the BJCP study materials have a 2 1\/2 star rating?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve posted a review here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&amp;location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Freview%2FR2HII85QWYLHWY%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dcm%5Fcr%5Frdp%5Fperm&amp;tag=davsweb-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\">An Analysis of Brewing Techniques Review<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=davsweb-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>. If you don&#8217;t have this book see if you can track down a copy. If you do have this book I encourage you to post a review on Amazon to balance out the ones from so long ago. I&#8217;d love to see Brewer&#8217;s Publications revive this book for a new edition if possible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Analysis-Brewing-Techniques-George-Fix\/dp\/0937381470\/ref=as_li_ss_il?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1496873897&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=0937381470&amp;linkCode=li2&amp;tag=davsweb-20&amp;linkId=6a723aa4aaf056e0bd97192c75b2f0f3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?_encoding=UTF8&amp;ASIN=0937381470&amp;Format=_SL160_&amp;ID=AsinImage&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;WS=1&amp;tag=davsweb-20\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"https:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=davsweb-20&amp;l=li2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0937381470\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, and sorry for not posting for a while ;). It&#8217;s been a busy year. Though just recently I had my Ordinary Bitter and K\u00f6lsch place in the first round of the NHC so they&#8217;ll be moving on to the big show. Both were recipes from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0937381926?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=davsweb-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0937381926\">Brewing Classic Styles: 80 Winning Recipes Anyone Can Brew<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=davsweb-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0937381926\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/> with tweaks to match my process and with built water.<\/p>\n<p>Happy brewing!<\/p>\n<p>Dave.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So after using An Analysis of Brewing Techniques to help answer a question that one of my homebrew club members had about fining, I decided to check Amazon to see what kind of reviews the book has received. 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