BREW is the ideal handbook for the aspiring ale-maker, and a master brewer's entertaining accomplice. In a series of simple but beautifully illustrated steps, our expert author describes and demonstrates all the essentials and more. Discover how to PLAN your home brewery and plot your equipment; how to master the essential methods required to MAKE your first batch; how to PLAY with recipes and ingredients to develop your own unique flavors; and where to find the ideas and inspiration to help you GROW your hobby into a business or a lifelong passion. Includes dual measures. AUTHOR: Mitch Adams is a member of the British Guild of Beer Writers, who writes on beer and brewing both for the trade press and in the blog www.biteandbottle.com. After running The Thatcher's Arms on the Essex/Suffolk borders for eight years, he developed his passion for brewing at The Bull, a London Brewing Co. brewpub in Highgate, North London. He is currently working in beer education through tasting and training sessions, with his writing focusing on beer recipes and the matching of food and beer. 75 illustrations