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Saturday 30 March 2013

Why I've been busy

You may have noticed that, over the last 3 months, my blog posts haven't been quite as expansive or frequent as usual. There's a good reason for that. I've been busy with something else.

I've not mentioned my other project because, well, I didn't want to be premature. Rather wait until it was done and dusted, in case it all went tits up. I know, I'm paranoid.

Now that the manuscript has been sent in and all the images are sorted out, I feel comfortable telling you about my proper book, The Homewbrewer's Guide to Vintage Beers, due out sometime this year.

It covers British beer styles 1800 to 1950. There's a history of each style, followed buy a series of historical recipes. I'm not sure how many recipes will make the final cut, but probably at least 50 or 60.

I almost forgot the tables. Plenty of those, too. You can't have a book without numbers.

I'll let you know more as the publication date approaches.

11 comments:

  1. Velky Al30 March 2013 at 04:26

    Sweet!

    I look forward to buying a copy and getting brewing!

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  2. Mark Andersen30 March 2013 at 05:09

    Nice! I will definitely get a copy of this.

    Now we just need you to start a factory that makes inverted sugar and we'll be able to brew most of the recipes in the book.

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  3. doug30 March 2013 at 05:50

    Awesome! Already put it on my Amazon wish list. Looking forward to getting a copy.

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  4. Stott Noble30 March 2013 at 06:20

    And a source for electropositive, beer-stable, class-III caramel colorant!

    Great news on the book!

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  5. Bill30 March 2013 at 06:24

    Ordered mine on March 23rd. Apparently Amazon knew things we didn't.

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  6. Unknown30 March 2013 at 07:10

    Looks like fun!

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  7. dana30 March 2013 at 08:06

    Seems like the obvious thing for you to do, now that you mention it. You'll be famous for sure!
    And, as with the Pretty Things Once Upon A Time series, you'll be educating people everywhere about beer history. Genius!

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  8. pintwell30 March 2013 at 09:06

    I am very excited about this! Going to pre-order soon!

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  9. Gary Gillman30 March 2013 at 10:13

    Well done. And next surely should be, "Craft Brewers' Guide To Historical Beers'.

    Gary

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  10. Edd Draper30 March 2013 at 10:39

    I dropped hints to the missus right away...it's definitely on my list. Well done!

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  11. Edward31 March 2013 at 07:37

    Please include a section with the substitution info that is spread throughout the comments on the let's brew posts. I would buy the book if it had nothing else but a chapter with all of that info in one place (ie: MFB sp aromatic for diastatic amber malt, how to make your own invert, etc). Is Kristen helping with the recipes?

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