A review by andreiz
Designing Great Beers: The Ultimate Guide to Brewing Classic Beer Styles by Ray Daniels

4.0

If you are into brewing beer, this book is for you. However, it's probably best to read some other introductory text first. It can be a rough read at times, full of charts, figures, numbers, and statistics. The first part of the book covers understanding, calculating, and controlling beer gravity, color, hop usage, malt selection, etc. The second part is dedicated to a range of beer styles, their history and development, and formulations based on commercial and NHC examples. I enjoyed reading the historical parts a lot. Curiously, the book does not mention Belgian styles at all.