Simple Homebrewing

Learn to brew the best possible beer with less work and the most fun!

Simple Homebrewing reduces the complicated steps for making beer and returns brewing to the fundamentals. Explore easy techniques for directing water, malted barley, hops, and yeast (along with a few odd co-stars) become beer. Pick up tips and tricks for a range of brewing challenges like making water adjustments, working with adjunct ingredients, or making wild beers.

Denny Conn and Drew Beechum will guide you from brewing extract to all-grain batches, discuss recipe design, small-batch brewing, and even share ideas on how to make technology work for you. Simple Homebrewing helps you develop a simple, thoughtful brewing process and makes homebrewing more accessible and enjoyable. Even experienced homebrewers can learn something from these two homebrew-famous brewers.

About the Authors

Denny Conn brewed his first batch of homebrew in 1998 and has since brewed 500+ more. He is a nationally-ranked Beer Judge Certification Program judge and served on the American Homebrewers Association(R) Governing Committee for nine years. His homebrew recipes have been brewed by several commercial breweries in both the United States and Europe. Denny was a contributing author to Craft Beer for the Homebrewer and co-authored Experimental Homebrewing and HomeBrew All-Stars with Drew Beechum. He is the co-host of the Experimental Brewing Podcast. He lives in Noti, OR with his wife, five cats, and two dogs.

Drew Beechum has been brewing and writing about brewing since he first picked up a kettle in 1999. He is the author of The Everything Homebrewing Book, The Everything Hard Cider Book, and co-authored Experimental Homebrewing and HomeBrew All-Stars with Denny Conn. Drew has also written for Zymurgy(R) and Beer Advocate magazines, and is co-host of the Experimental Brewing Podcast. He lives in Pasadena, CA, with his lovely wife and loyal army of dogs and cats, and has a dedicated brewery in his home.