Book Week: Beechum and Conn’s Experimental Brewing

• What is it? A detailed guide to modern American beer types
• Who’s it For? Intermediate-level homebrewers
• Reviewer Disclosure. None (though Denny Conn does live in Oregon).

The Review

Rare is the homebrew book with a running theme, but Beechum and Conn devised one with their “experimental” concept. The notion is that homebreweries are essentially little labs, and homebrewers should embrace the science of experimentation. I’d put it a different way. While most homebrew books describe standard techniques and help you brew classic styles, Experimental Homebrewing encourages you to dabble. In this way, it is the most modern homebrew book out there, and one that closely mirrors the experimentation going on at the professional level.

There’s a lot to love about this book. Beechum and Conn brew separately–and differently. They bring their first-hand experiences to bear, and the reader gleans one of the most important …