{"product_id":"brew-beer-like-a-yeti-traditional-techniques-and-recipes-for-unconventional-ales-gruits-and-other-ferments-using-minimal-hops-9781603587655","title":"Brew Beer Like a Yeti: Traditional Techniques and Recipes for Unconventional Ales, Gruits, and Other Ferments Using Minimal Hops","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBronze Winner--Best Book from the Beer Writers Guild\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExperimentation, mystery, resourcefulness, and above all, \u003cem\u003efun\u003c\/em\u003e--these are the hallmarks of brewing beer like a Yeti.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSince the craft beer and homebrewing boom of the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries, beer lovers have enjoyed drinking and brewing a vast array of beer styles. However, most are brewed to accentuate a single ingredient--hops--and few contain the myriad herbs and spices that were standard in beer and gruit recipes from medieval times back to ancient people's discovery that grain could be malted and fermented into beer.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLike his first book, \u003cem\u003eMake Mead Like a Viking\u003c\/em\u003e, Jereme Zimmerman's \u003cem\u003eBrew Beer Like a Yeti\u003c\/em\u003e returns to ancient practices and ingredients and brings storytelling, mysticism, and folklore back to the brewing process, including a broad range of ales, gruits, bragots, and other styles that have undeservingly taken a backseat to the IPA. Recipes inspired by traditions around the globe include \u003cem\u003esahti\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003egotlandsdricka\u003c\/em\u003e, oak bark and mushroom ale, wassail, pawpaw wheat, \u003cem\u003echicha de muko\u003c\/em\u003e, and even Neolithic \"stone\" beers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMore importantly, under the guidance of \"the world's only peace-loving, green-living Appalachian Yeti Viking,\" readers will learn about the many ways to go beyond the pale ale, utilizing alternatives to standard grains, hops, and commercial yeasts to defy the strictures of style and design their own brews.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZimmerman, Jereme:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJereme Zimmerman is a writer and traditional brewing revivalist who lives in Berea, Kentucky with his wife Jenna, daughters Sadie and Maisie, and herds of wild yeast that he corrals into various fermentation creations. He writes for the \u003cem\u003eNew Pioneer, Backwoods Home, Hobby Farms, Mother Earth News\u003c\/em\u003e, and other magazines. He is a popular public speaker, presenting and holding workshops across the country on topics such as fermentation, natural and holistic homebrewing, modern homesteading, and sustainable living. His first book, \u003cem\u003eMake Mead Like a Viking, \u003c\/em\u003ewas published in 2015.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chelsea Green Publishing Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50474089382162,"sku":"9781603587655","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_bef53639-8d79-414d-b146-e027448c491a.jpg?v=1730212659","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/brew-beer-like-a-yeti-traditional-techniques-and-recipes-for-unconventional-ales-gruits-and-other-ferments-using-minimal-hops-9781603587655","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}