cpa4ny wrote:I got both of those books and I think they are great!
Just received "Water" by Palmer/Kaminski - started reading it over the weekend.
I have all three current books in the series too. Both "Yeast" and "Hops" were very enjoyable and informative. I liked "Hops" very much because of the background information about hop growing etc... "Yeast" was very informative, but I skimmed over the last chapter about setting up a yeast lab as it is not relevant for me at this moment.
I started reading "Water" but is very scientific and since I mostly read when going to bed it is not the most light read available... (Also, not being a native English speaker requires some extra attention when reading this types of books.)
Batz wrote:I have just ordered both these books as well.
Good choice! I finished the first part of Farmhouse Ales (about
bière de garde) yesterday and started with the second part (about
saisons) in the evening. It reads very easy and is very informative. It gives you a good idea about what
bière de garde is without ever having one before.
There a few small things that irritated me a bit (being a Belgian), but these are only details. Sometimes I can be a bit nitpick about small things.

- The author mentions the "Kingdom of Flanders". As far as I know this has never existed... But I'm not an historian, so I might be wrong.
- The author refers to Hainaut as a region while it is actually a province. In the part about sainsons Hainaut is referred to as a province, but it is written by a Belgian.
- The author repeats too many times that bière de garde and sainsons don't fit predefined style regulations and this might throw off people that want to match every beer with its corresponding style requirements.
Niels