Real Ales for the Home Brewer - recipes based on commercial real ale for the home & craft brewer

"Real Ales for the Home Brewer" was written by Marc Ollosson in 1997.

SORRY! I have now sold out and the publisher has just advised me they are changing their status to that of OUT OF PRINT. However I am currently looking into publishing the book myself and it is looking extremely likely I will be taking this forward in the near future. No major updates, but possibly 1 or 2 new recipes and maybe a new cover.

If you are a retail shop and have stocked the book in the past or would like to stock it in the future then please contact me for tentative trade pricing, which I'm sure you will find quite keen.

I'd like to take this opportunity to say a BIG thanks to all those who purchased a copy of the book, and especially to those members of Jim's Beer Forum. Cheers to you all.....Marc

The author, at the time of writing, was running a successful & well respected homebrew shop in Bridgend, South Wales. The book was put together in response to local customer demands for more real ale recipes suited to the home & craft brewer.

Marc wrote a computer program to convert various percentages, used in commercially brewed real ale, into weights suited to the craft & home brewer. Over a period of time the majority of the real ale recipes were then either test brewed by Marc or by a core of die hard customers.

Once the test phase had been completed, Marc then wrote to all the breweries involved to gain their consent to appearing in the book. On the whole the commercial brewers were very enthusiastic about the book, the two most memorable for providing help were Ushers & McMullen & Sons.

Sadly the homebrew shop closed and Marc moved to Norfolk, where he now works within the NHS.

"Real Ales for the Home Brewer" came out in 1997 and was an immediate success and has remained a constant seller since then, both in the UK and overseas.

With the recipes in Real Ales for the Home Brewer and good quality ingredients from your local home brew shop, combined with your skill, you'll soon be brewing some superbly crafted real ale.

"Real Ales for the Home Brewer" contains over 100 superb quality real ale recipes specifically designed for the home brewer and provides concise & easy to follow instructions which allow the beginner and seasoned masher alike to quickly start brewing real ale classics, such as Flowers IPA & Flowers Original, Wadworth 6X and many many others.

As the book avoids technical jargon, where possible, it also gives an easy understanding of the processes involved in full mash (all grain) brewing, partial mash (using diastatic malt extract) and plain malt extract brewing.

"Real Ales for the Home Brewer" would make an ideal addition to any home / craft brewers recipe library. It can be purchased direct from the author or from your local home brew shop.