You'll find a great number of books on beer and brewing on the market. Explore these books to learn even more! Even if they cover some of the same ground, every author's take is different enough to yield useful nuggets for your brewing.

General Brewing

• The Complete Joy of Homebrewing by Charlie Papazian: The granddaddy of homebrewing books. Written by the founder of the American Homebrewer's Association. Learn what it means to “Relax! Don't Worry! Have a homebrew!”

• How to Brew by John Palmer: Recent book that contains information for beginning, intermediate, and advanced brewers with an emphasis on the technical aspects of brewing.

• New Brewing Lager Beer by Gregory Noonan: This is the advanced tome of craft and homebrewing. This book digs into the meat of brewing mechanics and chemistry.

• Designing Great Beers by Ray Daniels: Using recipes from the National Homebrewing Competition, Daniels analyzes what makes an award-winning beer. The front of the book offers invaluable lessons in calculating everything you need to design your recipe.

• The Compleat Meadmaker by Ken Schramm: The most complete treatise on meadmaking from an award-winning meadmaker. Includes information on different yeast strains, honey types, and effects of fruit in a mead.

Style and Recipe Books

• Beer (Eyewitness Companions) by Michael Jackson: The final book from Michael Jackson, beer writer nonpareil. This pocket guide covers the major brewing centers of the world and key beers from each. There are no recipes, but the writing transports you to the café sharing a beer with the writer. Look for his other books, too!

• The Classic Beer Styles Series by various authors: Each volume in the eighteen-book series tackles a different beer style in depth. They cover the history of the style, how commercial examples are made, and how that translates to success at home.

• Brewing Classic Styles by Jamil Zainasheff and John Palmer: Zainasheff is the homebrewer's Babe Ruth. Winner of more medals than anyone else, Zainasheff presents his award-winning recipes for eighty different styles of beer. Includes recipes for extract and all-grain brewers alike.

• Radical Brewing by Randy Mosher: In need of some inspiration? Want to find a different direction to take? Look no further than this book. Trawling through endless historical brewing volumes, Mosher resurrects obscure styles and encourages you to try unusual ingredients in your next batch.

• Extreme Brewing by Sam Calagione: Dogfish Head Brewing is known for their take on extreme beers, laced with hops, unusual fruits, and wood. Owner Sam Calagione recruits fellow “extreme” brewers to present advanced extract-based versions of their famous beers.

• Clone Brews and Beer Captured by Tess and Mark Szamatulski: The owners of Maltose Express in Connecticut formulated clone recipes of 300 famous beers for their customers. These two books cover all their experiments.

Brewing Magazines/Newspapers

• Ale Street News — One of America's oldest beer rags, covers the world of American beer with a focus on the Mid-Atlantic and New England

• Beer — A new monthly magazine dedicated to the younger, inexperienced beer enthusiast.

• Beer Advocate: The Magazine — A monthly magazine dedicated to fostering greater public understanding of the beer world. Includes beer reviews, beer cooking tips, beer style, opinion, and homebrew columns. (N.B. — The BYOB column is written by the author).

• Brewing News — A network of regional brewspapers with independent columnists covering their regional happenings.

• Brew Your Own — One of two dedicated homebrewing magazines. Focuses on the practical project-oriented brewer.

• Celebrator Brewing News — America's oldest brewspaper. Includes features on travels to smaller breweries around the world and a small flight of tasting notes per issue.

• Draft — A bimonthly magazine dedicated to the beer lifestyle. Well produced with a celebrity interview per issue and beer lifestyle articles.

• Zymurgy — The official newsletter of the American Homebrewers Association, the bimonthly magazine has numerous feature articles on brewing styles, Q&A, and beer news. Subscription comes with a free membership to the AHA and access to perks like their pub discount program.