The American Practical Brewer and Tanner

A practical handbook offering step-by-step instruction on brewing and tanning, including brewery and malt-house design, malting procedures for various grains, hop cultivation, fermentation control, and multiple recipes for table, strong, and specialty beers including unboiled and bottled varieties. It explains methods to accelerate beer aging and prevent bottle bursting, construction and use of vats and brewing equipment, filtration, finings, and yeast preparation, and provides small-scale and household brewing techniques. Additional material covers wine-making and preserving recipes and a French tanning process for rapid production of heavy and calf leather, together with advice on barley seed preparation and economical workshop arrangements.