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Pros
The author gives some quality insight into the art and science of brewing. The book is a great first read, and i commend the author. The author is a master of the art ofbrewing.
Steve piatz is an award winning mead maker and master judge for bjcp. His book complement's schramm's book is filled with color how-to pictures.
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Quality
Theres a lot of quality information in here and the author gives some quality insight
This is a great book full of everything from the basics to advanced techniques all laid out with quality writing and extremely ... Read More
The author put in quality time to write this book
I bought this along with the book the big book of mead recipes by robert ratliff
Competitiveness
Hes entered one batch into a competition and won second place so it must be a pretty comprehensive guide
In 2010 i attended the national homebrew competition in minneapolis
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While ken schramms book the compleat mead maker has lots of great information on mead it lacked some of the up to date process on how to make mead
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
At that time i received a 3 page handout called making mead the easy way authored by steve piatz
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
If youre considering making mead get this book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Even with this book the latter is yet required to incorporate the latest in timing and kinds of nutrient additions
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For instance he mentions saffron as a spice that many brewers use in mead but doesnt elaborate further than that
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
There are a few instances where i have been intrigued by a notion but spurned by the lack of follow up
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
He was the guy creating the judges test if that tells you anything
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
But its written as a bjcp teacher