If you have a backyard, or even a sunny porch or balcony, you can grow your own hops, brewing herbs, and malt grains to enhance the flavor, aroma, and uniqueness of your home-brewed beer - and ensure that you have the freshest, purest, best ingredients possible. Simple instructions from experts Joe and Dennis Fisher guide you through every step of the process, from setting up your first hop trellis to planting and caring for your herbs, harvesting and drying them, malting grain, and brewing more than 25 recipes specifically designed for homegrown ingredients. This fully updated second edition includes a new section featuring colour photography of the plants, expanded information on growing hops in small spaces, innovative trellising ideas, an expanded section on malting, new profiles of prominent grower/brewers, and up-to-date information on grain-growing best practices. AUTHOR: Joe Fisher is a member of the American Homebrewer's Association and the Maine Organic Farmers' and Gardeners' Association. His writings have appeared in Zymurgy and Organic Gardening magazines. He is a co-author of 'Brewing Made Easy' and 'The Homebrewer's Garden'. Dennis Fisher is co-author of 'he Homebrewer's Garden', 'Great Beer from Kits', and 'Brewing Made Easy'. He is an organic farmer and homebrewer SELLING POINTS: . Complete updated 2nd edition of best-selling title . Added profiles, recipes, and photographs . Popularity of local beer continues to grow: Illustrations throughout; 8-page full-color insert