(Part 2) Best products from r/TheBrewery

Though I don't use leather boots at the brewery, I'm a huge boot nerd.

One of the biggest rules of leather boot care is letting your boots rest for at least 24 hours before wearing again. This gives time for all the moisture to be wicked away, especially from accumulated sweat while working. Cedar shoe trees are also your best friend, and will help even more with taking away moisture (plus they smell awesome). Put them in immediately after use!

As for leather care itself, coconut oil or Obenauf's oil are both excellent. Brush your boots with shoe brush, or wipe them down with a damp warm cotton cloth. Let dry, then apply the oil to the leather with your fingers, working the it in naturally with the warmth from your body (you'll feel sexy). Let the boots dry overnight, and then they'll be good to go! Coconut oil or Obenauf's will darken the leather a bit, so be aware of that.

I would shoot for twice a month for conditioning - really depends on how hard you work your boots.

Hope that helps!

This is my full list of books from /r/homebrewing but it includes pro level books:

New Brewers:

• How to Brew - John Palmer
  
• Brewing classic styles- Jamil Zainasheff
  
• Designing Great Beers - Ray Daniels
  
• The Complete Joy of Homebrewing - Charlie Papazian
  
  Continued Learning:
  
  
• Water - Palmer and Kaminsky
  
• Yeast - Zainicheff and White
  
• Malt - Mallet
  
• Hops - Hieronymous
  
• Experimental Brewing - Drew Beechum and Denny Conn
  
• Radical Brewing - Randy Mosher
  
• Brewing Better Beer - Gordon Strong
  
  Specialty/Advanced/Other:
  
  
• American Sour Beers - Michael Tonsmeire (/u/oldsock)
  
• Brewing with Wheat - Stan Hieronymus
  
• IPA: Brewing Techniques - Mitch Steele
  
• Farmhouse Ales - Phil Markowski
  
• Brew Like a Monk - Stan Hieronymus
  
• New Brewing Lager Beers - Gregory J. Noonan
  
• Sacred and Herbal Healing Beers- Stephen Harrod Buhner
  
• Drink: a cultural history of alcohol - Iain gately
  
• Principals of Brewing Science - George Fix
  
  Business Books:
  
  
• Brewing Up a Business - Sam Calagione
  
• Brewers association Guide to Starting Your Own Brewery - Cantwell, among others
  
• SO you want to start a brewery - Tony magee
  
• Beyond the Pale: The Story of Sierra Nevada Brewing Co - Ken Grossman
  
• Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery Paperback –Steve Hindy & Tom Potter
  
  Technical Readings (Textbooks might be expensive):
  
  
• Brewery Operations Manual - Tom Hennessy
  
• Beer Packaging - Master Brewers Association
  
• Technology Brewing and Malting - W. Kunze, 5th Edition
  
• Malting and Brewing Science, Volume 1 - Many Authors
  
• Malting and Brewing Science, Volume 2 - Many Authors
  
• Brewing yeast and fermentation - Boulton and Quain

I would recommend Standards of Brewing by Charles Bamforth. This is the book he uses in one of his classes at UC Davis, and puts an emphasis on QA/QC, and before he entered into teaching, he was a QA manager in industry. From page 12:
>Quality Control (QC) is a reactive approach. The serious shortcoming of this system is that it can be associated with waste: it is simply not good enough after the event to pick and choose what is and what is not able to go to trade.

>Much more effective is to establish a Quality Assurance (QA) approach in which systems are introduced that ensure that every stage in its production, the product is within specification. The emphasis is one of prevention rather than detection.

If you do pick up the book, here are some corrections that I got when I took the class.

We bought one of these off amazon for zesting fresh citrus (usually added in whirlpool in muslin bags): https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000X9EPT0/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

It works well, is fast, and leaves all pith behind.

This is fairly general but a good start I think
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0937381799/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?qid=1396044499&sr=8-2&pi=SL500_QL40

https://www.amazon.com/Muck-Chore-Chemical-Resistant-Rubber/dp/B01A7RT55G/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=muck+boots+chemical+men&qid=1557424677&s=gateway&sr=8-4

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Awesome boots. No rubbing or chaffing.

Chincy at best, but this made it through 80 # of oranges without breaking for me: https://www.amazon.com/Starfrit-93209-Rotato-Express-Electric/dp/B000X9EPT0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1527103476&sr=8-1&keywords=zip+zester

Buy this : https://www.amazon.com/Starfrit-93209-Rotato-Express-Electric/dp/B000X9EPT0

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Buy a few cases of lemons, and never look back. For how cheap this thing is, buy a few extra as a backup.

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Edit: Also figure out what to do with all the rindless lemons you now have. Lemonade? Shandy? You'll figure it out.