THE WILDCRAFTING BREWER, Creating Unique Drinks and Boozy Concoctions from Nature’s Ingredients, by Pascal Baudar. Softbound, 290 pages. Baudar reveals both the underlying philosophy and the practical techniques for making your own delicious concoctions, including: Wild sodas, Country wines, Primitive herbal beers, Meads, Traditional ferments like tiswin and kvass.  The book opens with a retrospective of plant-based brewing and ancient beers. The author then goes on to describe both hot and cold brewing methods and provides lots of interesting recipes; mugwort beer, horehound beer, and manzanita cider are just a few of the many drinks represented. Baudar is quick to point out that these recipes serve mainly as a touchstone for readers, who can then use the information and techniques he provides to create their own brews, using their own local ingredients.                  No.   703605