B Is For Beer Tom Robbins HarperCollins Let me say that this is the first Tom Robbins book I’ve ever read. And I reckon it’ll be the last. Why? Because the writing […]
B is for Bad
Bad name, great book
Boutique Beer: 500 Quality Craft Beers Ben McFarland Baron Okay, let me just say something right at that start – I hate the phrase “boutique beer”. It’s a phrase that was used […]
Crafty work worth the wait
150 Great Australian Beers James Smith Hardie Grant, 2014 Some months before this book was released on Friday, I’d sent a message to Smith via Twitter offering my services to read through […]
Brew Britannia is a great story
Brew Britannia: The Strange Rebirth of British Beer Jessica Boak and Ray Bailey Aurum Press (2014) When it comes to books about the beer history of a certain area I reckon the […]
Proof of great science writing
Proof: The Science of Booze Adam Rogers Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2014) A while ago I wrote that I was less than impressed with a book about the science of beer called Froth. […]
The brutal truth about a dull book
The Brewtal Truth Guide to Extreme Beers Adem Tepedelen Lyons Press (2013) This is a pretty weird book – one that links beer reviews with heavy metal. It stems from the fact […]
Complete beer course
The Complete Beer Course Joshua M Bernstein Sterling Epicure I think the law of diminishing returns has kicked in when it comes to beer books. Now that I have a certain degree […]
Beer history that’s fun
Man Walks into A Pub Pete Brown Pan Macmillan While I’m very much a book geek, I tend not to re-read books. There are so many new ones to try and so […]
Time to crack open a beer … book
As I’ve said before, I like books as much as I like beer. I make a habit of ducking into bookshops and buying a book, even though I have more than enough […]
Bad science
Froth: The Science of Beer Mark Denny John Hopkins University Press Take a look at the title of this book. See, that subtitle? “The Science of Beer”? Well, if you’re like me, […]
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