LAST CALL: THE RISE AND FALL OF PROHIBITION Daniel Okrent Simon & Schuster I love watching History Channel documentaries on the American Civil War. I’ll scan the electronic program guide and hit […]
A dry tale about a dry time
A book backlog
As well as beer, I’m a big book lover – have been since I was a kid. Now that I’m adult, my disposable income is largely split between beer and books. In […]
The book that started a journey
The Australian Beer Companion Willie Simpson Explore Australia I bought this book when it was on special at Dymocks around Father’s Day. I already had the hardcover version but had seen this […]
Stuck in the past
1001 Beers You Must Try Before You Die General editor Adrian Tierney-Jones Pier 9 For the first few years of my beer geekery, I had to rely on the local library’s copy […]
A history of Coopers
Jolly Good Ale and Old – Coopers Brewery 1862-2012 Alison Painter, Tim Cooper and Rob Linn Published by Coopers Brewery One of many things I’ve learned in my two decades as a […]
Books and beer
This photo is of the beer section of my “to read” book shelves. As it contains 11 books (not including the book Bad Science, which has snuck in there due to lack […]
Hops not what I hoped for
THE AUDACITY OF HOPS Tom Acitelli Chicago Review Press I’ve been waiting for a while for a great book about the history of the US craft beer scene (or ‘‘revolution’’ as the […]
A beer book for beginners
People who know a lot about a subject can really struggle when they try to write a book for beginners. That’s because they tend to forget what it’s actually like to know […]
Books, beer and breweries
The Oxford Companion to Beer Edited by Garrett Oliver Oxford University Press The Breweries of Australia Keith M Deutsher Beer & Brewer Media I’ve chosen to review these two books together because […]
The family behind Budweiser
Bitter Brew William Knoedelseder This book is about the rather messed-up family behind Anheuser-Busch – the makers of Budweiser. And it’s a pretty good read (aside from the odd error, such as […]
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