Posts Tagged: Books and Book Reviews
Book Review: Cheers! by Nicholas Pashley
Posted by on Sunday, November 15, 2009 in - 3 comments
Subtitled, "An Intemperate History of Beer in Canada" this book really isn't a history. And it isn't always limited to Canada or even speaks to all of Canada. It is really a collection of personal essays on beer culture in Canada and elsewhere, including many on history filling about the first …
Book Review: The Naked Pint, Perozzi and Beaune
Posted by on Monday, November 9, 2009 in - 3 comments
I got my review copy of The Naked Pint by Christina Perozzi and Hallie Beaune the other day. Didn't get twelve emails telling me to get it, either. Didn't get co-opted into the battle against big beer or nuttin'. I just sent Christina a message by Twitter and there it was. So civilized. • I like …
Book Review: Hops And Glory, Pete Brown (Part 4)
Posted by on Saturday, June 27, 2009 in - 4 comments
Well, I finished the book on Wednesday watching kids softball practice. The short message really is that if you are reading this blog you should buy the book. Well written, informative without being stuffy, funny yet quite personal. Likely the best beer book of 2009. • And I checked. I didn't …
Book Review: Hops And Glory, Pete Brown (Part 3)
Posted by on Sunday, June 21, 2009 in - 3 comments
OK, we have moved from page 145 to, what, 332? Yes, that's it. So, I've work through almost central half of Hops and Glory this weekend - still 50% off at amazon.co.uk by the way - and our lad, Pete, has gone on a cruise liner, a tall ship to Brazil and then a container ship to India. As before …
Book Review: Around Brussels In 80 Beers
Posted by on Thursday, June 18, 2009 in - leave a comment
It's been a busy few weeks for the mail. Today, this book by Joe Stange and Yvan De Baets came. Sadly, I am not personally familiar with Yvan's work, though he seems to be very much the lad - but attentive readers will recall Joe from the 2008 Christmas photo contest and may even read his … read more »
Book Review: Hops And Glory, Pete Brown (Part 2)
Posted by on Sunday, June 14, 2009 in - leave a comment
Well, I am up to page 145 of 451 and believe we have a romp on our hands. • Hops and Glory (now 50% off at Amazon.co.uk) is a very entertaining read as well as a better introduction to larger questions of British history in India than I had expected. The format of a chapter on Pete's travel and …
Book Review: Hops And Glory, Pete Brown (Part 1)
Posted by on Monday, June 8, 2009 in - 3 comments
A big lump came in the mail today. For someone who is used to packages with DVDs or even VHSs of 1970s sci-fi slipping through the mail slot, this package looked like a lump. When I opened it and saw it was Pete Brown's new book sent from the publisher I knew it would be a good week after all …
Book Review: The Beerbistro Cookbook, Beaumont Morin
Posted by on Tuesday, May 5, 2009 in - 2 comments
I found most of the dishes in this book of beer-laced recipes quite easy to prepare and a pleasure to serve. • No, I didn't. Of course I didn't. I never know what to say about cookbooks. The whole function of the book is to help you do something other than read them but in the review its only …
Book Review: "Everyday Drinking - The Distilled Kingsley Amis"
Posted by on Sunday, April 19, 2009 in - 1 comment
There are days and there are days. Some days you have club soda instead. You go for walks. You have a salad and are good to yourself. And other days you do not. That is the way things go in these times of the general awareness of the need to be healthy. But not so long ago there were not these …
So How Many Calories Are In That Beer Anyway?
Posted by on Friday, February 20, 2009 in - 23 comments
You would never confuse me for a jogger. I am big. I like that. I was over six foot at twelve. A small giant. I can pick up things others can't. Move large objects. I am often asked by little old ladies to reach the high shelf for them at the grocery store. But you have to watch it. Over two …
