Charles Bamforth's new book is free on Kindle

[corkybstewart]

Bamforth's new book "Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing" is free today on Kindle. i don't know why but I already downloaded it.

[jesskidden]

Bamforth's new book "Beer Is Proof God Loves Us: Reaching for the Soul of Beer and Brewing" is free today on Kindle. i don't know why but I already downloaded it.

"Free" is about what it's worth (cover price is $26- for only 130 pg., the rest, close to another 100 are footnotes.) Terrible book- very little information about beer or brewing (and some of it wrong- "Stout" did not originate in Ireland), most just the rambling personal reminiscences of a former macro employee, about his childhood, religion, his thoughts on the neo-prohibitionists and some pro-management/anti-union anecdotes from working for Bass, etc. The sort of book that when he does give some interesting inside information he'll write something to the effect of "...an executive at an (unnamed) large brewery...." rather than simply stating facts.

The fact that he kept the erroneous Franklin quote as his title even tho' he admits it's false ("I am sure he had beer in his heart of hearts, though." is his explanation), is a good hint at what is to come.

But for free? Yeah, grab it.

[M.K. Jeeves]

I found this book mildly entertaining, the author is an apologist for BMC, "B" especially.
On another note, I love the kindle and all the free titles you can download, I may never have to buy another "real" book again.

[corkybstewart]

I had a rally long flight so I was able to read it, though I never finished the endnotes. I enjoyed it for what it was-his thoughts on a career in the brewing industry. And I actually appreciated that he made no apologies for Budweiser. He calls it a minimally flavored beer designed for the masses while discussing just how difficult it really is to produce a beer like that all over the country so that it tastes exactly the same wherever you buy it. I really hate those kind of beers but as a homebrewer I do kind of envy the consistency they have.
I didn't "buy" the book as another book about brewing techniques, so I'm glad I got it, especially at that price.