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American Craft Beer delivers craft beer news and lifestyle 24/7. And maybe that’s why we’re constantly being hit up by different media groups asking us to share with our readers, everything from hangover cures to new music, movies, and books….And yes, we get lots and lots of books to review.
And here are three books that you need to know about…
Quench Your Own Thirst: Business Lessons Learned Over A Beer Or Two by Jim Koch
Craft Beer for so many is a passion – and passion sometimes can build empires – it did in Jim Koch’s case. In 1984, when he chose to leave his consulting job to launch Samuel Adam’s, it looked like a fool’s errand at best. Who was he to take on Big Beer and challenge the American palate with nineteenth-century beer recipe that had been in his family for years? In Quench Your Own Thirst, Koch offers up unique insights into his whirlwind ride from scrappy start-up to thriving public company and real-life business lessons that are both commonsense and streetwise.
Business books can be informative – but they’re not necessarily fun – this one’s both.
The Cartel by Don Winslow
We like drug books here at ACB (please don’t ask us to explain) and Don Winslow’s The Cartel is absolutely one of the best. Already chosen as “One of the Best Books of the Year” by the New York Times and the winner of the “Los Angeles Times Book Prize,” this is a book that you need too own.
The sequel to 2005’s The Power of the Dog, The Cartel continues the story of the decade’s long blood feud between drug enforcement renegade, Art Keller and international crime lord Adán Barrera. Written with cinematic undestanding and epic sweep, this fictionalized account of today’s global drug wars is as real as it gets.
Brutally entertaining and sobering at the same time, The Cartel is an ACB “must-read.”
The Beer Bible by Jeff Alworth
There’s an amazing number of craft beer books being released nowadays. But if you’re looking for a primer – something that touches all those beer bases without geeking you out – Jeff Alworth’s The Beer Bible is a smart place to start.
This is a big book and at 644 pages Alworth covers a lot of ground. Beer styles and their history – the author takes on over 100 styles and showcases the beers that best define them. Beer tourism, food pairings and the drinking experience itself – Alworth approaches all of these subjects in a manner that’s never elitist and always entertaining.
Written with both newbies and the beer savvy in mind, The Beer Bible is a beautifully crafted reference book that’s modern, straight-forward and resourceful.
