They deserve your attention, and more so, your discussion.īeer for All Seasons: A Through-the-Year Guide to What to Drink and When to Drink It – Randy Mosher The following selections have stood out to me over the past few hundred moons as pieces of work that deserve to be more than one of the many books that serve as a decoration on your shelf. Perhaps contrary to popular belief, I’ve actually managed to use several of my hoarded, precious pagey-things for their intended purpose – to be read! Each time I point my eyes and highlighter in the direction of their words, I’m filled with satisfaction, curiosity, and beer knowledge (…and actual beer, because you can’t not). I believe it must be a form of masochism, but I digress. At least, that’s what I tell myself so that I feel a short pang of guilt each time I burden the bookshelf with another book I won’t touch for maybe ever. But therein lies the thing – books are for reading, not for hoarding. They will always be there, and the only aspect that will change is how many of them I’ve managed to hoard. Amidst the change, I find the unchanging details of my life rather comforting, like the beer books patiently waiting to be cracked, bookmarked, dog eared, and smothered with highlighter fluid. Entering my 30s, traveling to Germany, and changing my place of employment have had me living and thinking differently. Much has changed since then, but my unyielding urge to snatch bargain beer books from thrift store and virtual shelves has remained much the same. Over a year has passed since I first admitted my beer book addiction to the world.

Ambitious Brew by Maureen Ogle