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Drinking with George: A Barstool Professional's Guide to Beer [Hardcover]

George Wendt (Author)
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October 20, 2009
Will Rogers once said he never met a man he didn’t like. I feel the same about beer.

George Wendt and beer have shared a lot over the years: good times, great stories, useless trivia, and a successful show business career. In Drinking with George, Wendt invites readers to crack open a cold one and pull up a seat at the bar as he celebrates the indelible, intoxicating beverage and all its irresistible peculiarities. Spinning hilarious and frank tales of his own imbibing adventures—from taking a first sip of his grandfather’s Bud as a child in Chicago to a beer-fueled impromptu performance with Woody Harrelson and the U.S. Women’s Synchronized Swimming Team—he explores the vast cultural history of brews, tackles basic bar theory, and answers important questions, like:

• What’s the real difference between lager, stout, and ale?

• How do you convert your lady into a beer-lover?

• What do you do when your beer is warm and you want to drink it now?

The next-best thing to a barstool and a pint, Drinking with George is all the fun—without the hangover.

--This text refers to the Kindle Edition edition.

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Starred Review. Actor Wendt is recognized world-wide for his role as Cheers barfly Norm Peterson. In this memoir, Wendt finds plenty of common ground with his televised alter ego, not just in his keen love for beer, but in a talent for funny, affectionate storytelling. Deftly weaving personal anecdote with beer lore, Wendt reminisces on a career built on his work playing a lush, and a personal life also largely defined by beer. Hysterical from start to finish, Wendt is also measured, humble and genuine. Stories of his time at Second City and his relationships with Woody Harrelson, Chris Farley, Farrah Fawcett and others are a goldmine for comedy fans. Wendt never strays far from his most trusted costar, beer, and aficionados will be impressed by his extensive, loving collection of trivia and history. Fans of the man, the myth, or the malt beverage will drink it up.

About the Author

George Wendt is an American actor, best known for the role of Norm Peterson on the classic television show Cheers.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 240 pages
  • Publisher: Gallery Books (October 20, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1439149585
  • ISBN-13: 978-1439149584
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6.5 x 0.9 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #710,844 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What a great read!, October 16, 2009
This review is from: Drinking with George: A Barstool Professional's Guide to Beer (Hardcover)
I am NOT a reader. that is why I video blog everything, I don't like to read and I don't read fast, it isn't my gig. I was very eager to read this book because seeing "Norm" brings me back to the days in the late 80's and early 90's watching Cheers, a show I never missed.

If you are looking for a book written by "Norm" about Cheers, this book is for you (but may I also recommend "Toasting Cheers"), if you are looking for a book that is about the lives and times of George Wendt, this book is also for you.

This book is an easy read, broken down into very simple sections (not paragraphs) and isn't so much "Drinking with George" but "Georges life and how drinking has always made it fun". From growing up as a kid, to the reasons he went to Notre Dame (tailgate parties baby!) to ocean adventures with Woody Harrelson, this book entertains at every turn (if you don't find yourself lauhging out loud with nobody around, something could be wrong with you, see a doctor)

This is an excellent coffee table piece or one to have next to your dad's recliner. I am buying a handful of them for family for Christmas. Highly recommended.

Erik Boles
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars RICK "SHAQ" GOLDSTEIN SAYS: "HEY NOOORRMMIIEE! HOW BOUTA BEEERRR???, November 19, 2009
This review is from: Drinking with George: A Barstool Professional's Guide to Beer (Hardcover)
This is a thoroughly "imbibing"...oops! Enjoyable memoir mixed with beer... of George Wendt... whom I and most of the world know as *NORM PETERSON* of "Cheers" fame. In fact when I went to pick this book up from the bookstore reserved desk I literally kept asking the clerk for "DRINKING WITH NORM"... and after a delay in finding the book... I had to laugh at myself because of the "Budweisian/Freudian" slip I un-sub-consciously made. As George/Norm shares his life story he intersperses real-life trivia regarding beers of all types... from all parts of the world. This is in addition to his actual life story which is truly more than interspersed with his own real-life experiences with beer. As George/Norm makes clear throughout this beer drinkers version of "On The Road"... he didn't have to do much acting to nail his character Norm on "Cheers".

After sharing with the readers all his pre-college drinking escapades which included finding a bar where he and a buddy could drink while still in high school... it so happened the bartender was blind... to fulfilling his Notre Dame graduate Father's dream of his son attending Notre Dame... in which his Father's graduation got him in... not his grades. Well... he sort of fulfilled his Dad's dream... he got into Notre Dame but was asked not to return after a "perfect" junior semester with a "O.O G.P.A. UNBLEMISHED BY EVEN THE SMALLEST SPECK OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVMENT." If they would have had a grade for pre-graduation beer consumption George/Norm would have had a 4.5 G.P.A.

What follows are multiple trips to Europe with enough beer consumed to offset any potential debt in foreign trade for centuries to come. He becomes part of the "Second City" acting group where along with meeting his future wife he consumed keg after keg of beer... and at intervals throughout are helpful tidbits such as "COLD BEER IN A MINUTE OR LESS"..."THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A BAD BEER"... "MY FAVORITE BEERS FOR A CELEBRATION"... "MY FAVORITE WEDDING TOAST"... "HOW I LEARNED THE PERILS OF DRINKING AND DRIVING"... and countless other beer lover classics. One of my personal favorites that must be mentioned here individually is his list entitled: "MORE THAN ONE HUNDRED WAYS TO SAY THAT YOU'RE DRUNK". Here simply as an enticement for a potential reader... is a mere inkling of some of the gems in this book: numbers 61-81: NUKED/OBLITERATED/OFF THE WAGON/ON A BENDER/ON FIRE/ OUT OF IT/PICKLED/PIE-EYED/PIFFLED/PISSED/PLASTERED/PLOTZED/POTTED/PUT ONE ON/ REEKED/REELING/RIPPED/ROCKED/RUINED/RUMMY/SAUCED.

The only slightly disappointing part of the book is that despite eleven years on "Cheers"... considering how much fun material and experiences there must be from over a decade of *NOOORRRMMMM!* there's very little shared. But I guess since his entire life as George was really a life of Norm... life certainly imitates art. This is a must read for every beer lover.


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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars George and Beer, January 1, 2011
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This is a light breezy read with plenty of photos. Just the sort thing to read after finishing a long book. I hate beer but I like George Wendt. I enjoyed him as Norm in Cheers. This book is half autobiographical and half information about beer. He was more enchanted with beer than school but he seems to be an expert about beer. I like learning about different subjects, so I liked this book. It was very straight forward and Mr. Wendt's love for people including his beautiful wife came through.

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