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Premier Beer: A Guide To America'S Best Bottled Microbrews

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the author should have been a wine connoisseur and not a beer reviewer. this book was lying around at my parents' house, and i was at first overjoyed to discover it -- only to find that the author turns her nose up at anything "non-traditional" and sniffs at brewers who dare to be different. what a bore. she even calls microbrew favorites/staples like magic hat #9 "experimental" and makes snide comments at all beers containing fruit flavors (in one review, she simply says "yecch!") microbreweries are supposed to brew beer that is fun and daring and unique... not abide by the strict rules of the industry. uniqueness and daringness should be praised, not stifled. if you love cutting age brewers like magic hat, bypass this book. if you want to be pointed to the more unique brews that the united states has to offer, bypass this book. if you want to sit in a dark room with mahogany walls, carefully sniffing your beer for anything that may be considered "different" and then gasping in disdain, this may be the book for you.