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The Ultimate Beer Lovers Cookbook: More Than 400 Recipes That All Use Beer

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This book seems to be little more than a collection of newspaper recipes that only peripherally include "beer" as an ingredient. You could just as easily substitute "chicken stock" or "yellow water" and achieve the same results--an indication of the lack of effort that went into the writing of this cookbook.

Truly galling for anybody who knows anything about beer (beyond Bud, Miller, and Coors) is that there is not even the slightest effort to differentiate between styles, and anybody who knows the slightest about beer and cooking will tell you adding a pale ale to a recipe will yield wildly different results than a stout, Belgian ale, or porter.

Simply put, this book is an insult to beer advocates as well as serious cooks.

[And don't get me started on the "comprehensive collection of recipes for mixed drinks, chuggers, shots, chasers, party punches, milkshakes, and flaming drinks -- all made with beer." What an absolute travesty.]

Ignore the five-star reviews from friends and family members, publisher's shills, and reviewers who got a free book. Poor editing, chintzy production values (no photos or illustrations to speak of), and some really dubious printing quality all suggest this book was done on the cheap to exploit beer connoisseurs' desire for a decent cooking-with-beer title. Trust me, this isn't one of them.

As "fair deal guy BB" stated in another review, this book does not do justice to anyone who enjoys cooking, enjoys beer, and would like to be able to enhance food with beer and vice versa. I really thought that beer was beyond this - many chefs at fine restaurants have started taking beer more seriously and have given it the same considerations in their dishes and for pairing as they do wine. Mr. Schlimm is obviously not a fan of this level of appreciation of beer. The recipes include beer as an after thought, with no thought put into which style would work best with each dish. A couple of recipes indicate "light beer", but everything else is just "beer". At least the most basic recipes including wine indicate "white" or "red". Couldn't these recipes have been tested and given to us with an "ale" or "lager" determination?

In a nutshell, nearly 1/2 of these recipes involve beer only to batter and fry. Who needs a cookbook for that? Most of the remaining recipes have simply swapped beer with another liquid, such as water or broth. Nothing here screams original or makes me think that I must try it now.

If you know about cooking and about your beer styles, you will like this book.

The recipes are somewhat vague though. In all of the recipes they just call for beer, not telling you what style would be most appropriate or recomended.

There are a lot of good recipes in all of the cooking and drinking catagories.

I recomend this book.

Great book!!! Highly recommend it. The recipes are easy for me to follow and that is no small feat - I used to only be able to cook toast and re-heat leftovers until this book came out.

Beer is more than just America's favorite alcoholic beverage, it is also a key ingredient in a wide variety of culinary delights and great meal time dishes. Now beer beverage expert and knowledgeable gourmet John Schlimm has compiled more than 400 beer-based recipes in "The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook". Included are beer-based recipes for appetizers, breads, soups and chilis, salads, fruits and vegetables, sandwiches, sauces, marinades, as well as beef, pork, poultry, wild game, fish, and more. Of special note are the beer-based recipes for desserts! There are even 150 beer-based recipes for mixed drinks, chuggers, shots, chasers, party punches, milkshakes, and flaming drinks. Sprinkled liberally through out the collection are little quotes and maxims in tribute to beer and beer drinking. A comprehensive Index makes this massive recipe collection quite easy to use when planning menus. "The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook" truly lives up to its title and is an enthusiastically recommended addition to personal, professional, and community library specialty cookbook collections.

This book is so complete! It has recipes from cocktails to the heartiest of meals that are easy to make and even easier to enjoy. This is a must have for every beer lover. Kudos to the author for creating such a great gift idea for the all of those who enjoy this timeless beverage! Even if it is a gift to yourself you will love this book - and it is just in time for all those great summer festivities. Drink and cook on!

MY Cookbook arrived in perfect condition just a few days after purchase. Wonderful service. Very happy and will definately order other items in the future...

This book is not for people who are interested in beer or people who are interested in cooking.

Beer isn't just for drinking anymore! John Schlimm has compiled more than 400 recipes that add beer to breakfast, lunch and dinner and even other drinks! The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook makes every meal happy hour.