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loonarune's review
slow-paced
2.5
This is a book of someone's little personal anecdotes that largely form a 300 page advertisement for Dogfish Head Brewery
samuelbeer's review against another edition
3.0
I'm feeling generous. The discussion of the methods used to construct hypotheses of what sort of beverages might have been made/consumed in the past and of the beverages themselves was interesting. However, the re-imaginations of the beverages seemed pretty clearly to me to have been for pleasure and/or profit, the concern with being able to sell the beverages reflected, for example, in concern with TTB regulations. This belied the recurrent claim that the brews were made for scientific reasons. Additionally, it was far from engaging as travel writing--it read like an editor saw an early manuscript and demanded more local color, which was reluctantly added in in the most cursory way as an afterthought. And surely there's a way to write about the interesting and longstanding collaboration that McGovern has had with Dogfish Head without coming off as such a commercial. 2.5 stars.
trachalio's review against another edition
5.0
If you're looking for a book on ancient beer, brewing, and fermentation around the world, then this book isn't for you. What this book is, however, is the story behind how Dr. McGovern and Sam Calagione of Dogfish Head Brewing met and the story behind the ancient brews they've made. A very interesting read on how Dr. McGovern's branch of archaeology works, how some of these ancient beverages were discovered, and how they set about to recreate them. With recipes included so you can brew them at home.
This book is only about the Ancient Ales that Dogfish Head have released and does not cover any other research Dr. McGovern has done.
This book is only about the Ancient Ales that Dogfish Head have released and does not cover any other research Dr. McGovern has done.
breadsips's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
relaxing
medium-paced
4.75
milojean_reads's review against another edition
3.0
Really enjoyed the first half of the book. Towards the end it started to drag a little probably since there was less science and history to cite for the last couple of drinks? I enjoyed the content of this book a lot, but at times the writing style bothered me. Still a solid 3 stars.
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