In Heaven There is no Beer, but there is beer in this wonderful anthology.

[gridlore]

How Beer Saved the World by Phyllis Irene Radford

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


Ah, beer. Some scientists are saying brewing may predate raising grain for bread. We love our frothing fermented beverage.

And in this wonderful anthology, beer does in fact save the world. It is a set of pretty short stories, none too deep, and always fun. We go from Gilgamesh getting some good advice over a pot of beer from a goddess brewer (all brewers are goddesses, after all) to how IPAs ended the zombie apocalypse, to the noble sacrifice of a cargo of beer to, well, saving a world.

I first bought this in 2013, shortly before my stroke, which explains why I haven't read it until now. Another back of the bookshelf find. But a great one. So pout yourself a cold one, and have a read. Who knows, maybe your beer will help to save the world too!



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[lauradi7dw]

Odds are good that somewhere in the Attic Of Everything I still have a VHS copy of the 1984 documentary
"In Heaven there is no beer?" But you probably don't need the whole movie - here's a five minute trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRVosIEhdHQ