- Title: Drinking with George A Barstool Professional’s Guide to Beer
- Author: George Wendt with Jonathan Grotenstein
- Year Published: 2009 (Simon Spotlight Entertainment)
- Year Purchased: September, 2011 (at Oktoberfest Zinzinnati)
- Source: George Wendt
- About: George Wendt’s love affair with beer is a thing of epic beauty. Drinking with George is part personal biography and part encyclopedia of beer. It’s a strange combination that pairs as wonderfully as barley and hops. You could really say that he poured his heart and soul into this project. Tee-hee. It’s incredibly funny, informative, and can be read in the time it takes the average person to drink a couple pints of Guinness. It even comes with a bit of real, human romance: his love for his wife Bernadette Birkett (who voiced Vera Peterson on Cheers) is sweet and moving, if nearly as hilarious as his beer-induced exploits.
- Motivation: The author hawked his book at last year’s Oktoberfest Zinzinnati. Only a humourless, beer-hating twit could resist buying a copy from the man himself.
- Times Read: 1
- Random Excerpt/Page 35: “Looking to lighten my load, I packed a leather travel bag I’d overpaid for in Marrakesh with my untouched and completely unnecessary suit and dress shoes. I sent them back to the States via tramp steamer, addressing the bag to my friend Joe Farmar so as not to offend my dad. A few months later, I would try to recover the clothes, only to discover that Joe had torn the suit, the shoes, and even the bag itself to shreds. This was entirely my fault: I hadn’t bothered to include a note, which confused Joe until he put “bag” together with “Marrakesh” and decided that I’d hidden hashish somewhere inside.”
- Happiness Scale: 10
George Wendt , with yours truly cropped out.
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This book sounds great, it’s going on my list!
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I loved this book, actually. It’s a very quick read but highly enjoyable.
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LOL, love the pun of poured his heart and soul! Cracked me up.
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I know it is goofy, but I couldn’t help myself!
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This sounds like a good read, and I think my husband would really like it. Thanks for recommending!
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You’re welcome. Even if you don’t like beer to the extent of wanting to read about its history, Wendt’s biographical passages (a good portion of the book) are hilarious!
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