Too long book that covers the history and business of craft brewing, aka microbreweries. I probably consumed 20 beers while reading this book, and longed for a few heavily referenced beers that no longer exist.

The author states up front that this is "not a history of American beer before the craft beer movement arose. Instead, it is a book on how this movement, with the odds stacked against it, survived and thrived...", and while it is not a complete history, it is most definitely history. The second half of the book was more about the business than the brewing. I was interested to read about some of the mergers, but the various business bits caused my eyes to glaze more than once.

Some information was repeated in multiple chapters, and at times it felt like a collected series of magazine articles. More than one reviewer has commented that it could use serious editing. 2½ stars.