Here[/url:2pnwok2n] is a review of their book
"It was with some trepidation that I picked up a copy of this book in the library a couple of weeks ago. I’m not really a bloke-ish sort of bloke, although I do occasionally enjoy mild elements of some bloke-ish behaviour. I am amused by bloke-ishness when it appears at the schoolboy humour end of the spectrum but find it hard to stomach when elements of fascism creep in.
I used to enjoy Men Behaving Badly and have thought that Neil Morrissey was okay when I’ve seen him on chat shows etc. I knew that he and Richard Fox had bought a pub and set about brewing their own perfect ale. So I thought that what appeared to be the companion book to the series would at least be worth a read. How wrong I was.
It starts off in a decent fashion with some of the usual ‘need to know’ facts that have appeared in so many beer books. You know the sort of thing; beer history from ancient Sumaria to today, beer explanations and ‘did you know?’ stuff. Totally innocuous. Unfortunately about half way through it degenerates into a eulogy to binge-drinking wankers. They bung in a few recipes and other such nonsense which are really just padding. Sadly nowhere do they record their experiences about brewing their beer or how they arrive at their “perfect pint”. In fact this book has nothing to offer the discerning beer drinker. The core demographic that this book is aimed at is presumably, and ironically, illiterate Neanderthals that neck countless pints of Euro-fizz, answering to names like Baz, Jason or Wayne.
If you do feel the need to read it, do what I did and borrow it. Whatever you do don’t pay good money for it!
I wouldn’t wipe my arse on its page"
