I suppose I could write a true book review of this book, but I’d rather call this particular post an overview.  This way, I don’t feel like I have to cover everything about the book.

Beer Lover’s Colorado (for the Google Books version.  It looks like they have the first 36 pages.)

The author, Lee Williams, intended to cover the best breweries, brewpubs and beer bars of Colorado.  It appears that he has done so.  I opened this book hoping that I could learn some more about new places I could visit, and I have indeed found some places. (Such as the Falling Rock and the Yak & Yeti.)

While there are many books and websites that cover the breweries of Colorado, I have not found as many that cover the brewpubs and beer bars. (But, maybe I am just not looking hard enough.)  After I noticed that some local brewpubs were not indexed in the book (The Old Mill in Littleton; Ironworks Pub in Lakewood), then I read on page xi “This book does not seek to document every single brewery in Colorado.”  Of course, that would be impossible for him to do that.  There are so many new places popping up (such as 38 State Brewing) and some places have already closed (Del Norte) since the book was published back in 2012.  Hence, he defines the best as the ones that are included in the book.

One thing that I like about the book is the Beer Lover’s Pick after each brewery.   I also like that he got the recipes for many beers from Colorado craft breweries.  I might give the Funkwerks (not Funwerks as noted on page 80, but correct on other pages) Saison a try.  That won a gold medal at the GABF in 2012.

The author can be found on Twitter and on Untappd, but he doesn’t seem to be active at the moment.  He also moved back to England in the last couple of years.  It is too bad that he is no longer in Colorado, but I am sure that he is keeping up with the beer business of England.