Beer School: Bottling Success at the Brooklyn Brewery

I would if they didn't narrate it.

This is my first one.

Steve Hindy trips over his own words (that he has written himself!) and has very strange cadence. Tom Potter does make up for it a little bit, but not enough to save this book.

No, it is a complete story of the Brooklyn Brewery for Tom and Steve.

This is a great business book , although the topic is about beer - there is really no brewing advice in this book. They give an over all information how there business grew & was sold for them - If yo like business books grab this one.

I like beer, I'm not really interested in starting a publicly traded multimillion dollar business. I did still find the book interesting and learned about the risks and drive in the business world. Definitely deterred me from starting any type of business. I run a small one man painting business. That's good enough for me, don't have to worry about funds to people to hire/fire. Book also gave a lot of incites to working in a business relationship between two people. So if you and your buddy are thinking about starting a business together this would be a very enjoyable business book to read together about a fun product. If you love beer and want to learn about beer making, or if your a home-brewer (like me) and are thinking about selling a couple bottles (vs. starting a huge beer making business) this is not the book for you. But if your thinking about starting a large brewery or any type of large company this is a very good book for that.

I went in to this thinking the book would be similar to Stone's Brew Co. book. but I found this book to be really enlightening about how startups come about and the roller coaster ride that takes place following that dream.

When the "mob" peeks in for a visit.

Hearing their experience going through a hold up at Brooklyn Brewing's offices was really riveting. I really don't know how they were able to keep their composure talking about this episode in the company's history.

A great story and a classic example of why you should NEVER allow the authors to read their own books! Tom almost put me to sleep every time he opened his mouth!

Growing up with parents that own a small company, I found the Steve and Tom's book to be a strangely familiar story of their journey to create a successful business. They tell the story of their start up beer brewing company from start to finish. At the beginning of the book they tell you that you may want to start you own business after reading this book. I was much more unsure about starting a business after reading about their adventure of ups and downs. I recommend any person interested in the beer business or business in general to read.

I would not recomend this book to a friend. I could only handle the narration for 30 minutes. The cadance was off to the story and zero emotion. You're telling the story of your life put a little feeling into it.

Stick to brewing, which they do very well by the way, and hire a narrator.

I was unable to listen to it all.

No, there wasn't to much inflection in the authors voice at times. I was hoping for something a little more at some parts.

Steve and his interaction with the Mob

Calm, inspiring, trustworthy

Yes, it is a story of their brewery and it didn't jump around to much.

They talked about start to finish without many side stories. Everything seemed to be in a well thought out time line.

This is a great very technically detailed synopsis of how the Brooklyn brewery was conceived and the challenges faced during that time in New York Craft Brewing History. I have a great deal of appreciation For Tom and Steve for narrating their own book.... Although at times I wished they had not. Overall I give the narration a C+. Although fascinating Due to My personal dreams of Building a Craft brewery.

This book I would recommend for any home brewer who has dreamed of opening their own brewery. Great stories of their successes an failures at the Brooklyn brewery. It does NOT have any home brewing tips or discussion about brewing itself ,but rather about the business of a brewery start up.