Libations in the Windowpane
Of Mice and Brettanomyces
A fascinating tale of
two home brewers, George and Lennie, who possess very few skills and resources
that will help them attain their dreams of owning their own artisanal brewery
in drought stricken California. Their journey is made even more difficult
because Lennie is mentally retarded; his powerful body, his childlike
innocence, and his fascination with teku glassess conspire against him. Their
road to fame is mired with obstacles, among them lack of planning, cruelty,
infected fermentation tanks, jealousy, fear, loneliness, health code violations
and self doubt.
The Adventures of Hunahpu Finn
A coming of age tale
of an underprivileged boy after he's been taken in by Widow Douglas and her
sister, Miss Watson, who intend to take him to his first Hunahpu Day in the
deep south of Tampa, FL. The boy soon sets off on an adventure to help the
widow's beer mule, Jim, line up some Double Barrel Hunahpu trades in the free
state of Michigan where Black Note stout is soon to be released at Bell’s General
Store. The plot takes a twist when fake tickets and poor bottle distribution decisions
doom Hunahpu Day leaving the boy, Jim and entitled hoarders Hunahpu-less. The book
addresses America's painful contradiction of segregation and beer release
parties in a "free" and "equal" society
