The Beer Travelers (aka Daria Labinsky and Stan Hieronymus) posted a positive review of the guide on their website. I particularly enjoyed references to their Beer Lovers Guide to the USA, a book that accompanied me on many cross-country beer adventures.

Alan at The Good Beer Blog called the guide "logical, informative and practical as an actual field guide to the beers as opposed to an atlas to what you might find in the region. This makes it a book to throw in the backpack or glove compartment."

The City Steam Brewery in Hartford is offering the book for sale and says of the guide on its online store blurb: "Maybe Andy should consider quitting his day job and writing about beer full time......the book is that Good" and "Unlike many other such guidebooks, Mr. Crouch is not afraid to voice his opinion about a particular beer or restaurant - mostly positive, but occasionaly critical if the situation warrants."

I did an interview with Dan Mathers of the New England travel and adventure site "Six States" and talked about beer and skiing. Dan writes, "Probably nobody in New England knows the region and its beer as well as Andy Crouch."

The Boston Globe previewed my reading of the guide at the great Newtonville Book store.

The Boston Phoenix also previewed the Newtonville Books event with this review. "We feel as if we could trust Andy Crouch to impart real knowledge on subjects like the Constitution and hops. Two themes, in fact, that segue flawlessly into The Good Beer Guide to New England."

Rachel Forrest wrote a positive piece about the guide in the Portsmouth Herald and Seacoast Online in New Hampshire. "His comprehensive guide to the brew pubs and breweries of New England is an ale lover's dream." I also appeared as a guest on Wine Me Dine Me, a radio show Rachel hosts with fellow Hamline Law School graduate Susan Tuveson.

I sat down for an interview and a photo session with Norman Miller of the Metro West Daily News. "Things have gotten a lot easier for any trip in New England, thanks to Andy Crouch...The information the book provides is incredible. I’m relatively knowledgable about brewpubs in Massachusetts, but he had a few I’ve never heard of."

Play Magazine in New Haven, CT ran an interview and review of the book, including a list of my top 5 beer spots in New England.

College kids get into good beer in an article in the Northeastern News, the student newspaper for the university of the same name. Interviewed at the American Beer Festival in Boston, I continued to posit my theory that "I don't believe there's somebody who doesn't like beer...Only those who haven't found a style they like yet."

The New Haven Advocate picked up on the guide's reporting of local Connecticut brewpubs, including the not-so-positive coverage of the Bru Rm at BAR.

I did a rather lengthy interview with New Hampshire's The Wire publication that offers a very Law & Order beginning.

A book catering "to the beer dork looking for a beach read," hip website The Bostonist.com selected The Good Beer Guide To New England for inclusion on its Summer Reading List 2006. The editors particularly liked the fact that I mentioned the "attitude" possessed by the Moan and Dove.

The Boston Metro also ran a high visibility interview with me as a preview for the BeerAdvocate American Beer Festival. Unfortunately, it's only available online in super-huge pdf formate (check out page 12 of the June 16-18, 2006 if you have the bandwidth).

The Valley News, covering a beautiful area between New Hampshire and Vermont near my publisher's office, ran a few choice reviews of local beers in a recent issue. Writer Dan Mackie observed: "The spirit of the Good Beer Guide is that this isn't the final word, but an invitation to find your own bliss." I'm pleased that readers, reviewers, and those profiled in the book really seem to grasp the concept behind the book. One person whose establishment was reviewed in the book noted that he knew my positive words about his establishment were sincere "as you seem to tell it like you see it." Now that's a positive review.

Kerry Byrne, the much heralded beer writer (among other things) for the Boston Herald, wrote a short piece about the guide and the recent RedBones book signing event.

The editors at Barnes & Noble.com called the book "superlative" and a "robust brew of expertise about nearly 100 New England beer makers and brewpubs."

I met Bryan from The Brew Lounge at my book release event at Harpoon in Boston last month. His offering is more like coverage of the book release party itself, which works for me. He seems to have been the only person with the foresight to take pictures of the occasion. In an article lamentably picked up by MSNBC.com, John Clayton, a columnist for the Manchester Union Leader, scolded me a bit for erring when I wrote that General John Stark was New Hampshire's first elected governor in a review of the eponymously named Gen. John Stark Dark Porter from Milly's Tavern (lesson learned on not following blindly what the menu tells me...

Our friends at BeerAdvocate ran a press release about The Good Beer Guide To New England and are now selling autographed copies of the book in their online store.

On March 30, 2006, I was a guest for the full hour on New Hampshire Public Radio's call-in program, The Exchange. Hosted by Laura Knoy, NHPR promoted the book by saying: "if you're a brewing enthusiast, looking for a new bar, or just want to find a good beer, this book will be the perfect guide for you." Use the link above to hear podcast and online archive broadcasts of the show.

On February 18, 2006, I was a guest on Beer Radio with hosts Ray Hoffman and Tim Gallagher. Use the link above to hear podcast and online archive broadcasts of the show. Skip ahead to 11 minutes into the broadcast for my 15 minute appearance.