TRIPLEBOCK is an imaginative but true-to-life triptych on beer and its importance, exploring three aspects of contemporary craft brewing through fiction. It contains: "The Grain Men," a story about an adventurous young homebrewer, "An All-Beer Diet," about a struggling author who decides to drink nothing but beer, and "The Brewery at Strelsov Abbey," in which an historic monastery begins brewing again in order to pay for much-needed repairs.
Born and raised in Central California, Evan Rail studied at UC Davis and at NYU in Paris, where he received his MA. His writing appears in a number of publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Food & Wine and VinePair, where he has a monthly column. His essay Why Beer Matters, an Amazon Top 100 Bestseller, was followed by The Brewery in the Bohemian Forest, an award-winning memoir. His poems and translations have appeared in The New Republic, Zyzzyva, Poetry Review and The Times Literary Supplement (TLS), among other journals. He lives in Prague.
Triplebock is a fun, quick read, especially if you are at all interested in beer, beer-making, or beer history. I read it on my iPad in the Kindle app and thoroughly enjoyed how Evan Rail wove his characters, and his beer knowledge together in three short stories that were both educational and entertaining.