The Catholic Drinkie's Guide to Homebrewed Evangelism

by Sarah Vabulas

Sarah Vabulas, aka The Catholic Drinkie, beer connoisseur, home-brewer, and active Catholic young adult, serves up a faith-filled discourse on the eclectic history of alcohol and the Church, from brewing monks to theology on tap. Then she offers a how-to of home brewing, with plenty of recipes and tips to inspire your own home brews. With Sarah's skill at storytelling, you'll soon see something more than froth here: A conversation with The Catholic Drinkie is where brew meets faith.

Genres: Catholic

208 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2014

Reviews

[Barb · Rating 5 out of 5]

In just one book, you’ll get Church history, Gospel stories, patron saints, prayers, quotes from G.K. Chesterton, social-media advice and recipes for beer. Sarah Vabulas has managed to blend all of this–and more–together to create The Catholic Drinkie’s Guide to Homebrewed Evangelism. And she puts it together in an entertaining manner, with plenty of good humor and common-sense advice.

I definitely get where Sarah is coming from in section 3 of this book (Responsibly and Successfully Building Community.) My own love language is food. I love to cook and bake for people. But while I love recipes, I love her message about evangelization even more (and I think a lot of it applies to food as well as what Jeopardy refers to as “potent potables”).

Sarah is honest and real about the pitfalls of social-media use and all-the-time evangelization that isn’t backed up enough by personal prayer.

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[Elizabeth Swan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I'm not catholic I still enjoyed this book. When you home brew your own beer its definitely a lot healthier then some of the varieties you get in the store. The history and stories are fun and good natured. I like the idea of creating alcohol as being a hobby as opposed to someone going to the store and buying some cheap liquor just to get drunk off of. I also like her call to action there is an increasing lack of community these days, hopefully this book can help people open up.

[Gerald McGrane · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a very fun and informative book. Like a good beer you read the outside and you're intrigued, you open it and you're impressed, and you enjoy it all the way through to the end.

[Maureen · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fun read, giving history on beer brewing and Catholicism. The book was both fun, and informative, and I enjoyed it very much. It made me want to try to brew beer! Great read!