Trouble Brewing

by Paul Abercrombie

With the help of his buddy, John, Preston scores a gig at the same struggling Tampa microbrewery where John and wunderkind brewer Waldie work. Preston soon replaces Waldie as brewmaster and devises a secret scheme to use the job to pry loose $5 million of his father’s inheritance. His plan appears to hit a snag when, early one morning, Preston discovers a brewery security guard accidentally ground into hamburger by the milling machine. However, Preston’s not going to let this mishap derail things. He calls the one person he knows will good, old, dependable, easy-to-guilt, John, who reluctantly caves to Preston’s cover up. Things go fine until cheapskate brewery owner Harry enters the polluted batch of beer in a tasting contest…and it wins! Now Preston must devise a way to keep up the winning streak and get his money amid the scrutiny of more mysterious disappearances. In Trouble Brewing, Paul Abercrombie takes a satirical look at just how far some ambitious microbrewers are willing to go to make a name for themselves and their company. With tongue firmly in cheek, Abercrombie delves deftly into murder, blackmail, and cover ups, all fine ingredients for an award-winning ale, and a great read.

202 pages, Kindle Edition

First published October 25, 2014

Reviews

[John · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm not really sure who or when I got this book, but I'm glad that I finally got around to reading it.

It's a great satirical story that has it's equal serve of humour, mystery and the depths some people will go to succeed.

I recommend this book for a good romp.

[Jennifer Holzapfel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Soylent Green of the brewing world. It is politically incorrect, which adds to the realism of cutthroat micro-breweries.