Bronze Medal Winner, Best Book, North American Guild of Beer Writers
When the ancient brewery in the Czech forest town of Kout na Sumavě reopens after a 40-year closure, rumors start to circulate about a mysterious brewing book found hidden in the crumbling brewhouse walls. The beer from Kout is so strangely delicious that many who taste it think that it has to be made using secrets - or even magic - from the old brewing log...