The Lager Queen of Minnesota

The perfect pick-me-up on a hot summer day. --Washington Post [A] charmer of a tale. . . Warm witty and--like any good craft beer--complex the saga delivers a subtly feminist and wholly life-affirming message. --People Magazine A novel of family Midwestern values hard work fate and the secrets of making a world-class beer from the bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest. Two sisters one farm. A family is split when their father leaves their shared inheritance entirely to Helen his younger daughter. Despite baking award-winning pies at the local nursing home her older sister Edith struggles to make what most people would call a living. So she can''t help wondering what her life would have been like with even a portion of the farm money her sister kept for herself. . With the proceeds from the farm Helen builds one of the most successful light breweries in the country and makes their company motto ubiquitous: Drink lots. It''s Blotz. Where Edith has a heart as big as Minnesota Helen''s is as rigid as a steel keg. Yet one day Helen will find she needs some help herself and she could find a potential savior close to home. . . if it''s not too late.. Meanwhile Edith''s granddaughter Diana grows up knowing that the real world requires a tougher constitution than her grandmother possesses. She earns a shot at learning the IPA business from the ground up--will that change their fortunes forever and perhaps reunite her splintered family?. Here we meet a cast of lovable funny quintessentially American characters eager to make their mark in a world that''s often stacked against them. In this deeply affecting family saga resolution can take generations but when it finally comes we''re surprised moved and delighted.