'A candid, brilliantly human book full of laugh out loud moments, and lots of beer'. Rosie Birkett. 'An anti-hero to the home brewer, Barnes' writing froths and unexpectedly eddies, his second work is certainly no stuck fermentation' 'Douglas Blyde, Drinks columnist Evening Standard magazine. 'If, like the late Peter Mayle, Tommy Barnes decides to write a sequel it will be a must read.' Life Begins at 40. 'He writes so well and is funny too' James McConnachie, author of The Rough Guide to France. 'Delicious' Daily Telegraph'. 'Tommy's antics are hilarious. Like Brewing meets Bake Off in rural France'. James Dowdeswell.