But his story's close enough to the subculture's norm for his memoir to reveal its era.
Popular sentiment derides guys of such obsessions as geeks.
Not that the book's a total puff piece. You will learn a lot about the '80s-'90s microbrew phenomenon if you can get past the fawning portrayals of Redhook founders Gordon Bowker and Paul Shipman. Cringe as the great microbeer glut of 1996-97 leaves Redhook badly overextended, causing the closing of the brew part of its Fremont brewpub. Of course, Grant's own company's now owned by the snuff-tobacco people who also own Ste. It's not just a document about high-profile show people, it is a work of showmanship.