A beer-lovers" book which playfully examines a myriad of philosophical concerns related to beer consumption. Effectively demonstrates how real philosophical issues exist just below the surface of our everyday activities. Divided into four sections: The Art of the Beer; The Ethics of Beer: Pleasures, Freedom, and Character; The Metaphysics and Epistemology of Beer; and Beer in the History of Philosophy. Uses the context of beer to expose George Berkeley"s views on fermented beverages as a medical cure; to inspect Immanuel Kant"s transcendental idealism through beer goggles, and to sort out Friedrich Nietzsche"s simultaneous praise and condemnation of intoxication. Written for beer-lovers who want to think while they drink.