"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?" Summary courtesy of Goodreads
I really liked this book. I enjoyed that the pacing was even and that the characters were realistic and felt like you could know them in real life. The characters are flawed, and I found the one sister to be pretty unlikeable (which made her realistic), and I enjoyed that there were factual details about beer and beer-making woven into the story. I also liked that the story was about women who were very involved in beer-making, especially since throughout history, you don't read about many women in brewing (although today, quite a few women are involved in this industry and craft).
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