A film by Anat Baron.
I suggest everyone who drinks beer take a look at this. It's streaming instantly on Netflix and is worth sitting through for an hour and half. It's a telling expose on the beer industry in America. Quite informative and not at all preachy or dry. You get a good sense of what the good people are doing, ie. the Microbrewers and what the bad folks at big beer are doing, ie. Anhueser Busch. A true David v. Goliath in 12oz portions. Beer Wars does a good job exposing the "Big 3" for what they are, advertising giants with little personality and creativity. It's not preachy, just exposing. I found it to be eyeopening and entertaining. Make no mistake, it's a documentary but it's not dry nor is it inflammatory a la Michael Moore. It's just good stuff. It helps to watch while drinking some of your favorite microbrews and celebrating the efforts of the little guys out there trying to change the profile of American beer.
That was a tough vote this time...so I took the boozer answer and entered 2 at a time. Good work on the reviews. You need to get paid for this.
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