Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Returned

from the USA. Where my book sales went well. Well., I sold all the one I had with me.

Could have sold more. The biggest nightmare is guessing how many books to take with me on my trips. Too many, and I'm dragging around a ton of luggage. Too few, and I feel that I've robbed myself.

But you can help a poor old man keep is luggage manageable. Buy my books online. Buy many of them. Give to your family. Your friends. You can buy a whole pile and burn them for all I care. For me, it's all about the money.

Because, without money, I can't do the research, the writing, the talks or even the collaborative beers. None of it. I'm not some moneyed rich kid. I have to earn the money that makes all my beer shit possible.

It would be nice if more professional breweries hit the guilt button. But there's one simple way we can all be winners: buy my books. You acquire a masterwork of beer history. My kids get shoes. And vodka.

Here are a few buying suggestions:

The best ever book on Scottish beer: