While the book does have its problems with seemingly circular references and excessive typos, I think this is the best, to-the-point distillation of decades of brewing research available. I appreciate the scientific format of citing references to support claims, as you can easily go verify the statements for yourself. While this book does not read like a novel, I think the technical style is well written, clear and concise. You won't find elegant language or long prose; it isn't that kind of brewing or homebrewing book. I would recommend this book to anyone who ever asks the questions "why" or "how" when it comes to brewing. If you are simply looking for a how-to book then this may not be for you. If you want to know the answer to why hop oils isomerize or degrade the way they do, or why brewing water affects brewing or why different enzymes behave the way they do at given temperatures and pH, or how kegging pressure affects the partial pressure of carbon dioxide and carbonic acid (or many other questions like these), then this is your book.Overall, I think this book is an excellent distillation of more advanced (and lengthy) technical brewing books, and I will be recommending this to many of my friends involved in the AHA and BJCP.