Chapter 13: Medical Advice About Alcohol

This is the chapter nobody in the brewing industry wants to write, and nobody thinking about opening a brewery wants to read. But it might be the most important chapter in this book, because it's not about money or margins or market saturation. It's about your body, your health, and the rest of your life.

Beer is not good for you. That's not an opinion — it's the medical consensus, and it's becoming clearer and more emphatic with every passing year. If you're planning to spend your working life surrounded by alcohol, you need to understand what that means.