I am looking forward to the next round in the series. While I figured out whodunit and how, this did not diminish my reading pleasure in the least, which is a compliment to the author’s skill. Main Character: Maxine Max OHara, certified brewmaster and owner of Allegheny Brew House in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Who has it in for Max and the Allegheny? And how is the criminal skirting the security system and gaining entrance to the locked pub? When Max’s prime suspect is murdered in the locked, empty brewery, she and her friends become ever more determined to bring the culprit to ground and ensure the brewery’s successful open. Despite the installation of a new state-of-theart security system, the sabotage continues. Careful Kurt would have never put himself in an unsafe position around brewing equipment. An all-new mystery series set in a Pittsburgh craft brew pub, featuring a brewmaster. Unfortunately, the police-including Max’s dad, who is a police detective-initially ascribe Kurt’s death to accidental causes.

Destroying Max’s brewing equipment is bad enough, but the murder of Kurt, Max’s German mentor and restaurant chef, is catastrophic. To Brew Or Not To Brew: A Brewing Trouble Mystery Joyce Tremel 2021 Recordings The 2021 Open Education Conference may be over, but the recordings are still available Registered attendees can still access the entire conference through Sched.

Trouble is brewing, though, when someone resorts to sabotage in order to drive Max away and prevent the pub from opening. Paying tribute to the Steel City’s longtime love affairs with beer and sports teams, Tremel introduces Maxine “Max” O’Hara, brewmaster extraordinaire and proud owner of The Allegheny Brew House, on the verge of opening. More specifically, the setting is the newly gentrified Butler Street in the neighborhood of Lawrenceville, an area that any “yinzers” (Pittsburghese for a native Pittsburgher) will easily recognize. Employing a new microbrewing hook, she sets the series in Pittsburgh, her hometown (and mine). May I propose a toast to the success of To Brew or Not to Brew, Joyce Tremel’s inaugural Brewing Trouble Mystery.

To Brew or Not to Brew by Joyce Tremel