If you are interested in learning about where alcohol comes from and how it works, this is the book for you. The author collects his research on the terminology, history, and science of alcoholic drinks and shares it in short, interesting sections.
I’ll admit, I’m not much into molecular structure, so certain sections of this book were not for me. But I am a fan of random tidbits of knowledge, and I found the chapters on how alcohol affects the body (and why it affects some people differently than others) pretty fascinating.

This is a fun, general-interest book in the Mythbusters vein, as Hoefling uses science to explain how different kinds of alcohol are made, why certain flavors (buttery Chardonnay, for example) happen because of specific chemical reactions, how alcohol interacts with the human body, and why growers and distillers use the particular agricultural processes that they do (along with the shadow of grape vine fungus and climate change).