Patrick Dawson is an award-winning beer writer, an avid homebrewer, a BJCP beer judge, and a general lover of all things beer. He is the author of The Beer Geek Handbook and Vintage Beer, and has written for DRAFT Magazine, Zymurgy, All About Beer Magazine, Craft Beer & Brewing, and multiple other publications.

Beer Geek Initiation
1. Beer Geeks: An Introduction
The Geek and the Snob
The Beer Geek Ten Commandments
QUIZ #1: The Beer Menu
Beer Drinkers Commonly Confused with Beer Geeks
QUIZ #2: Are You a Beer Geek?
2. Beer: The Root of All Geekery
The Ideal Beer
The Importance of Knowing (and Ignoring) Beer Styles
Beer Types: The Good, the Bad, the Trendy
Glassware: Always a Proper Vessel
Serving Temperature: Maximizing a Beer's Profile
One-offs: The Ultimate Attraction
DONGs! The Exclusive Draft-Only, No-Growler Beers
Beware the Collaboration Brew
Beer Cocktails: The Scourge of Beerdom
3. Breweries: The Exclusive Club
Formula for Cool
QUIZ #3: The Beer Geek Formula
The Classics: Pioneers of the Geek Frontier
Has-Beens, Sellouts, and Other Garbage
Cult Breweries: The Pinnacles of the Brewing World
QUIZ #4: Are you a Fanboy/girl?
The Beer Geek Hall of Fame
Staying Current: Internet Forums
4. Procurement: The Beer and Other Geeky Goods
Liquor Stores and Their Beer Guys: Types and Strengths
Straight from the Brewery: Filling Growlers and the Like
Online Beer Sales: A Last Resort
Beer Trading: The Dark and Winding Path to Bankruptcy
The Value of Beer: Learning to Recognize (and Disregard) the $/oz. and Other Metrics
Brewerania: Coasters, Signs, and Other Junk
Beer Geek Essentials
5. Drinking: Where and How
Bars: Types and Strengths
Brewery Taprooms and Tours: Yet Another Mash Tun
Restaurants: Drinking Beer with the Kiddos
The Basics of Beer and Food Pairing
Beer Festivals: Geeking Amidst the Debauchery
Hosting a Beer Tasting...with Style and Grace
6. The Beercation: Seeking the Source
Belgium: The Motherland
Germany: The Fatherland
The Pacific Northwest: Beerlandia
Colorado: The Napa Valley of Beer
California: Beaches and Brews
New England: Leaf Peeping and Beer Drinking
Beerymoons and Beer Geek Weddings: Consummating Your Geekiness
Patience Is a Virtue: Being the Spouse/Significant Other of a Beer Geek (by Lindsay Dawson)
The Beer Geek Dictionary
Commonly Mispronounced Beer Names and Terms