 With more than 400 food and drink recipes that all use beer as an ingredient, "The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook" made history in 2008 as the largest beer cookbook ever published.In 2009, the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards named "The Ultimate Beer Lover's Cookbook" The Best Beer Book in the United States and The Best Beer Book in the World.That same year, "The Beer Lover's Cookbook" was released as a smaller paperback adaptation of the original, with just over 300 food and drink recipes.