I bought this recently since I'd heard some good things about the interesting recipes that it contains and was not disappointed on that front. 52 recipes, all for one (US) gallon batches, are described in fairly basic details, the idea seems to be that they are aimed at those brewers who do not have a full mashtun, boiler, chiller, etc. That said, each recipe carries a list of ingredients for a 5 gallon batch for those who wish to upscale.
Being an American book, all measurements and temperatures are in US imperial and certain ingredients may be hard to come by in the UK (eg, Agave nectar). However, these incidents are few and far between.
The vast majority of recipes are somewhat quirky in a very American way but are pretty interesting with it: Lobster beer, Blackberry ale, Rye beer and a very interesting recipe based on the old German Gose style of ale.
The only complaint that I would have is that there is very little in the way of more traditional beers and the description of the recipes, ingredients and techniques are extremely basic, so I wouldn't recommend this as a first brewing book or those starting off in the hobby, which is especially annoying when the book specifically calls for the use of extremely basic equipment for the mash and the sparge.
The book also calls for both mash and boil to be performed at 60 minutes for all the recipes, which I find to be insufficient for most brews.
It's certainly an interesting read if you're a little tired of repeating the same recipes.
