If I had one criticism of the last couple of editions of this otherwise excellent book it was that it was not possible to tell the good beers from the not so good. Now you get everything you got in previous editions plus a rating system.
Jeff Evans is obviously a man who really loves his bottled beers and what he doesn't know doesn't seem to be worth knowing on this particular subject.
I would definitely recommend this as a stocking filler for Christmas although you'll obviously need your own copy to work out what you should be buying to drink at Christmas in the first place.
Cheers!