Alcohol and Drugs History Society

As German beer sales decline, cheap brews displace craft beers

Beer sales are sharply down in Germany.  It's the quality craft beers that have taken the hit.  In contrast, mediocre beer sold at supermarkets at low prices without advertising is flourishing.  For more, see here.

India pale ale (book)

Pete Brown, Hops and Glory: One Man's Search for the Beer that Built the British Empire (London: Macmillan, 2009).  The original India pale ale.

Brewing in Britain (article)

Geoff Dye, "Notes on Pressure Fermentation," Brewery History 131 (2009): 19-23.

Brewing beer in Croydon for 350 years (article)

Herbert Shaw, "A Croydon Brewery," Brewery History 131 (2009): 2-18.  Operating under various names from 1586 (or earlier) to 1936.

Scandinavian brewing history (articles)

Most of the British publication Brewery History, no. 121 (2009) consists of a special Scandinavian theme.

Siri Aanstad, "Introduction: the Scandinavian Brewing Industry" (26-28)

Siri Aanstad, "A Small, Global Adventure: Mapping Norwegian Beer Exports in the 19th Century" (29-50)

Martin Jes Iversen and Andrew Arnold, "Carlsberg: From Exporter to an Integrated Multinational Enterprise" (51-62)

Martin Jes Iversen, "Carlsberg and the Cartels" (63-67)

Peter Sandberg, "The Pressure of New Innovations on Transnational Cartels and Trade Organisations: The Tin Can and the Increased Competition between the Swedish and Danish Brewing Industries since the 1950s" (68-85)

"Beer Y'All," documentary film about North Carolina craft breweries

The documentary film, "Beer Y'All," visits 27 craft breweries in North Carolina.  Its first showing will be on Mary 21, 2009, at the western city of Asheville, home to many craft breweries. For more, see here.

China's ancient breweries: spirits and rice wine (article)

Li Kai, “China’s Ancient Breweries: A Tradition Thriving in Towns from the Yangtze to Yunnan Province,” China Today 58/4 (April 2009): 48-52.

Beer Wars (film)

The website blog of US News & World Report provides an interview between beer historian Amy Mittelman and film director Anat Baron here.  It also offers an unenthusiastic review of the film (Beer Wars) by Amy Mittelman here. Anat Baron, herself a teetotaler, focuses on craft brewers, specifically Rhonda Kallman who created the caffeinated beer Moonshot and Sam Calagione of rapidly growing Dogfish Head Brewery.

Flintshire pubs and breweries (book)

David Rowe, Flintshire Pubs and Breweries (History Press, Ltd., forthcoming 2009).

Brewery in England (article)

Tim Holt, "Belvoir Brewery, Old Dalton, Leicestershire," Brewery History 130 (2009): 86-90.  Illustrated.