Alcohol and Drugs History Society

Brewing in Wales (book)

Lyn Ebenezer, The Thirsty Dragon (Llanrwst: Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2006). Elsewhere publication date is listed as 2007. A short book, a little over 100 pages, by a Welsh journalist and broadcaster.

MillerCoors merger

On her blog Amy Mittelman discusses the launching today (July 1, 2008) of the newly merged MillerCoors.

InBev history since 1988

InBev history can be dated from a defensive merger between two Belgian breweries in 1988. If its bid for Anheuser-Busch succeeds, it will become the world's largest brewery company. For more, see here.

McCain could have a conflict brewing

Presidential candidate John McCain could have a problem if elected. As a senator he has recused himself from votes on alcohol questions because of the huge beer distributorship that his wife controls. As president, this would be impossible. See the Los Angeles Times article here.

Celebrating beer in Oregon

The McMenamin family, owners of a small empire of pubs, taverns and other places where drink can be found, celebrated the 25th anniversary of its enterprise with the brewing of a special ale (with 79 ingredients, a figure that would make Bavarians blush). Fred Eckhardt, "Portland's Godfather of good beer," led invited guests in the temperance song, "Away with Rum by Gum." For more, see here.

Steve Hindy now president of the Beer Institute

At her blog Amy Mittelman reports that Steve Hindy, a craft brewer (founder of Brooklyn), has succeeded August Busch IV as president of the Beer Institute, successor organization to the venerable United States Brewers Association. She also discusses changes in the American brewing industry during the 22-year life of the Beer Institute. On another topic she reports that Mark Noon, author of a recent history of Yuengling, is now writing about baseball and beer. (I should add that Kevin Grace, archivist at the University of Cincinnati, also works on that topic, combining his enthusiasms for sport history and the history of beer and brewing.) For more, see here.

Anheuser-Busch acknowledges $46 billion InBev take-over bid

After weeks of rumors, Belgium-based InBev has made a formal bid to take over American-based Anheuser-Busch at a price of over $46 billions. For more, see here. InBev is the world's second-largest brewing company while Anheuser-Busch is the world's third-largest. By volume, the largest brewer is SABMiller.

Ale and advertising in late Victorian and Edwardian England (article)

Jonathan Reinarz, "Promoting the Pint: Ale and Advertising in late Victorian and Edwardian England," Social History of Alcohol and Drugs 22/1 (Fall 2007): 26-44.

How Mexican brewers might be affected by ImBev's bid for Anheuser-Busch

The bid by Belgian brewer ImBev for the American brewer Anheuser-Busch may affect the Mexican brewing industry. Nearly all of Mexico's beer is brewed by either Modelo (which brews Corona) or Femsa (which brews Dos Equis). Anheuser-Busch owns half of Modelo. Possibiities include ImBev taking over the Anheuser-Busch half of Modelo, Modelo buying out Anheuser-Busch's half, or Anheuser-Busch buying the other half of Modelo to make an ImBev take-over too expensive. Whatever happens, Femsa probably becomes a take-over target for a non-Mexican brewery company. For more, see here.

ImBev to take over Anheuser-Busch?

Belgium-based brewing company ImBev is weighing a take over of American brewing company Anheuser-Busch for an estimated 46 billion US dollars. For details, see here. The decline of the US dollar compared with the Euro makes the deal more feasible. At this point, it remains only speculation. The story appears to have originated in a (London) Financial Times blog.

Brewing in wartime Britain (article)

Frank Pike, "Hall and Woodhouse Limited: The War Years, 1939-1945, Part II," Brewery History: The Journal of the Brewery History Society 127 (2008): 32-70. Part III forthcoming.

Goldings hops in late 18th cent. Britain (article)

Martyn Cornell, "The Mysterious Mr. Golding," Brewing History: The Journal of the Brewery History Society 127 (2008): 27-31.

Guinness biography and history (book review essay)

Martyn Cornell, in Brewery History: The Journal of the Brewery History Society 127 (2008): 75-80.  Review of Patrick Guinness, Arthur's Round: The Life and Times of Brewing Legend Arthur Guinness (London: Peter Owen, 2008); Bill Yenne, Guinness: The 250-Year Quest for the Perfect Pint (Hoboken: John Wiley, 2007).

Growth at Boston Beer Company, maker of Samuel Adams

Despite problems in the national economy in general and in the beer industry in particular, one of the largest craft breweries is faring well. In 2007 Boston Beer Company increased sales by 17% and revenues by 21%. It now is #26 in the Globe 100, a ranking of Massachusetts businesses. (In fact, much of Boston Beer's Samuel Adams brand is brewed in Cincinnati, Ohio, the hometown of its CEO.) For more, see here.

Hops shortage and the law of supply and demand

Over the last several decades the low price of hops has forced many farmers to change to other crops. Today's high price for hops may encourage the planting of more hops. In the United States most hops are grown near Yakima, Washington State. In 1950 there were about 515 American hops growers, in 2000 there were 75, and today there are only 45. In the Yakima district about 8500 acres currently are planted with hops. In Germany, the principal hops growing country, there are about 2,500,000 acres of hops. For more, see here.

Brewing and distilling on Prince Edward Island (article)

Edward MacDonald and Carolyn (Roberts) McQuaid, "Spiritual Liquors": Brewing and Distilling in 19th Century Charlottetown," Island Magazine 58 (2005): 32-39.

Molson Coors profit tops expectations

Molson Coors brewing reports higher than expected profits. Why? Despite increased cost of ingredients, higher prices and increased volume, combined with a US dollar sinking, produced the profits that topped expectations. For more, see here.

Allied Brewery archive

From Pub History Society Newsletter, summer 2004:

ALLIED BREWERIES ARCHIVE. (Appendix)

[this is a bit out of date as, for instance, the Bass Museum has closed or will be soon; probably Scottish Courage (Bristol) will follow]

List of deposits by county.

England:
Berkshire: (1 box)

Reading RO - Property deeds and papers Reading area

Bedfordshire: (4 boxes)

Bedford RO - Proctors Leighton Buzzard Brewery

Property deeds and papers Bedford area
Birmingham: (14 boxes)

Birmingham Central Library - Ansells Brewery Ltd

- Holt Brewery Co. Ltd

- Showell’s Brewery Ltd

Buckinghamshire: (5 boxes)

Aylesbury RO - Aylesbury Brewery Company

- Chesham & Brackley Breweries Ltd

- Thomas Parsons Lion Brewery, Princes Risborough

- Roberts & Wilson Ltd, Ivinghoe

- W & G Weller, Amersham

- Aston Clinton Brewery

- Dagnall Brewery

Cheshire: (12 boxes)

Chester RO - Lonsdale & Adshead Ltd

- North Cheshire Brewery Co Ltd

- Woolf’s Ltd

Cumbria: (1 box delivered to Kendal RO and believed split as shown)

Barrow RO - Furness Bottling Co.Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Barrow

Whitehaven RO - Property deeds and papers Whithaven

Carlisle RO - Property deeds and papers Carlisle

Kendal RO - Property deeds and papers Ambleside

Derbyshire: (6 boxes)

Matlock RO - Strettons Derby Brewery Ltd

- Alton & Co Ltd

- Peacock Hotel (Rowsley) Ltd

- St Crispin Rum Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Derbyshire

Devon: (4 boxes)

Plymouth RO - New Victoria Brewery Ltd

- Octagon Brewery Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Plymouth

Exeter RO - Vallences Brewery Co Ltd

Dorset: (1 box)

Dorchester RO - Club share certificates, Bournemouth area

Durham: (1 box)

Durham RO - Property deeds and papers Darlington

Essex: (24 boxes)

Chelmsford RO - Ward & Sons Ltd

- Chelmsford Brewery (Wells & Perry) Ltd

- Ind Coope Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Essex

Colchester RO - Colchester Brewing Co Ltd

- Free Rodwell & Co Ltd

- Charrington, Nicholl & Co Ltd

Gloucestershire: (1 box)

Gloucester RO - Pub deeds

- Northgate Brewery

Bristol RO - Property deeds and papers Bristol area

Hampshire: (2 boxes)

Portsmouth RO - George Peters Ltd

- J J Young Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Portsmouth

Southampton RO - Hibberts (Home Sales) Ltd

Herefordshire: (1 box)

Hereford RO - Property deeds and papers Herefordshire

Hertfordshire: (28 boxes)

Hertford RO - Benskins Watford Brewery Ltd

- Well’s Watford Brewery Ltd

- M A Sedgwick & Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Hertfordshire

Kent: (27 boxes)

West Malling RO - Budden & Biggs Brewery Ltd

- Bushell Watkins & Smith Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Kent

Lancashire: (1 box)

Preston RO - Henry Blazzard Ltd, Burnley

Bolton RO - Property deeds and papers Bolton

Leicestershire: (5 boxes)

Leicester RO - All Saints’ Brewery Co Ltd

- Midland Brewery Co Ltd

- Grand Hotels (Leicester) Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Leicestershire

Lincolnshire: (1 box)

Lincoln RO - Property deeds and papers Lincolnshire

London: (45 boxes)

London Metropolitan Archive - Cannon Brewery Co Ltd

- Taylor Walker & Co Ltd

- Mile End Distillery/Curtis Distillers/J & W

Nicholson/Curtis Nicholson Ltd

- Orangeboom Breweries UK Ltd

- Pioneer Trading Co Ltd

- Thorne Bros Ltd

- Ind Coope (London) Ltd

- Alperton Bottling Co Ltd

- Vauxhall Brewery Co Ltd

- Victoria Wine Co Ltd and 26 assoc companies

- John Lovibond & Sons Ltd

- Claude General Neon Light Co Ltd

- Meux’s Brewery Co Ltd

- Burge & Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers London and Middlesex

Manchester: (7 boxes)

Manchester City Archive - Queens Hotel Ltd

- E. Halliday & Son Ltd

- Ind Coope (North West) Ltd

- Property deeds and papers City of Manchester

Merseyside: (3 boxes)

Merseyside/Liverpool RO -Garston Bottling Co

- Houldings Brewery Ltd

- Healey & Co Ltd

- Walker Cain Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Liverpool

Northamptonshire: (1 box)

Northampton RO - Hopcraft & Norris Ltd

- Maltings Peterborough Ltd

Northumberland: (1 box)

Northumberland RO, Newcastle - Property deeds and papers Alnwick Bry Co.

Nottinghamshire: (1 box)

Nottinghamshire RO - Pub deeds Nottingham

Oxfordshire: (2 boxes)

Oxford RO - Hall’s Oxford Brewery Ltd

Shropshire: (4 boxes)

Shrewsbury RO - Barges Flax Mill/Shropshire Maltings etc

- Trouncer & Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Shropshire

Staffordshire: (100 boxes)

Bass Museum - Ind Coope Ltd

- Samuel Allsopp & Co Ltd

- Ind Coope & Allsopp Ltd

- Allied Breweries Ltd

- Robinson’s Brewery Ltd

- Bindley & Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Burton

Lichfield RO - Lichfield Brewing Co Ltd

- B.Grant & Co Ltd

- Samuel Allsopp & Sons Ltd (pub deeds only

outside Burton area)

Stoke RO - Parker’s Burslem Brewery Ltd

Stafford RO - Showells Brewery (deeds pubs in Staffs)

Suffolk: (1 box)

Bury St Edmonds RO - Property deeds and papers Suffolk

- Agreements Ind Coope/Tolly/Adnams

Lowestoft RO - Property deeds Lowestoft area

Surrey: (7 boxes)

Croydon RO - Nadler & Collyer’s Brewery Ltd

Sutton RO - Boorne & Co Ltd

Woking RO - Friary Holroyd & Healy Ltd

- Friary Meux Ltd

- Guildford Holdings Ltd

- Catering Houses Ltd

- Lascelles, Tickner & Co ltd

- Property deeds and papers Surrey

Teesside: (1 box)

Middlesborough RO - Property deeds and papers Middlesbrough, Redcar and

Stockton

Tyne & Wear: (1 box)

Tyne & Wear RO - William Jackson (Sunderland) Ltd

(Newcastle) - Property deeds and papers Tyne & Wear

Warwickshire: (2 boxes)

Warwick RO - Lucas & Co Ltd

- Hotel Leofric

- Property deeds and papers, Coventry

Wolverhampton: (2 boxes)

Wolverhampton RO - Mount Hotel (Compton)

- Property deeds and papers, Wolverhampton

Worcestershire: (1 box)

Worcester RO - Property deeds and papers, Worcestershire

Yorkshire West: (20 boxes)

Leeds RO - Leeds City Brewery Ltd

- Leeds & Batley Breweries Ltd

- Bankfield Hotel (Bingley) Ltd

- R P Brindley & Co Ltd

- J W Hemingway Ltd

- Leeds & Wakefield Breweries Ltd (Melbourne Brewery)

- Golden Acre Park Ltd

- Parkway Hotel Ltd

- Armley Brewery Ltd

- Thomas Ramsden & SonsLtd

- Reaney & Greaves Ltd

- Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd

- Tetley Walker Ltd

- Ind Coope (Leeds) Ltd

-\Ind Coope/Allsopps/Ind Coope & Allsopp

Property deeds and papers West Yorkshire

Yorkshire East: (1 box)

East Riding RO (Hull) - Property deeds and papers East Yorkshire

- Linsley & Co Ltd

Yorkshire North: (3 boxes)

Northallerton RO - Chas Rose

- Phil Fawcett Ltd

- Property deeds and papers

York City Archives - Property deeds and papers City of York

Yorkshire South: (2 boxes)

Sheffield RO - Duncan Gilmore & Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Sheffield

Doncaster RO - Planet Trading Co Ltd

- J H Cook & Co Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Doncaster

Wales:
Record Offices/Archives/Museums (7 boxes)

Anglesey RO (Llangefni) - Property deeds and papers Anglesey

Gwynedd Archives (Caernarfon) - Property deeds and papers Caernarfonshire

Carmarthenshire Archives (Carmarthen) - Property deeds and papers Carmarthen

Conwy Archives (Llandudno) - Property deeds former parts of Caernarfonshire and Denbighshire.

Denbighshire RO (Ruthin) - Papers regarding land in Prestatyn

Flintshire RO (Hawarden) - Property deeds and papers Flintshire

Glamorgan RO (Cardiff) - Cardiff Hotel Co

- Property deeds and papers Glamorgan

Gwent RO (Cwnbran) -Lloyd & Yorath/ Lloyds (Newport) Ltd/ Ind Coope

(South Wales) Ltd

- Property deeds and papers Monmouth

Merionnydd(neth) Archive (Dolgellau) - Property deeds and papers Merioneth

Pembrokeshire RO (Haverfordwest) - Property deeds and papers Pembrokeshire

Powys Archive - (Llandrindod Wells) - Property deeds and papers Montgomery

Radnor and Brecon

West Glamorgan Record Office (Swansea) - Property deeds and papers Swansea area.

Wrexham Archive/Museum - Wrexham Lager Beer Company

Scotland:
Scottish Brewing Archive (18 boxes)

Glasgow University - Alloa Bottling Co Ltd

- Archibald Arroll & Sons Ltd

- Alloa Brewery Co Ltd

- Ushers Brewery Ltd

- Lorimer’s Brewery Ltd

National
National Monuments Record Centre (8 boxes)

Swindon Office - Allied Breweries pub slides collection

Dispersal of former Allied Breweries archives (article)

The present whereabouts of materials in the former Allied Breweries archive are listed in the Pub History Society Newsletter, Summer 2004.  This reference courtesy of Paul Jennings, The Local: A History of the English Pub (Stroud: Tempus, 2007).

Not enough bottles and barrels (1933)

A newspaper story recounts the arrival of 3.2 beer in California's bay area in 1933. There was plenty of beer available at the breweries, but prospective drinkers were frustrated by a shortage of bottles and barrels to get the beer to them.

Apartheid and the malted beer industry in South Africa (article)

Anne Kelk Mager, "Apartheid and business: Competition, monopoly and the growth of the malted beer industry in South Africa," Business History 50/3 (May 2008): 272-290. The text of one of her related articles (Past & Present 188 [2005]: 163-194) is available online.

Oasthouses and hops in Kent (book)

Alan Major, The Oasthouses: Their Life and Times (2006).

Redruth brewery in Cornwall, England (article)

Peter Joseph, "The Redruth Brewery, 1742-2004," Journal of the Trevithick Society 33 (2006): 3-60. Listed by Ray Anderson in Brewery History Society Newsletter 41 (Spring 2008). The Trevithick Society is dedicated to the preservation and study of Cornwall's industrial heritage.

Brewed in America reprint

Stanley Baron, Brewed In America: The History of Beer and Ale in the United States (1962) has been reprinted again, this time by BeerBooks.com in 2006.

Carlisle state management scheme (book)

Olive Seabury, The Carlisle State Management Scheme: Its Ethos and Architecture (Bookcase Carlisle, 2007). Special attention to the public houses designed by Henry Redfern.

Bob Skilnik on brewing in Chicago (book)

Bob Skilnik, Beer: A History of Brewing in Chicago (Barricade Books, 2006). See below for detailed TOC.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part I -- In the Beginning

Chapter 1
Chicago’s Pioneer Breweries, 1833-1860 -- Haas and Sulzer * William Ogden Brewer * William Lill * Lill & Diversey * Charitable Contributions * Competing Chicago Breweries * Lager Beer * Chicago's First Brewpub * Milwaukee Competition

Chapter 2
The Lager Beer Riot -- Economic Difficulties * The Rise of Immigration * The Rise of Nativism in Chicago * Levi Boone * The Lager Beer Riot

Chapter 3
Chicago's Developing Brewery Trade, 1860-1885 -- Civil War Years * Growth and Consolidation of Early Breweries * The Chicago Fire * Technological Advances * Mechanical Refrigeration * Beer Schools and Advances in Beer Stability * Early Bottling Efforts * Malting Improvements * Brewery Architecture * Professional Brewer's Organizations * Brewer Publications * The Origin of the Prohibition Party

Chapter 4
Brewer Influence Grows, 1870-1900 -- New Breweries, Consolidations * Milwaukee versus Chicago * The Good Life * The Cardinal * Brewer Philanthropists * Political Influence * Sunday Closings, Part II * The People's Party * The Election of 1873

Chapter 5
Unionization, 1886-1900 -- Working Conditions in Chicago Breweries * Wages and Benefits * Labor Troubles * Brewery Workers Strike * The Strike Collapses * An Eyewitness Account

Chapter 6
The Syndicates, 1889-1900 -- The British Are Coming * The Selling Continues * Investors Build More Breweries * Troubles for the Syndicates * The Beer Wars in Chicago * American-Styled Lager Beer * Fears of the Milwaukee Brewers * Tied Houses * The World's Fair of 1893 * The Beer Wars Continue * Local Investors Consolidate * Troubles Continue for the Syndicated Breweries

Chapter 7
The Saloons, 1875-1910 -- Placing the Beer * The Harper High License Act * Saloons Increase in Number in Chicago * Saloon Failures * Schlitz's Tied-House Policy * The Free Lunch * Dance Halls * Slot Machines * Beer Deliveries * Saloon and Brewery Revenues * Corruption

Part II -- Pre-Prohibition

Chapter 8
Rebirth, 1900-1905 -- The Industry Regroups * The War Tax * Harmony in the Industry * Preparing for the Future * Effects on Related Trades * Peace with the Local Unions

Chapter 9
Early Prohibition Efforts, 1900-1917 -- The Anti-Saloon League * The Brewers and Their Saloon Connections * Comfort Stations * Saloons and the Working Class * Liquor License Fee Increased * Bottled Beer Consumption Increases * Dry Referendum * Controversial Visits * Bottled versus Draft * Thompson's Betrayal * Thompson's Reasons for the Closings * Sunday Closings, Part II * Habeus Corpus Anderson * The Brewers React * The Wet Parade * Concessions from the Brewers

Chapter 10
Wartime Prohibition, 1917-1919 -- Congressional Actions * The German Brewers and World War I * Ratification of the Eighteenth Amendment *1919 Referendum * Chicago Reacts to the Wartime Prohibition Bill * Good-Bye to Beer * The Illinois Search and Seizure Act * Local Brewers Go On the Offensive * Early Effects of No Beer in Chicago

Part III, National Prohibition

Chapter 11
The Torrio Era, 1919-1925 -- The Milwaukee Invasion * Torrio and John Stenson * Dever Elected * The O'Connor Shooting * Dever's Beer War * The Bootleggers' Counteroffensive * Brewery Raids * Decent Dever * Saloon and Soda Parlor Shutdowns * Wets Counterattack * Events Leading to the Sieben Raid * Dion O'Banion * O'Banion's Betrayal * The Raid * Needle Beer * Torrio's Revenge * Assassination Attempt on Torrio * Torrio Relinquishes Control to Capone

Chapter 12
The Capone Era, 1926-1931 -- Capone's Wildcat Breweries * A Chicago Wort Bust * Homebrewing Gets Tougher * Capone's Peace Conference * Securing New Accounts * The End of the Dever Administration * Big Bill, Part II * Thompson's Win * Eliot Ness * Brewery Raids * Thompson Campaigns Against Federal Intervention * The Untouchables Continue Their Raids * Agent Ness Beats His Drum * Capone Indicted * Thompson Defeated

Chapter 13
New Beer's Eve, April 7, 1933 -- The Beginning of the End * 3.2 Percent Beer * New Retail Outlets for Beer * The City Gets Ready for 3.2 Percent Beer * When's the Party Begin? * 12:01 A.M. ? * A Warning from the City * Beer and Food * New Beer's Eve * In the Loop * At the Speakeasies * Back at the Breweries * Supplies Start Running Short * Where Did All the Beer Come From? * Economic Success

Chapter 14
The Morning After, 1933 -- The Mob and the Local Breweries * Protecting the Legal Breweries * Joe Fusco * The Brewers React * Good-Bye Nickel Beer * Illinois Readies Its Vote for Repeal * Illinois's Repeal Election * Election Day * Election Results * The Repeal Convention

Part IV, Post-Prohibition

Chapter 15
The Pre-War Years, 1933-1940 -- Early Problems * The Shipping Brewers * Brand Loyalty * Mob Influences Continue * Union Takeovers * Lou Greenberg * Repeal * Strong Beer Returns * Packaged Beer * Post-Repeal Fatalities

Chapter 16
The War Years And Beyond, 1941-1968 -- Local Advertising * Early Effects of the War * The Peter Fox Brewing Company * War Efforts of Chicago Breweries * The Challenges of the Postwar Years * New Realities of the Small Brewer * A Reprieve * The Sins of the Past * Pact with the Devil * The Early Fifties * Troubles at Fox * Less Filling, Taste Great? * Death of Lou Greenberg * Mob Influences Continue * Monarch's Augsburger * Black Pride Beer

Chapter 17
Meister Brau/Peter Hand, 1965-1978 -- New Directions * Diversification * Glory Days at Meister Brau * Financial Problems Continue * Burgermeister Failure * Begging of the End * It's Miller Time * Bankruptcy * The Peter Hand Brewery

Part V, Aftermath

Chapter 18
When You’re Out of Schlitz… -- A Clean Slate * Battleground Chicago * Problems at Schlitz * Reformulation * Caris Associated, Incorporated * Geocaris Struggles

Chapter 19
Schlitz, Part II -- More Problems for Schlitz * The Beginning of the End for Schlitz * Good-Bye Gusto * The "Drink Schlitz of I'll Kill You" Campaign * Geocaris versus Schlitz * Schlitz Today

Chapter 20
God’s Country -- The Little Brewery That Could * Market Segmentation * Heileman Goes National * Heileman and Schlitz * Schlitz Accepts * Pabst, the Spoiler * The Justice Department Steps In * A New Approach

Chapter 21
Heileman Marches On -- Heileman and Pabst, Part I * Olympia Beer * The Heileman, Pabst, Olympia Swap-A-Thon * Cleary's Southern Campaign * Problems Emerge * Old Style Loses Chicago Market Share * Birth of Light Beer * Lite Beer from Miller * What Goes Around, Comes Around

Chapter 22
"No, Mr. Bond. I Expect You To Buy!" -- Cleary Sells Heileman * Bond Takes the Bait * Alan Bond * Cleary Resigns * Troubles for Bond * G. Heileman Regroups

Chapter 23
Here We Go Again -- Hicks, Muse to the Rescue * The Stroh Regime * The Beginning of the End

Chapter 24
Beer and Politics in Chicago -- Strange Brew * The King of Beers * NAACP Says "No" to Jackson * Jackson Lawsuit * The Boycott Drags On * The Boycott Ends * Anheuser-Busch and Jackson Today * What Goes Around, Comes Around---Or Does It? * G. Heileman's PowerMaster * The Fed Stops PowerMaster * St. Ides

Chapter 25
New Casualties, New Beginnings -- Historical Precedence * Non Portability of Product/Poor Distribution * Pavichevich Brewing Company * Poor Quality Products * The Chicago Brewing Company * Little or No Advertising Efforts * Advertising and Distribution Problems * Underfunded Operations * Pavichevich Brewing * Chicago Brewing Company * No Brand Loyalty * Goose Island

Epilogue

Glossary

Brand Logos

Appendix of Chicago Breweries

Bibliography

Anheuser-Busch Companies

Beer Business Daily

Beer Marketer's Insights

BOSS

Brewers Association Beertown

Brookston Beer Bulletin

Chicago Beer Society

Goose Island Beer Company

InBev

Miller Brewing Co.

Molson Coors Brewing Company

National Beer Wholesalers Association

Rate Beer

The Beer Institute

Three Floyds

Two Brothers Brewing Company

Joel Stein tours Denver-area craft breweries

Writing in Time, 21 April 2008, pp. 59-61, Joel Stein explores the craft beer scene in Denver and thereabouts where he drank many brews over three days.  He argues that although Portland, Oregon, has more microbreweries, the Denver area (the Napa of beer) is the best place for brewery touring.  It is the site of the annual Great American Beer Festival.  It also has America's first chief beer officer, Scott Kerkmans, who designs the Best Beers program for the hotel chain, Four Points by Sheraton.  Kerkmans gave Stein a personal tour.  It included Left Hand Brewing at Longmont, near Boulder; Oscar Blues, a brewery-restaurant-country bar in Lyons; Avery Brewing in Boulder; Wynkoop Brewing, a microbrewery restaurant in Denver; and many others such as Great Divide Brewing and Breckenridge BBQ & Brewpub.  Before flying home, Stein had a drink at the Bull & Bush microbrewery, a British-style pub.

Amy Mittelman's weekly musings on beer and brewing (website)

Amy Mittelman, author of Brewing Battles, offers on her website a section called "musings" which she updates every week or so. For instance, it recently looked at the 75th anniversary of the end of National Prohibition, in the sense of making the purchase of low alcohol beer legal. Among other things, the section "musings" explained the relationship (or lack of relationship) between her book and that by Maureen Ogle, published slightly earlier. Dr. Mittelman deliberately didn't read the Ogle book before completing her own. Rooted in a Columbia Ph.D. dissertation, Mittelman's distinctively emphasizes the relationship between the American brewing industry and the Federal Government.

75 Years after the end of National Prohibition

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch looks at the end of National Prohibition and the drinks industry since then here.

Beer and presidential candidate John McCain

CNN Politics provides a detailed article about the connection between presidential candidate John McCain and the American brewing industry, specifically Anheuser-Busch. The connection is through his wife whose beer-based fortune is estimated at more than $100 millions. For more, see here.

Bible Belt home brewers defy the law

In Alabama home brewers defy the law. They rarely are prosecuted. For details, see here.

Hops scarce and expensive, so smaller craft brewers suffer

A shortage of hops has increased prices. Even at the higher prices, hops are often unavailable for smaller craft brewers. For more, see here.

Raw materials in German brewing (article)

Lietz, Peter:
"Die Roh- und Zusatzstoffe in der Geschichte der Bierherstellung." In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Brauwesens (GGB) 2004, pp.133-195.
(Raw materials in the history of brewing)

Water supply in German beer production (article)

Freudenthal, Gunter:
"Die Wasserversorgung der Brauwirtschaft vom 14. Jahrhundert bis zur Industrialisierung in den deutschen Küstenstädten." In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Brauwesens (GGB) 2001, pp.53-95.
(The water supply in beer production from 14th c. to the age of industrialization)

Did the Celts already use hops? (article)

Gambari, Filippo M.:
"Verwendeten die Kelten schon Hopfen?." In: Jahrbuch der Gesellschaft für die Geschichte des Brauwesens (GGB) 2006, pp.179-197.
(Did the Celts already use hops?)

Drink and transatlantic progressivism (book)

David W. Gutzke, ed., Britain and Transnational Progressivism (Palgrave Macmillan, forthcoming September 2008).

Table of contents

Introduction / F.M.L. Thompson
Historians and Progressivism / David W. Gutzke
Britain and Transnational Progressivism / David W. Gutzke
The Civic Ideal: Glasgow and the United States, 1880-1920 / Bernard Aspinwall
Democracy and Drink / Bernard Aspinwall
Transatlantic Progressivism in Women’s Temperance and Suffrage / Ian Tyrrell
Britain’s "Social Housekeepers" / David W. Gutzke
Social Settlement Houses: The Educated Women of Glasgow and Chicago / Robert Hamilton

Coors closes Bass Museum

The American brewer Coors (which purchased the English brewer Bass a few years ago) has decided to close the visitor center, formerly known as the Bass Museum, at Burton-upon-Trent, to save money. For more, see here.

Learning from "Brewing Battles" (book review)

For a favorable review of Amy Mittelman's Brewing Battles, see the blog Appelation Beer here. By the way, the reviewer notes that April 7, 2008 will mark the 75th anniversary of the legal production of beer in the USA. Finally, Amy Mittelman has her own beer blog here.

Brewery of Palouse, Washington (article)

Herman W. Ronnenberg, "The Brewery of Palouse, Washington," Bunchgrass Historian 32/1 (2006): 4-11. Whitman County.

Major brewers in USA offer flavored beers

To compete with the small breweries the big ones have decided to sell flavored beer. For Anheuser-Busch it will be Bud Light Lime. For Miller, it will be Miller Chill, flavored with lime and salt. Coors offer seasonal flavors in its Blue Moon brand. See USA Today, 3 March 2008.

Early beer brewing in Rhodesia (article)

Peter Sternberg, "Early History of Beer Brewing in Rhodesia," Heritage of Zimbabwe no. 23 (2004): 140-146.

Minnesota brewing (article)

Moira F. Harris, "Restoring the eagles in East Grand Forks," American Breweriana Journal 134 (March-April 2005).

Mittelman's Brewing Battles (book review)

George Lenker reviews Amy Mittelman, Brewing Battles: A History of American Beer (NY: Algora Publishing, 2008) here.

CAMRA in Canada

The Campaign for Real Ale, founded in Britain in the early 1970s, has a few Canadian affiliates. CAMRA in Vancouver considers real ale something like slow food, quality instead of commercialized mediocrity. For more, see here.

Reaction of America's big breweries to microbreweries in the 1980s and 1990s (thesis)

John Patrick Melika, "The New Brew: The Reaction of America's Big Breweries to the Microbrew Revolution of the 1980s and 90s" (honors thesis, University of Oregon, 2007).

Big Beers from Smuttynose

When the craft beer market fell sharply in 1996, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire brewer, Smuttynose, was advised to make their beers taste more like mainstream ones. Instead in 1998 Smuttynose began its Big Beer series, beers high in alcohol and flavor. The new strategy succeeded. A reviewer particularly praised Baltic Porter. For more, see here.

Vintage beer from Denmark at $400 per bottle

The Danish brewer Carlsberg now offers a vintage beer at $400 per bottle. Jacobsen Vintage No. 1 2008 is 10.5% alcohol and can age in the bottle for ten to fifteen years. It is a barley wine, based on a nineteenth-century English strong ale. For more, see here.

Anheuser-Busch profits reaches 12%

Improving beer sales raise Anheuser-Busch profits to 12%. For more, see here.

Carlsberg and Heineken to buy and break up Scottish & Newcastle

The Danish brewer Carlsberg and the Dutch brewer Heineken have jointly offered over 15 billion dollars to purchase the British brewer Scottish & Newcastle which they then will divide. Carlsberg hopes to strengthen its position in Russia, while Heineken will focus on Western Europe.

Brewery History, no. 126 (2007)

In addition to its Newsletter (most recently, Christmas 2007, no. 40), the Brewery History Society publishes a journal with illustrated and footnoted articles and book reviews that today is called Brewery History. It most recent issue is no. 126 (2007)

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Rob Woolley, "Sidney Milnes Hawkes and the Swan Brewery, Walham Green, c. 1850"

Humphrey Jackson, "An Account of the Discovery of the Manner of Making Isinglass in Russia; with a Particular Description of its Manufacture in England, from the Produce of British Fisheries"

Frank Pike, Hall and Woodhouse Limited: The War Years, 1939-1945"

Peter Dyer, "Randle Holmes and 17th Century Brewing, Malting and Coopering Terminology"

Mary Miles, review of Somerset Pubs by Andrew Swift and Kirsten Elliott (Bath: Akeman Press, 2007)

John Greenaway, review of The Local: A History of the English Pub by Paul Jennings (Stroud: Tempus, 2007)

David W . Gutzke, JBHS Bibliography. It includes such publications as Victor F. Gammon, Desire, Drink and Death on English Folk and Vernacular Song, 1600-1900 (Ashgare: Aldershot, 2007), notably the essay titled "Nothing Like Drinking: English Spectacular Song and Strong Drink."

Destroying brewing history in Seattle

In the early 1900s Seattle Brewing and Malting, in Georgetown, Washington (now part of Seattle) was the sixth largest brewery in the world. It brewed Rainier until state law banned making beer in 1916. Now its complex of buildings is being turned into apartments, offices, and shops. As an exception the old Stock Building, which had stored barrels, is being torn down. For more, see here.

Susannah Waters on Scottish brewing history

Ronnie Scott (Scotsman: Heritage & Culture, 12 January 2008) summarizes a talk at Alloa about Scottish brewing history by Susannah Waters, archivist at the Scottish Brewing Archive, University of Glasgow. Today Alloa has but a single brewery. By the way, Waters recently gave a talk at the Hunterian Museum (ca. 2005) about "Tennants' Lager Lovelies: Beer and Advertising." Apparently it was published, but I lack details. For more about the Alloa talk, see here. About the "Lager Lovelies," part of Tennants' advertising, also see Lager Lovelies: The Story Benind the Glamour, by Charles Schofield and Antony Kamm (Glasgow: Richard Drew Publishing, 1984).

National Brewing Library (UK) answers enquiries

The website says that we welcome enquiries about the National Brewing Library and its contents, by email, post, fax or telephone.

While our prime responsibility is to support members of Oxford Brookes University and the Institute of Brewing and Distilling, we are happy to carry out an initial search for members of the public who have an interest in the collection. We are also able to offer a photocopying service, provided this is for non-commercial purposes.

We are not able to offer an in-depth enquiry service but members of the public who have a valid interest are welcome to apply to use the National Brewing Library, to carry out their own research in more detail. Please see information about access to the Collection

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Brewery History Society Newsletter 40 (Xmas 2007)

The Brewery History Society Newsletter No 40 (Xmas 2007) includes a brief article on India Pale Ale by Brian Gates, much news gleaned from the press (for instance, that no research scientists now work at any UK brewery), a report on recent historical articles, accompanied by sharp critiques by Ray Anderson, and a variety of other news, questions/answers. For instance, Pete Brown reports that he has been commisioned to write a history of India Pale Ale. The UK publisher will be Pan Macmillan.

Brewers in Buckinghamshire (book)

Mike Brown, ABC: A Brewers' Compendium: A Directory of Buckinghamshire Brewers (Brewery History Society Publication, 2007). 208 pages, indexed. Based in part on the Allied Brewery and Whitbread papers. Identifies about 200 pubs that brewed, as well as beweries such ABC, Chesham and Brackley, Wethereds, Hipwells, Roberts & Wilson, and Wells and Wheelers..

British beer mats (book)

British beer mats began in the 1920s, with Quarmby's being the largest mat printer. There now is A Guide to Collecting Beermats, by Ian Calvert (apparently published by the author in 2007). It includes a chapter on the Mat Collectors Society.

Trappist beers

Harry van Royen recently published in Dutch a 64-page booklet on the history of the brewery at the Trappist monastery Westvleteren in Belgium.

Craft brewers and distributors

Courtesy of David Trippel, an article about a small Michigan craft brewer fighting for a say about distribution. For more, see here.

Greene King brewer interviewed

Occasioned by Suffolk Strong vintage ale being named the World's Best Wood-Aged Beer (by the World Beer Awards), brewer John Bexton of Greene King was interviewed here.

Dutch brewer biography: Freddy Heineken (book)

Anne-Mieke Schutten, Geef mij maar een slappe whisky: Freddy Heineken, een biografische schets (Soesterberg, Netherlands: Aspekt, 2007).

Stegmier (1857-1974): regional brewery situated at Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

William C. Kashatus, who teaches history at a local community college, tells the story of a defunct Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania business, Stegmier Brewery.  Established in 1857, it survived until 1974.  It was a regional brewery which sold beer throughout the northeastern states, but not a national brewery.  At its peak, it was the third largest brewery in the state and the twentieth largest in the USA.  For more, see here.

Adaptation of legal alcohol industries during National Prohibition (article)

Thomas Welskopp, "Bis an die Grenzen des Gesetzes: Die Reaktion der Legalen Alkoholwirtschaft auf die 'National Prohibition' in den USA, 1920 bis 1933," Zeitschrift fuer Unternehmensgeschichte 52/1 (2007): 3-32.

Beer brands confusing in USA

In Forbes, Jack Trout complains that the big American brewers ignore a basic rule of marketing by creating a profusion of brands with similar names. He adds that they may be sensible in keeping the name of the ultimate owner off the beers that they brew for the craft market. For instance, most people don't know that Blue Moon is owned by Molson Coors. For more, see here.

Edinburgh's museum exhibit about drink

The Museum of Edinburgh has an exhibit, "Here's Tae Us," from 10 December to 8 March 2008. Edinburgh had as many as 30 breweries at the end of the nineteenth century and now only one major brewery. For more, see here.

'We sell beer to live, and not vice versa'

Westvleteren beer is world renowned, but despite the high demand, the Trappist monks who make it (at Belgium's St. Sixtus monastery) won't forsake their life of contemplation for increased production.

Find the full story here.

Trappist beer

John W. Miller tells the story of Trappist beer in the Wall Street Journal, 30 November 2007, with focus on St. Sixtus monastery at Westvleteren in Belgium near the border with France. (Out of 171 Trappist monasteries worldwide only six Belgian monasteries and one Dutch monastery brew so-called Trappist beer.) Why brew beer for sale? The monasteries lost their landed properties during the French Revolution and consequently needed a new source of income. St. Sixtus began brewing beer for sale in 1839. It always has taken a non-businesslike approach. It does not advertise, sells only at its front gate (and tries to prevent re-sellers from marketing highly marked up Trappist beer), hasn't increased production since 1946, and considered in the 1980s going out of the beer business altogether. Some people say that Trappist beer is only a good beer, that its scarcity adds to its reputation. Others say that it is the best in the world, particularly "the Twelve" (one of the three beers that St. Sixtus brews). It is over ten per cent alcohol, dark and creamy, slightly sweet, and with a fruity aftertaste. For more, see here.

Adnams brewery in Suffolk, England

Rupert Steiner in the (London) Independent, 2 December 2007, interviews Jonathan Adnams of Adhams brewery in Suffolk. Founded in 1872, the brewery now features ultra-modern machinery. For more, see here.

Mittelman's Brewing Battles published (book)

Amy Mittelman's Brewing Battles: The Story of American Beer (Algora Publishing) was published today, December 1, 2007. For more, see here.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: Every Man His Own Brewer: Beer Brewing in the United States during the Colonial, Early National, and Antebellum Periods.

Chapter 2: Morality Follows in the Wake of Malt Liquor: The Brewing Industry and the Federal Government 1862–1898.

Chapter 3: Do As The Romans Do: Drinkers, Saloons and Brewers, 1880–1898.

Chapter 4: Who Will Pay The Tax?: Brewers and the Battle Over Prohibition, 1905–1933.

Chapter 5: Beer Flows: Repeal of Prohibition, 1933–1941.

Chapter 6: Beer: The Morale Builder, 1942–1952.

Chapter 7: Miller Time, 1953–1986.

Chapter 8: Joe and Jane Six Pack, 1970–2006.

Acknowledgements

Works Cited

Hoverson's history of Minnesota breweries (book review)

Doug Hoverson's Land of Amber Waters: The History of Brewing in Minnesota (University of Minnesota Press, 2007) is briefly reviewed by Bill King in the (Minneapolis-St. Paul) Star-Tribune here. One detail: malt liquor was invented at a Minneapolis-based brewery in the 1940s. Hoverson is considering doing a parallel book for Wisconsin. He is a high school history teacher and a home brewer, as well as associate editor for American Breweriana Journal, published by and for collectors. For an interview with Hoverson, look here.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Preface
Acknowledgments

From Barley to Bar Stool: The Art and Science of Brewing
Measuring Beer

1. Pioneer Brewing
Becoming a Brewer

2. Fewer Ales, More Rails: Brewing Fills the State

3. Patronize Home Industry: The Glory Days of the Small-Town Brewer
Collecting Breweriana

4. Craft Becomes Industry
Brewery Architecture

5. From Temperance to Prohibition
Malt Tonic

6. New Jobs, New Containers, New Rules: Minnesota Beer Returns
Brewery Jobs in the 1930s

7. Sky Blue Waters, Bland Yellow Beer
Brewery Advertising
“From the land of sky blue waters . . . wah-a-ters”

8. The Waters Turn Dark Amber
Brewery Preservation

Minnesota Breweries: From the Territorial Era to the Twenty-First Century
Minnesota Brewpubs: Pairing Beer and Food
Notes
Index

New York City beers

Seth Kugel (New York Times, 25 November 2007) urges New Yorkers and visitors to sample local beers, brewed in New York City and elsewhere in New York State, that often are unavailable elsewhere and sometimes are hard to find even in Manhattan. For more, see here.

In Britain, big brewers lose sales, but smaller brewers prosper

Roger Protz, editor of the Good Beer Guide, contrasts the optimism of his publication about the dawning of a "golden age" for British beer with the pessimism of the British Beer and Pub Association which reports that British pubs sold 14 million fewer pints in 2006 than in 1979. According to Protz, writing in the 21 November 2007 (London) Guardian, the international brands have less and less appeal to beer drinkers and have undercut their pub sales with heavily discounted supermarket sales. The big brewers rightly complain about taxes, the second highest for alcohol in the European Union. More important is the rise of smaller brewers who specialize in cask-conditioned beers. There are over 500 microbreweries in Britain such as Waitrose and Scotland's Innis & Gunn. There are regionals such as Adnams and Timothy Taylor, as well as so-called super-regionals such as Marston's and Greene King. All such brewers offer better beer than the international brands. For more, see here.

New Jersey politics and brewing families in Newark, 1840-1940 (thesis)

Louis Parrott, Jr., "The politics of beer: the history of three beer brewing families in Newark and their impact on politics and power in New Jersey 1840-1940" (B.A. thesis, Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, 2007).

Problems for craft brewers in the USA

USA Today, 29 October 2007, carries an Associated Press story about the problems of America's craft breweries. Hops are scarce, and prices for other ingredients are rising. Probably prices for craft brews will rise at least 10% by the end of the year.

History of drinking in Britain and the contemporary alcohol epidemic (article)

David W. Gutzke, "The History of Drinking," (London) Times Online, 13 June 2004, is available here.

Sam Adams, America's "tallest pygmy"

An article in the Cincinnati Enquirer, 24 October 2007, reports a talk by Boston Beer founder Jim Koch at the Cincinnati USA Regional Chambers' annual luncheon. A Cincinnati native and sixth generation brewer, Koch began Boston Beer in 1984 at his Boston kitchen. Now 60% of the company's beer is produced in Cincinnati at what today is called the West End brewery, formerly the Hudepohl-Schoenling brewery. Boston Beer is the largest American craft brewer, but its 0.7% of the domestic beer market makes it only the "tallest pygmy" when compared with Anheuser-Busch and the other giants. Koch said his company isn't small; it's tiny. He added that "it's my life's goal to get to small." For more, see here.

World Series of beer

The upcoming World Series occasioned an article comparing Colorado and Massachusetts beer. Colorado has more than twice as many breweries (108, not counting Coors) than does the more populous Massachusetts (42) and the Rocky Mountain state drinks more per capita than does the Bay state. But Boston brewers argue that some Colorado beer emulates craft beers of the West Coast that go "over the top" such as as adding so much hops that the first taste is exciting but few people care to drink it regularly. For more, see here.

Rise of the Japanese microbrewery

In contrast to the dearth of microbreweries in the rest of Asia, Japan now has 280 of them. See the New York Times, 21 October 2007, article by Jeff Boda, here.

Brewing in Brandenberg, 1660-1700 (thesis)

M. Wasa, "Brewing in Brandenburg: fiscal-jurisdictional aspects of an early modern state, c. 1660-1700" (M.Phil. thesis, University of Oxford, 2004).

Cask-conditioned beer

In the New York Times, 23 October 2007, Eric Asinov discusses his new enthusiasm, cask-conditioned beer. In the British tradition of so-called "real beer," it is less carbonated than German lagers. For more, see here.

Interview with Maureen Ogle, historian of beer and brewing

For an interview with Maureen Ogle, historian of beer and brewing in the USA, see here. In fact, this is an old interview.

History of American Beer: correction (book)

Amy Mittelman, Brewing Battles: The History of American Beer (New York, Algora Publishing, 2007). 248 pages. Scheduled for publication on Monday, 22 October 2007. Should be compared with Maureen Ogle, Ambitious Brew: The Story of American Brew (2006). Correction: despite what Amazon has posted at its site, the book will be released on December 1.

"Hops and history" walking tour at Madison, Wisconsin

An example of the new interest in the history of American beer was the October 2007 walking tour of sites of (often former) breweries and drinking places in Madison, Wisconsin. For more, see here.

Carlsberg and Heineken to bid for (and divide) Scottish & Newcastle?

Business sources say that the Danish brewer Carlsberg and the Dutch brewer Heineken plan a joint offer to take over Scottish & Newcastle and then divide the assets of the British brewer. For more, see here.

Beer advertising: the rise of digital formats?

USA Today, 17 October 2007, discusses advertising by Anheuser-Busch and its competitors Miller and Coors (these two likely to be combined by mid-2008, pending decision by regulators). Currently Anheuser-Busch spend $511 million on advertising (apparently this is for the USA), while Miller and Coors combined spend $422 million. The main point of the article is the likelihood of a shift from TV advertising (now about 75% of beer advertising) to digital formats. Men aged 25-34 are less likely to watch TV and more likely to use digital devices than the general population and such men are a prime audience for beer advertising.

Demonstration of 18th-century home brewing

Cross-listed from the H-Net discussion group, H-New Jersey

Beer historian demonstrated 18th-century home brewing at Camden County Historical Society on September 29, 2007.

RAISE YOUR GLASS TO A COLONIAL BREWFEST

Beer Historian to Demonstrate 18th-Century Home Brewing
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Raise your glass at the Camden County Historical
Society on Saturday, September 29, from noon to 4 p.m., when a brewery
historian and an open-hearth cook join forces to celebrate colonial
brewing and tavern society.
Beer brewing was one of Camden County's -- and the Colonial era's --
earliest crafts and industries. The Sept. 29 event features
demonstrations by noted brewery historian Richard Wagner and
open-hearth cook Mercy Ingraham as well as the samples of local micro
breweries. Tickets are $20 for members and $25 for non-members.

Brewery historian Rich Wagner will set up his steaming copper kettles
on the grounds of 18th-century Pomona Hall, where he'll be stirring
mash, adding hops, and demonstrating the tools of the colonial brewer
-- things like mash tuns, receivers and balers, mash rakes and mash
plugs, to name just a few.

Credited with bringing home brewing back to Pennsbury Manor, William
Penn's country estate, for the first time in over 300 years, Wagner
literally packed up his act and took it on the road in the early 1900s
when he loaded his equipment and 30 gallons of home brew into a
trailer and headed to the Oregon Brewers' Festival. Since then, he's
demonstrated the colonial brewer's craft to thousands of thirsty
people at fairs and festivals nationwide.

Inside, fire cook Mercy Ingraham will be dishing up tavern fare and
stories of 18th-century tavern life in equal measures in the warmth of
Pomona Hall's open-hearth kitchen. Typical fare might include
string-cooked chicken -- so named because it dangles from a loop of
heavy cotton string that twirls lazily over the low flames -- along
with barm-raised bread, roasted sweet potatoes, sausages and apples
fried in a spider, and posset -- a hot drink prepared over the fire.

A member of the Historic Foodways Society of the Delaware Valley who's
taught hearth cooking for the last 10 years, Ingraham is equally at
home indoors at the hearth or outdoors turning a spit. Though her
interest in fire cooking began at age 10 with hot dogs and S'Mores at
Girl Scout camp, it wasn't until she bought an 18th-century house with
a walk-in fireplace that her passion ignited and she began studying
Colonial-era foods and collecting period recipes.

Top off the day with samples of some of the Delaware Valley's finest
beers and ales. Cheers!

Tickets are $20 for CCHS members; $25 for nonmembers. The Camden
County Historical Society is located behind Our Lady of Lourdes
Medical Center at 1900 Park Boulevard. Free parking is available. For
more information, and to purchase tickets in advance, call
856-964-3333

http://cchsnj.com/cchs_announce82.shtml

--
Andrea Cakars
Curator/Museum Director
Camden County Historical Society
PO Box 378
Collingswood, NJ 08108
Phone: 856-964-3333
Fax: 856-964-0378
http://www.cchsnj.com
cchsnj@gmail.com

New Jersey bootlegger and brewer (book)

Ed Taggert, Bootlegger: Max Hassel, The Millionaire Newsboy (iUniverse, 2003).

More brewery mergers?

The Economist speculates about brewery mergers. SABMiller (the product of a takeover of the second largest American brewer Miller by South African Breweries) and Molson Coors (a combination of a Canadian brewery with the third largest American brewery) have announced plans to combine their American operations under the name MillerCoors. The objective is to compete with Anheuser-Busch which controls nearly half the American beer market. The Economist wonders whether Anheuser-Busch may combine with the the world's largest brewer InBev, itself a combination of a Belgium-based brewer with a Brazilian-based one. For more, see here. The background for these mergers is a flat market for beer at least in the USA and much of Western Europe as upmarket consumers turn to wine and to what Americans sometimes call craft beer.

Another beer merger: Miller and Molson Coors become MillerCoors in USA

The American interests of Miller (part of SABMiller, with the SAB formerly South African Breweries) and Molson Coors will be merged under the name MillerCoors, with Miller the majority partner. The purpose is to compete more effectively with Anheuser-Busch. For more, see here.

Brewers, distillers, and cider makers in the British Isles

Recently the online Oxford Dictionary of National Biography provided a list of the brewers, distillers, and cider makers in the British Isles (with biographies in the ODNB) and an interactive map.  For details, see here.

Makers of alcoholic drinks figure prominently in the accompanying essay here.

Brewery History: the Journal of the Brewery History Society, No. 124/5 (2007)

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Editorial (on peer review) (Tim Holt)
Housing the Workforce (Tony Crosby)
Hydrometry and Slide Rules in Brewing and Distilling (Tom Martin)
Notes on Abingdon's Malting Industry (Bruce Hedge)
Decorative Ceramics in the Buildings of the British Brewing Industry (Lynn Pearson)
West's Brewery (photographs)
Review of Beer in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance by Richard W. Unger (Anon.)
Bibliography (David W. Gutzke)

Brewery at Frederick, Maryland

Many residents of Frederick in west-central Maryland don't even know that there is a brewery in the small city, but it is one of the largest in the mid-Atlantic region. Recently acquired by Denver-based Wild Goose brewery, the Frederick facility does much of its brewing as a "contract brewer" for firms that provide the recipe and the marketing without actually brewing any beer themselves. For more, see here.

Malting barley in Ireland (book)

Trevor West, Malting the barley: John H. Bennett the man and his firm; 200 years of malting barley in Ballinacurra ([Ireland]: the author, 2006).

Montana breweries

Steve Lozar has created a small museum of Montana breweriana above his business premises at Poison, Montana, and with Jim Peters is writing a history of Montana breweries. For more, see here.