admin | July 22, 2011
There are three distinct types of beer produced in America. The first type of beer is the homebrew made in the kitchen to the taste and desires of the homeowner. The second type of beer produced in America is currently known as a microbrew. The third type of beer being produced in America is mass [...]
admin | July 18, 2011
The popularity of beer in America is a combination of availability, affordability, and advertising. Dutch and English settlers brought the first European-style ales to the continent. Lager beers, introduced later by German immigrants, soon supplanted ales in popularity, largely due to their longer shelf life. The introduction of Prohibition in 1919 brought a halt to [...]
admin | July 15, 2011
I have to admit, some of the best microbrews I have ever experienced have been bathtub brews. While these may never become microbreweries to the masses, the spirit contained inside all microbrew bottles is one in the same. They always deliver an effervescent smile. These barley and hops saviors in a bottle have become incredibly [...]
admin | July 11, 2011
Beer has been consumed in mass quantities since prehistoric times, so the question as to when beer first became a mass-produced product becomes a matter of definition of terms. The earliest evidence of writing comes from Sumer, in modern day Iraq, from about 4000 BC, and some of the earliest examples of writing that have [...]