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Not always America's drink of choice, beer finally took its top spot in the nation's glasses when a wave of German immigrants arrived in the mid-nineteenth century and settled in to re-create the beloved biergartens they had left behind.
Fifty years later, the American-style lager beer they invented was the nation's most popular beverage - and brewing was the nation's fifth-largest industry, ruled over by titans Frederick Pabst and Adolphus Busch. Anti-German sentiments aroused by World War I fed the flames of the temperance movement and brought on Prohibition. After its repeal, brewers replaced flavor with innovations such as flashy marketing and lite beer, setting the stage for the generation of microbrewers whose ambitions would reshape the brew once again.
Grab a glass and a stool as Maureen Ogle pours out the surprising story behind your favorite pint.
Fifty years later, the American-style lager beer they invented was the nation's most popular beverage - and brewing was the nation's fifth-largest industry, ruled over by titans Frederick Pabst and Adolphus Busch. Anti-German sentiments aroused by World War I fed the flames of the temperance movement and brought on Prohibition. After its repeal, brewers replaced flavor with innovations such as flashy marketing and lite beer, setting the stage for the generation of microbrewers whose ambitions would reshape the brew once again.
Grab a glass and a stool as Maureen Ogle pours out the surprising story behind your favorite pint.
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| Author | Maureen Ogle |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Mariner Books |
| Page Count | 420pp |
| Publication Size | 5.28 x 8 |
| Publication Notes | Paperback |
| Publication Date | September 2007 |
| ISBN | 978-0156033596 |
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