brewing battles - a history of american beer 2008 - mittleman

[...]... United States is a beer drinking country Americans drink an average of twenty-two gallons of beer a year.1 How did beer become America’s national beverage? To answer that, let us start with the making of beer The brewer begins with malted barley or another grain cereal Malted barley is dried, sprouted, or germinated barley which the brewer grinds and then heats with warm water, which converts the starches... Party of One (New York: Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2005), 18 13 McWilliams, Brewing Beer in Massachusetts Bay,” 54 3-5 69 7 Brewing Battles : A History of American Beer ment would have had tables, cups, brass kettles, measuring equipment, and a cask By the 1670s colonial drinking tastes were changing, and ordinaries evolved as well Ordinaries encompassed both production and retail sales, since the operation... by Samuel Fraunces and originally called “Queen’s Head,” George Washington was present in the tavern several times New York City was the nation’s first capital from 1785 to 1790, and the tavern housed the Departments of State, Treasury, and War Today Fraunces Tavern is a restaurant and a museum.34 In short, beer drinking and taverns had become an integral part of American life Once the Revolution was... Tea Party at various taverns His patronage of drinking establishments led his enemies to nickname him Sam the Publican; Sam wore the label proudly — he was an unabashed advocate of the people and of public houses.33 Taverns played an important role in the Revolution and the beginning of the new nation One of the most prominent was Fraunces Tavern, at 54 Pearl Street, located in lower Manhattan Established... the first 1 Brewing Battles : A History of American Beer place Thus I highlight the German brewers who founded the USBA to ameliorate federal taxation Those brewers were first generation German immigrants who came to America and transformed the brewing industry The story of beer brewing in America is a classic immigrant story Steeped in the long brewing traditions of their homeland, Germans came to this... “Tavern History, ” Fraunces Tavern, http://www.frauncestavern.com/index2.htm (accessed August 2, 2007) 13 Brewing Battles : A History of American Beer that soldiers receive a beer ration of one quart a day The beverage was often actually spruce beer or hard cider since the raw ingredients for malt beverages were in short supply The scarcity of brewing resources predated the Revolution; colonists had... brewing family.36 Brewing was still a home-based activity for many Americans who considered a daily ration of some form of alcoholic beverage a necessity In 1796, Samuel Child published an American edition of Every Man His Own Brewer Essentially a recipe book, Child wanted, to “induce the Tradesman, the Artisan, and the Mechanic to turn their attention to the profitability of supplying themselves and families... in 1770 to 5 gallons in 1825.46 Americans consistently drank large amounts of liquor during this era Temperance agitation began in New England around 1813 and reached its ante-bellum heyday between 1846 and 1855 The War of 1812 and a trade embargo had caused economic and social problems Reformers felt drinking was to blame The second Great Awakening, a protestant evangelical movement lasting from 1800... the Revolution was underway, the Continental Congress legislated 30 Quoted in Irvin, Samuel Adams, 4 4-4 5, 47; Baron, Brewed in America, 7 4-7 5 31 Irvin, Samuel Adams, 4 4-4 5, 47; Baron, Brewed in America, 7 4-7 5 32 Irvin, Samuel Adams, 4 5-4 8 33 Ibid., 54; Smith, Beer in America, 78; Richard Brown, “Adams, Samuel,” in Eric Foner and John A Garraty, The Reader’s Companion to American History (Boston: Houghton... taverns Although New Yorkers became British subjects, brewing continued, and home and commercial brewing coexisted A typical Pennsylvania brewery had a malt cellar, a storehouse, a horse-powered malt mill, and a cooper for barrel making Also on the premises were workers’ and slave quarters, barns, stables, and other out-buildings Brewing was the product of unskilled hand labor The beer was for local and . Cataloging-in-Publication Data — Mittelman, Amy. Brewing battles : a history of American beer / Amy Mittelman. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13: 97 8-0 -8 758 6-5 7 2-0 . 97 8-0 -8 758 6-5 7 2-0 (trade paper: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 97 8-0 -8 758 6-5 7 3-7 (hard cover: alk. paper) ISBN-13: 97 8-0 -8 758 6-5 7 4-4 (ebook) 1. Beer United States History. 2. Beer industry—United States History. . 16. Brewing Battles : A History of American Beer 6 opment of articial refrigeration, both European and American brewers required a steady source of ice to keep beer production consistent. 4 Beer