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History. Beginnings. The earliest record of brewing dates from 1587, and the first commercial brewery in the United States was built by the Dutch West India Company in 1632 in Lower Manhattan on Brewers (later Stone) Street. [10] .
The Smithsonian's first brewing historian explores everything from immigration to urbanization through the lens of beer. And with the boom in microbrewing, she says beer's story has come full...
A comprehensive chronology of the U.S. brewing history from 1587 to 1995, reproduced from American Breweries II by Dale Van Wieren.
Through the history of beer in America, there have been periods when the fortunes of the beer industry have been linked to the culture of the time. It starts at the beginning, when brewing beer was not a hobby, it was a necessity. Commercial Brewing arrives in North America, 1632.
The following is a growing list of key milestones throughout the history of American beer. Year: Beer Milestone: 1587: Virginia colonists brew ale using corn. 1607: First shipment of beer arrives in the Virginia colony from England. 1609: American "Help Wanted" advertisements appear in London seeking brewers for the Virginia Colony. 1612
While there were several hundred small scale, local breweries in the 1840s and 1850s, beer did not become a mass-produced, mass-consumed beverage until the decades following the Civil War. Several factors contributed to beer’s emergence as the nation’s dominant alcoholic drink.
The American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History documents and collects the story of beer and brewing in America, with a special focus on home brewing and craft beer.
1762 – “The Theory and Practice of Brewing” by Michael Combrune is published. This is the first attempt to establish rules and principles for the art of brewing. 1799 – George Washington run the largest distillery in the United States. 1810 – There are 120 active breweries in the United States.
Packaged in cans and bottles, American beer shot through a growing network of highways to reach a public who shopped in chain supermarkets and increasingly drank beer at home. But in the 1960s, spurred by the counterculture and do-it-yourself movements, some beer drinkers began to explore alternatives. "How a Modern Brewery Operates," 1948.
Beer in America. From 19th century immigration to Prohibition to today's explosion of microbreweries, the beer industry in America has evolved over time. We have German immigrants and...