Land of Amber Waters : The History of Brewing in Minnesota.
Title:
Land of Amber Waters : The History of Brewing in Minnesota.
Author:
Hoverson, Doug.
ISBN:
9780816653836
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (359 pages)
Contents:
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 -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
For centuries, brewmasters both professional and homegrown have pursued the perfect pour-a delectable combination of barley, yeast, water, and hops-and few states can claim as devoted a relationship to beer as Minnesota. For a time it seemed that every town had its brewery and a beer garden was a highlight of every local celebration. Dedicated home brewers and casual pub crawlers alike will be amazed by the stories of Minnesota beers and breweries featured in Land of Amber Waters. Starting with the first brewery in 1849, Doug Hoverson tells the story of the state's beer industry from the small-town breweries that gave way to larger companies with regional and national prominence, including Hamm's, Grain Belt, and Schell's, to the vibrant beer culture of today, led by a new wave of breweries such as Summit, Lake Superior Brewing Co., and Surly, and brewpubs like Town Hall Brewery, Fitger's, and Granite City Brewpub, and sustained by microbreweries, home brewers, and beer aficionados. From the first illegal brewer at Fort Snelling to the craft brewers and major companies of today, nearly 300 breweries have opened and operated at one time or another in 125 cities and towns around the state. Complete with a comprehensive list of Minnesota's breweries-including many never before published-and more than 300 tempting illustrations of beer and breweriana, Land of Amber Waters marvelously chronicles Minnesota's rich brewing traditions. Doug Hoverson teaches social studies and coaches the debate team at St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights, Minnesota. He is the assistant editor of American Breweriana Journal, an award-winning homebrewer, and a certified beer judge.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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