In the mid-1980s, New Amsterdam and Manhattan Beer Co. brought brewing back to New York City. (Photo by Tom Acitelli)
Mike Royko In early 1973, Mike Royko was at the top of his game as a newspaper columnist. Fiendishly prolific,
In March 1982, Anheuser-Busch rolled out its new Bud Light in 40 states. It was the nation’s largest brewery’s long-awaited
In 1987, D.G. Yuengling & Son introduced an amber lager that was a throwback to the Pottsville, Pennsylvania, brewery’s first
William Newman (Photo by Charlie Papazian) At the start of 1987, William Least Heat-Moon was a writer best-known for
(Photo by Jeff Quinn) The hops shortage that hit the brewing industry 10 years ago could not have come at
(File Photo) By the start of 1977, Michael Jackson was a mildly successful, 34-year-old newspaper and television journalist whose biggest
(Photo courtesy Minhas Craft Brewery) In early October 2006, the Joseph Huber Brewing Co. in Monroe, Wis., just north
Three decades ago, Reinhard and Trudy Schulte, a flush couple from Bavaria, had an idea: open a small, more traditional
Beer writer Michael Jackson (left) visiting with Donald Thompson at Reinheitsgebot Brewing Co. (Photo courtesy Mary Thompson) Donald and Mary