Michael Jackson with Tony Gomes, a brewer at the now-defunct Saxer Brewing in Portland, in 1998. (Photo courtesy Jeff Alworth)
Drinking beer is very much an in-the-moment experience. Bottles are opened, pints are poured, glasses are emptied, and the whole
After the repeal of national prohibition in 1933, only 756 of the nation’s estimated 1,900 pre-prohibition breweries resumed operations. WWII