This story was adapted from the newly published second edition of The Audacity of Hops: The History of America’s Craft
Thank goodness for that random magazine ad for a homebrewing kit. Peter Egelston and his roommate in New York City
Boiling down to the first American-produced beer to explicitly call itself “Oktoberfest” or “Octoberfest” on its packaging is quite difficult.
By the fourth season of The Simpsons, Duff Beer had stepped clearly beyond the background to begin to power entire
Sam Calagione opened Dogfish Head Brewings & Eats in the spring of 1995. Sam Calagione stood in the cab of
Cameron Healy and Spoon Khalsa (top) launched Kona Brewing Co. in 1994 and rolled out the first kegs and bottles
The label for Miller Brewing Co.’s Christmas Special Beer. Courtesy Don Russell. In November 1975, the Anchor Brewing Co. released
In 1994, Pete Slosberg starred in a national advertising campaign for his Pete’s Brewing Co. Screenshot via YouTube. The mad
Beer critic Michael Jackson On Nov. 16, 1983, a Wednesday, readers of The Washington Post awoke to an essay, meandering
Fritz Maytag re-launched Anchor Brewing Co. in 1965. On Oct. 29, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History hosted a