The United States of Beer: A Freewheeling History of the All-American Drink

Author:   Dane Huckelbridge ,  Corey Snow
Publisher:   William Morrow & Company
Edition:   Unabridged edition
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9781504736190


Publication Date:   14 June 2016
Format:   Audio  Audio Format
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From the author of Bourbon, ""the definitive history"" (Sacramento Bee), comes the rollicking and revealing story of beer in America, in the spirit of Salt or Cod. In The United States of Beer, Dane Huckelbridge, the author of Bourbon: A History of the American Spirit--a Southern Independent Booksellers Alliance bestseller--charts the surprisingly fascinating history of Americans' relationship with their most popular alcoholic beverage. Huckelbridge shows how beer has evolved along with the country--from a local and regional product (once upon a time every American city has its own brewery and iconic beer brand) to the rise of global mega-brands like Budweiser and Miller that are synonymous with U.S. capitalism. We learn of George Washington's failed attempt to brew beer at Mount Vernon with molasses instead of barley, of the 19th century ""Beer Barons"" like Captain Frederick Pabst, Adolphus Busch, and Joseph Schlitz who revolutionized commercial brewing and built lucrative empires--and the American immigrant experience--and of the advances in brewing and bottling technology that allowed beer to flow in the saloons of the Wild West. Throughout, Huckelbridge draws connections between seemingly remote fragments of the American past, and shares his reports from the frontlines of today's craft-brewing revolution.

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Author:   Dane Huckelbridge ,  Corey Snow
Publisher:   William Morrow & Company
Imprint:   William Morrow & Company
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 13.20cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 14.70cm
Weight:   0.204kg
ISBN:  

9781504736190


ISBN 10:   1504736192
Publication Date:   14 June 2016
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Audio
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Dane Huckelbridge hails from the American Midwest and studied history at Princeton University. His writing has appeared in Tin House, the New Republic, and New Delta Review. Corey Snow, a full-time audiobook narrator and voice actor living in the great Pacific Northwest, has been everything from a paratrooper to a software developer. Working from his studio in Olympia, Washington, he has recorded numerous audiobooks, including Crescent Lake by David Sakmyster and several titles in David Niall Wilson's DeChance Chronicles. Corey's love of reading and storytelling shows in every word, regardless of whether he is bringing characters from a novel to life, clearly detailing military history, or making software theory riveting.

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