Beer History
Today is a big day in beer history. January 24th marks the anniversary of the first canned beer sold in the U.S. thanks to the American Can Company. It was their innovation that ultimately led to the Gottfried Krueger Brewing Continue Reading →
If you are Oskar Blues, Surly, or 21st Amendment Brewing (just to name a few) or any beer drinker that has ever drank a beer from a can, today is a big day for you. The first beer in Continue Reading →
It must be hard to find good help these days as yet another employee-assisted beer theft has taken place. At a NY warehouse for Anheuser-Busch InBev a security guard allegedly assisted in the theft of $100,000 worth of cases Continue Reading →
A little visual history lesson of the last 100 years of brewing in America.
Founders Brewing just received approval to add 4,000 feet to the brewery in Grand Rapids, MI. The extra space will give Founders more brewing room, but will not be expanding the tap room. <MLive>
Also, the first of the brewery’s Continue Reading →
A beer George Washington drank before sending the English packing for good has been brewed again. Among the collected writing of America’s first president was a handwritten recipe for “small beer” from 1757. The New York Public Library is in Continue Reading →
Who brewed beer first? Rule out Americans. Rule out Germans. Rule out Belgians. Scientific American attempts to explain beers earliest origins.
One thing is for sure, everyone’s favorite malty beverage dates back quite a few years. Cuneiform tablets dating by to Continue Reading →