Anybody have any links to good articles/ sites explaining the origins of commercial brewing? I know this goes back quite a ways, but would love to learn more from the historical perspective.
Available as a free Google eBook and the 1960s reprint (which, sadly, replaced the cover photo with a generic photo of a beer glass and stein ) is easily found on used books sites and eBay: One Hundred Years of Brewing: A Complete History of the Progress Made in the Art, Science and Industry of Brewing in the World, Particularly During the Last Century [1901]
There is a lot of good historical information on Ron Pattinson’s (BA @patto1ro) blog: http://barclayperkins.blogspot.com/ Cheers!
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/101/history_american_beer/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_beer Cheers!
This one is written by a historian. http://www.amazon.com/Ambitious-Brew-Story-American-Beer/dp/0156033593 This covers the rise of what are called Craft breweries. http://www.amazon.com/The-Audacity-Hops-Americas-Revolution/dp/1613743882