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Today, October 27 is National American Beer Day. Beer has been around in America since 16oos. A timeline on the History of Beer in America is at:
http://www.beerinfo.com/index.php/pages/beerhistory.html
A few beer facts:
The oldest active brewery in America is D.G. Yuengling & Son. They have been brewing beer in Pottsville, Pennsylvania since 1829. The founder, David Yuengling carved aging cellars deep into the rocky hillside on which the brewery perched. Even during Prohibition they operated, making near beer (de-alcoholized beer). They are still family owned.
In 1895 the largest brewery in America was the Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee. The head of Pabst was Captain Frederick Pabst, a former Lake Michigan steamboat Captain. Near the end of the 19th century, the Pabst Brewery was turning out more than one million barrels of beer annually.
The first American brewery to sell beer in cans was G. Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey in 1935. In that year only 25 percent of beer was packaged in bottles and cans. The rest was kegged. Today, about 90 percent of America's beer production is consumed from bottles and cans.
From: http://www.beerhistory.com/trivia.shtml
http://www.beerinfo.com/index.php/pages/beerhistory.html
A few beer facts:
The oldest active brewery in America is D.G. Yuengling & Son. They have been brewing beer in Pottsville, Pennsylvania since 1829. The founder, David Yuengling carved aging cellars deep into the rocky hillside on which the brewery perched. Even during Prohibition they operated, making near beer (de-alcoholized beer). They are still family owned.
In 1895 the largest brewery in America was the Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee. The head of Pabst was Captain Frederick Pabst, a former Lake Michigan steamboat Captain. Near the end of the 19th century, the Pabst Brewery was turning out more than one million barrels of beer annually.
The first American brewery to sell beer in cans was G. Krueger Brewing Company of Newark, New Jersey in 1935. In that year only 25 percent of beer was packaged in bottles and cans. The rest was kegged. Today, about 90 percent of America's beer production is consumed from bottles and cans.
From: http://www.beerhistory.com/trivia.shtml