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Connecticut Beer: A History of Nutmeg State Brewing

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Connecticut Beer: A History of Nutmeg State Brewing - Siss, Will, and Page, Ron (Foreword by)
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The history of the frothy beverage in Connecticut dates back to early colonists, who used it to quench their thirst in the absence of clean drinking water. So integral was beer to daily life in the colony that government officials and militiamen congregated in taverns like the General Wolfe to talk laws and business over pints of ale. Over the next two centuries, the number of breweries rose and then declined, especially after Prohibition. It was not until the 1980s that homebrewers brought this vital Nutmeg State tradition ...

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Connecticut Beer: A History of Nutmeg State Brewing 2015, History Press

ISBN-13: 9781626197930

Trade paperback

Connecticut Beer: A History of Nutmeg State Brewing 2015, History Press Library Editions

ISBN-13: 9781540212436

Hardcover