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A Keg Of Their Best: Brewing In The Beer State CapitalFrom The Beer Baron Era To Modern Microbrews
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A Rich, Lively History Of Brewing In WisconsinS Capital City And The Creative People Who Brought It To Life.Wisconsin Has Long Been Known As The Beer State, And The History Of Its Capital City Brims With Stories Of Brewing InnovationFrom The CityS Earliest BeerMakers And LongForgotten Farmstead Breweries To TodayS Experimental Microbrewers And Enterprising Taprooms. In A Keg Of Their Best: Brewing In The Beer State CapitalFrom The Beer Baron Era To Modern Microbrews, Journalist And Beer Expert Robin Shepard Offers An Authoritative History Of MadisonS Brewing Legacy And Its Key Figures From The 1830S To The Present.A Keg Of Their Best Documents How The Beer Industry Emerged Before Madison Became A City, Starting With The Arrival Of Its First White Residents, Roseline And Eben Peck, Who Opened A Tavern In The Back Room Of Their Cabin In 1837. Subsequent Waves Of German And English Immigrants Brought Their Lager And Ale Recipes And Brewing TraditionsSome Of Which Live On Today. The Book Also Explores How The RegionS EnvironmentIts Rich Soil And Abundant Water SourcesMade It Ideal For BeerMaking. And It Reveals How Beer Barons Created And Funded Much Of The Early Infrastructure That Established Madison As The Territorial Capital.Readers Will Discover How Brewmasters, Bootleggers, And Homebrewers Survived During Prohibition And The Ways The PostProhibition BeerMaking Renaissance Gave Rise To The Modern Craft Beer Movement. Shepard Brings WisconsinS Brewing History Up Through Today By Highlighting The Craft Brewers, Microbrewers, And Regional Breweries That Are Producing Inspiring Pilsners, Ipas, Stouts, Sours, And Other Tasty Brews In Madison And Dane CountyS Thriving Beer Scene.Drawing From Newspaper Accounts, Ancestry And Property Records, And Hundreds Of Personal Interviews, Shepard Has Compiled A Thorough And Engrossing Tribute To MadisonS BeerMaking HeritageIncluding Every Known Brewery In Dane County Since The 1840S. Richly Illustrated With Historical And Modern Photos, Maps, And Breweriana, A Keg Of Their Best Is A MustHave For Beer Enthusiasts, History Lovers, And Anyone Who Has Raised A Pint In The Beer State Capital.
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