Breweries of Wisconsin

by Jerry Apps

Overview

The story of the Dairy State’s other major industry—beer!  From the immigrants who started brewing here during territorial days to the modern industrial giants, this is the history, the folklore, the architecture, the advertising, and the characters that made Wisconsin the nation’s brewing leader. Updated with the latest trends on the Wisconsin brewing scene.

 "Apps adeptly combines diligent scholarship with fascinating anecdotes, vividly portraying brewmasters, beer barons, saloonkeepers, and corporate raiders. All this plus color reproductions of popular beer labels and a detailed recipe for home brew."—Wisconsin Magazine of History

"In a highly readable style Apps links together ethnic influence, agriculture, geography, natural resources, meteorology, changing technology, and transportation to explore some of the mystique, romance and folklore associated with beer from antiquity to the present day in Wisconsin."—The Brewers Bulletin

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780299206543
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	03/15/2005
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	306
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Jerry Apps is the author of more than thirty-five books on Wisconsin and U.S. history. His writing has appeared in such publications as The Journal of American History, Wisconsin Trails, and the Wisconsin Magazine of History, and he is a regular columnist for Wisconsin Guide. He is especially known for his histories of rural and country life.  Apps has won numerous awards for his writing from the Wisconsin Library Association, the  Council for WisconsinWriters, the Robert F. Gard Foundation, the Upper Midwest Booksellers Association, and the Wisconsin Historical Society. In 2001 he received the Barnes and Noble Pride of Wisconsin Award for Excellence in the Field of Regional Literature. He divides his time between his home in Madison and his farm, Roshara, near Wild Rose, Wisconsin.

Editorial Reviews

"Breweries of Wisconsin is a tour down the memory lane of beer." —Midwest Beer Notes

From the Publisher

A history of the industry in Wisconsin, abundantly illustrated with historical photos and promotional art (in color). Paper edition (13374-5), $19.95. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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