Crafty Bastards: Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day

The region that defined Yankee ingenuity has a beer heritage in keeping with its character. Brewing in New England goes back four centuries beginning with the Pilgrims who dropped anchor in Plymouth because their supply of beer was running low. (After barely surviving the winter, they planted a crop of barley and soon brewed their first ale.) Making beer in New England hasn't always been easy. Puritan housewives, industrial era beer moguls, and contemporary craft brewers alike have concocte...