Brewing in Montana
Montana can trace its brewing roots back more than 150 years to when a barrel of beer was brewed in Virginia City and carried to the town saloon. Since then, Montana has seen breweries large and small erupt along cattle trails and at train stations and riverside trading posts. Some of the brewers and breweries set in Montana were the foundations of future, national-brand breweries, having unique ties to Olympia Brewing and Pabst Brewing Company. And like many other states across the country, Montana was not immune to Prohibition, though not every brewer laid down without a fight. The breweries in the Big Sky state showed resilience when needed, but more so, they were reflections of the diverse communities and economies the state fostered. Fortunately, when Montana's mines began to dry up, agriculture took over, and even in the early 20th century, state officials documented in the Seventh Annual Report 1900—1901 that Montana could be "one the chief beer producing states in the nation" because of the amount of barley growing on the land.
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Brewing in Montana
Montana can trace its brewing roots back more than 150 years to when a barrel of beer was brewed in Virginia City and carried to the town saloon. Since then, Montana has seen breweries large and small erupt along cattle trails and at train stations and riverside trading posts. Some of the brewers and breweries set in Montana were the foundations of future, national-brand breweries, having unique ties to Olympia Brewing and Pabst Brewing Company. And like many other states across the country, Montana was not immune to Prohibition, though not every brewer laid down without a fight. The breweries in the Big Sky state showed resilience when needed, but more so, they were reflections of the diverse communities and economies the state fostered. Fortunately, when Montana's mines began to dry up, agriculture took over, and even in the early 20th century, state officials documented in the Seventh Annual Report 1900—1901 that Montana could be "one the chief beer producing states in the nation" because of the amount of barley growing on the land.
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Brewing in Montana

Brewing in Montana

by Ryan Newhouse
Brewing in Montana

Brewing in Montana

by Ryan Newhouse

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Montana can trace its brewing roots back more than 150 years to when a barrel of beer was brewed in Virginia City and carried to the town saloon. Since then, Montana has seen breweries large and small erupt along cattle trails and at train stations and riverside trading posts. Some of the brewers and breweries set in Montana were the foundations of future, national-brand breweries, having unique ties to Olympia Brewing and Pabst Brewing Company. And like many other states across the country, Montana was not immune to Prohibition, though not every brewer laid down without a fight. The breweries in the Big Sky state showed resilience when needed, but more so, they were reflections of the diverse communities and economies the state fostered. Fortunately, when Montana's mines began to dry up, agriculture took over, and even in the early 20th century, state officials documented in the Seventh Annual Report 1900—1901 that Montana could be "one the chief beer producing states in the nation" because of the amount of barley growing on the land.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781467109086
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/03/2022
Series: Images of America Series
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Thanks to local brewing historians, historical societies, and museums, Ryan Newhouse can pour out in these pages Montana's beer history to narrate a rich nod to the life and tastes from the Old West.
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