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Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2008.
Soft Cover, 272 pages, 5.50 x 8.25.
Item #1577
Red, White, and Brew is the ultimate beer run across the United States, during which Brian Yaeger visits fourteen breweries of various sizes and talks to founders, owners, brewmasters, consumers, and anyone else he meets on his odyssey and who enjoys the making, tasting, and appreciating of brews. It is filled with eclectic characters and shrewd businesspeople who populate an industry as old as the New World, and who produce liquid philanthropy, one keg at a time.
Red, White, and Brew pursues the roots of brewers who brought their craft with them from their homeland and investigates how the tradition is faring today and where it may head in the future. Covering everything from fifth-generation family-run brewing companies to first-wave microbreweries, this book is a travelogue, guide, and genealogical study of beer families and homebrewers from Portland, Maine, to Portland, Oregon. It is filled with eclectic characters and shrewd businesspeople who populate an industry as old as the New World, and who produce liquid philanthropy, one keg at a time.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
• The Beer Starts Here - D.G. Yuengling & Son in Pottsville, PA
• New Brew for New England - D.L. Geary Brewing in Boston, MA
• Outside the Eccentric Cafe - Bell's Brewing in Kalamazoo, MI
• A Long Line of Leinies - Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing in Chippewa Falls, WI
• Beer Free in the Free State - Free State Brewing in Lawrence, KS
• Brew Like the Wind - New Belgium Brewing in Ft. Collins, CO
• National Parks and Regional Beers - Grand Teton Brewing in Victor, ID
• A Rosey Climate - Widmer Bros. Brewing in Portland, OR
• Maytag Repair Man - Anchor Brewing in San Francisco, CA
• A Beer with Local Characters - Electric Brewing in Bisbee, AZ
• Something Special in Shiner - Spoeztl Brewing in Shiner, TX
• Blowin' Dixie - Dixie Brewing in New Orleans, LA
• West Meets Yeast - Alltech's Lexington Brewing in Lexington, KY
• Every Dogfish Has His Day - Dogfish Head Brewery in Milton, DE
PRAISE FOR THE BOOK
"Brian Yaeger's frothy beer travelogue is as multifaceted as the industry he covers. Amusing from the first beer (a surreptitious Coors Light from Dad's minifridge) to the last (a Dogfish Head microbrew), Red White and Brew is the perfect beer lover's literary trip—road sodas included!"
--Chris O'Hara, author of Great American Beer
"Let's hoist one for Brian Yaeger's beer journalism. Red, White, and Brew is like a well-made ale -- rich, tasty, interesting, and it leaves the reader with a nice buzz."
--Ken Wells, author of Travels With Barley
"Ever wondered what beermakers really think about their work? Brian Yaeger supplies some answers in this coast-to-coast, behind-the-scenes tour of American breweries."
--Maureen Ogle, author of Ambitious Brew
"Brian Yaeger understands that beer is more than just water, malt, and hops. It's also people, and not altogether normal people, either."
--Dan Baum, author of Citizen Coors: An American Dynasty
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