Historical Tidbits: Beer and Cancer, 1979
“Beer-drinking Americans are being exposed to significant amounts of [nitrosamines,] a cancer-causing agent, and the Government should order brewers to clean up their products, a public…
Read articleHistorical Tidbits: Malt Liquor And The Ladies, 1966
Beer, a reporter for Ladies’ Home Journal told readers in 1966, “has recently burst forth into new bloom.” One of the “most startling” developments in all-things-beer…
Read articleHistorical Tidbits: Beer. The “Rise” of Miller Brewing
It’s rare that the presence or absence of one person makes a historical difference (I said “rare,” not impossible). But I think that the death of…
Read articleHistorical Tidbits: Beer. FTC Says Beer Is Not Bread
November 10, 1944: The Federal Trade Commission ruled that beer and bread are not the same thing. This breathtaking announcement was aimed at the members of…
Read articleHistorical Tidbits: Beer. From SBA to BAA, 1952
In 1952, the members of the Small Brewers Association, the trade and lobbying group for the nation’s smallest beermakers, decided that the word “small” did not…
Read articleHistorical Tidbits: Beer. Great American Beer Festival, 1985
In late May, 1985, a reporter for the Boulder Daily Camera interviewed Daniel Bradford, director of the Great American Beer Festival, a two-day event scheduled to…
Read articleHistorical Tidbits: Beer. Foreign Investors, 1889
In the 1880s and 1890s, British investors enjoyed what can only be described as an excess of cash. No surprise, they hunted for places to invest…
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