History of the Week

Alcohol History Links July 28 - August 4
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A look at 20th Century Pubs

A new book from the good folks over at Boak & Bailey is up for pre-sale!

Full strength brews for Egyptians

Your weekly Greco-Roman beer-themed translation for the week!
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Pioneer Inns and Taverns

"“Pioneer Inns and Taverns” is a landmark five-volume work published by the Canadian historian Edwin C. Guillet (1898-1975), a native of Cobourg, ON. His ancestors arrived in Upper Canada in the early 1800s from Jersey. Mr. Guillet was of distant French Huguenot origin. He claimed in fact a blood connection to another distant son of Jersey and writer, Henry David Thoreau."
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Reid Brews

A look into porter and stout recipes from the Reid Brewery in 1845.

Ancient Brews

Beersmith podcast interview with Dr. Patrick McGovern!

Conrad Seipp

An investigation of Seipp, his wealth, and how he used brewing to build a Victorian mansion.
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Pirates LIfe

A brief history of rum!

John Lemp

Another story about a German migrant who gained fortune through brewing.
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Documenting the Brewing in Greensboro

Efforts of a local univerity library to document the history of brewing in Greensboro, from 1890 up to the craft beer movement.
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