Alaska Beer: Liquid Gold in the Land of the Midnight Sun

by Bill Howell, Geoff Larson (Foreword by), Marcy Larson (Foreword by)

Overview

Alaska's fermented legacy retains the fiercely independent spirit that propelled the state's beer drinkers through the gold rush and sustained them through Prohibition. Today, craft brewers produce outstanding suds in some of the harshest and most remote locations on the planet. And while the beer scene in Alaska has roots that trace back to days when spirits had to have "medicinal, mechanical, and scientific purposes," the contemporary crop of breweries can thank industry pioneers like the Alaskan Brewing Company for staying on the cutting edge of beer-making technology. Join beer columnist and historian Bill Howell on an exploration through this hop-filled history of the Last Frontier.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625849830
Publisher:	The History Press
Publication date:	05/11/2015
Series:	American Palate
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	160
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Bill Howell has been an avid craft beer drinker and homebrewer since 1988. Upon retiring from the U.S. navy in 2004, Howell moved to Alaska where he blogs about the Alaskan craft brewing scene at alaskanbeer.blogspot.com. In 2007 he created a beer appreciation course titled the Art and History of Brewing, which he teaches annually at the University of Alaska. He is the founder of the Kenai Peninsula Brewing & Tasting Society and serves as a media consultant to the Brewers Guild of Alaska.

Table of Contents

Foreword Geoff Marcy Larson of Alaskan Brewing Company 9

Preface 11

Acknowledgements 15

Prologue 17

Part I Early Days (1867 to 1918)

1 The New Land 21

2 Lots of Thirsty Men 27

3 Gold Fields 39

Part II Dry Spell (1918 to 1976)

4 Bone Dry 53

5 Bootleggers' Paradise 59

6 Repeal and Retrenchment 65

Part III Rebirth (1976 to 2014)

7 False Dawn 73

8 Unlikely Champion 81

9 The Big Town 99

10 Rising Tide 115

Epilogue 145

Notes 147

Bibliography 151

Index 155

About the Author 159