Austin Beer:: Capital City History on Tap

by BitchBeer.org, Debbie Cerda (Foreword by)

Overview

Austin might be known for its live music, but its beer scene is just as vibrant and historic. As early as 1860, German immigrant Johann Schneider started brewing beer out of a saloon on Congress Avenue, later crafting innovative brew vaults, the first of their kind in the city. Proving that Austin taste buds were thirsty for something more dynamic than a Lonestar, the end of the twentieth century and beginning of the twenty-first saw a huge boom in craft beer production by native Austinites and transplants alike, creating a culture of local beer advocates, homebrewing enthusiasts and innovators that could only come out of Austin. Join the ladies behind hilarious and informative beer blog BitchBeer.org as they explore Austin beer history, developments and culture—complete with read-along drinking games and local beer pairings.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781626190948
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	09/03/2013
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	1,156,583
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Bitch Beer (Caroline Wallace, Sarah Wood, Wendy Cawthon, Shaun Martin, Ari Auber, Katherine McCullough and Holly Aker) is an Austin beer-centric blog in the Austin Food Blogger Alliance. It has been named a Top 10 Austin Food Blog by the Austin Chronicle and featured in the Austin Post, Scrumptious Chef and Porch Drinking among others. Debbie Cerda is the founder of the Austin Women's Beer League, a member of the Austin Zealots, a member of the American Homebrewers Association Governing Committee and past director of Black Star Co-Op Brewpub.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements 5

Foreword Debbie Cerda 7

Introduction 11

1 Old School Brews: Austin's First Breweries 15

2 Prohibition: The Ultimate Buzz Kill 25

3 Austin's Craft Beer Renaissance 35

4 BYOB (Brew Your Own Beer) 61

5 A Second Wind 79

6 New Kids on the Bock 105

7 Building BREWmunity 141

8 Onward, Upward 165

Appendix A Glossary 185

Appendix B Breweries, Brewpubs, Craft Beer Bars and Bottle Shops 191

Appendix C Day Trips 201

Bibliography 205

Index 213

About BitchBeer.org 217

About the Authors 219