Breweriana: American Beer Collectibles

by Kevin Kious

Overview

Though beer is one of the oldest beverages around, beer can collecting-particularly in the United States-really picked up steam in the 1930s. Since then, beer can collecting and breweriana has become vastly popular, with a variety of clubs and associations springing up across the country and around the world. Brewery collectibles became especially popular in the 1970s, and today breweriana remains a popular pastime, especially with the onset of the microbrew revolution. Author Kevin Kious explores the history of beer and collecting in Breweriana, looking at the evolution of beer cans, paper advertising, packaging, and signage, as well as how Prohibition affected the industry in the 1920s and early 1930s and how consolidation changed things in the 1970s. Breweriana will be of interest not only to beer lovers but also to readers with an interest in advertising, packaging, and signage.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782001041
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date:	07/20/2012
Series:	Shire Library USA , #641
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	56
File size:	10 MB

About the Author

Kevin Kious is a beer and brewery collectibles enthusiast whose work has appeared in American Breweriana Journal, Beer Cans and Brewery Collectibles, and Sioux City Journal. He is co-author of St. Louis Brews: 200 Years of Brewing in St. Louis-1909–2009 (Reedy Press, 2009). Kious is the historian/librarian of Brewery Collectors Club of America (www.bcca.com) and a member of the National Association of Breweriana Advertising (www.nababrew.com).

Table of Contents

Introduction
The Neighborhood Brewery
Beer Barons and Industrialization
The Dry Years
Beer is Back
Beer Buzz: The 1970s-2000s
Places to Visit
Index