Southern Oregon Beer: A Pioneering History

by Phil Busse, Jim Mills - Founder Caldera Brewing Company (Foreword by)

Overview

The origin of brewing in southern Oregon is a lively tale of mid-nineteenth-century gold rushes, brawling German immigrants, irrepressible women and hometown pride. In the boomtown of Jacksonville, two pioneering brewers competed to quench the thirst of miners and ranchers, and soon breweries began popping up elsewhere. But as railroads spread across the West, they brought rival beer brands with them, and the onset of Prohibition stifled the industry altogether. Yet resourceful Oregonians continued to cultivate hops, and by the turn of the twenty-first century, small-town brewers like Caldera Brewing Company in Ashland and Climate City Brewery in Grants Pass were once again stepping into the spotlight. Author Phil Busse, longtime Oregon journalist, traces the pioneering spirit of southern Oregon's first brewers to today.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781467142441
Publisher:	Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date:	07/15/2019
Series:	American Palate
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	1,172,949
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Phil Busse is a Wisconsin-raised and Oregon-based writer. After graduating from Middlebury College in Vermont, he started his writing career with San Francisco Weekly. He has written for Eugene Weekly and helped start the Portland Mercury, where he was managing editor. Phil is the executive director for the Media Institute for Social Change and is the publisher and editor for the Rogue Valley Messenger, which provides news, entertainment and, yes, beer reviews to southern Oregon.

Table of Contents

Foreword Jim Mills 7

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 15

1 1851-1884, Gold Rushes, German Immigrants and Lagers 19

2 1884-1908, Railroads and Pioneer Women 38

3 1908-1934, End of an Era: Prohibition! 48

4 1880s-1950s, Hops Keep an Industry Afloat 59

5 1933-1996, Prohibition Ends, Homebrew Clubs and Brewpubs 67

6 1996-2014, After the Flood, The Next Chapter Begins 85

7 Now and Beyond? 98

Appendix. Current Southern Oregon Breweries 107

Bibliography 109

About the Author 112