Brewing Battles - A History of American Beer

Brewing Battles explores the struggle of German immigrant brewers to establish themselves in America, within the context of federal taxation and a growing temperance movement, their losing battle against Prohibition, their rebirth and transformation into a corporate oligarchy, and the determination of home and micro brewers to reassert craft as the "raison d'etre" of brewing.

Brewing Battles looks at beer's cultural meaning from the vantage point of the brewers and their goals for market …