In fact, parts of the city were actually built on top of preprohibition layering tunnels, so you could say in a way its a city literally built. Having grown up in cincinnati, i was familiar with some of cincinnati s brewing traditions. One batch of lager at a time, cincinnati s socalled beer barons turned humble brewing operations into beer making empires that prospered until prohibition forced them all to close. Profusely illustrated with hundreds of photographs, the book chronicles the rise and fall of a great beermaking citys preprohibition heyday. By the mid1800s, 36 breweries were producing more than 30 million gallons of beer and digging underground lagering cellars and tunnels. Dating all the way back to 1812, the history of brewing in cincinnati is a long and illustrious. This story is part of a threepart series on the rise and fall of cincinnati s prominent beer driven economy.
One batch of lager at a time, cincinnatis socalled beer barons turned humble brewing operations into beermaking empires that prospered until prohibition. Cincinnatis rise and fall as a brewery town part 1. Tour cincinnatis preprohibition underground lagering tunnels. Zepp publications books about cincinnati brewing history. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. That was the golden era of beer and breweries in cincinnati and. Extremely rare pre prohibition beer brewery guinness enamel pinback stickpin. The library removed all german books, periodicals and newspapers. But as scott blankenship of blank slate brewing company has written, it is important to know, understand and appreciate cincinnati s brewing history. To help combat the issue, many dug large tunnels underground where they could age beer and keep it cool. Cincinnati was one of the leading beer producing cities before prohibition and has a rich brewing heritage dating back over 200 years.
The go to book for cincinnati brewing history before prohibition. When beer was king american palate paperback september 17, 2010. Not so much a detailed history of individual breweries in cincinnati as a history of the beer history of cincinnati and the people and neighborhoods that made cincinnati a beer town. Over the next century and a half, cincinnati would build a brewing industry rivaled. The series is part of wcpos beer month celebrating the queen citys beer heritage and. Vtg savoy special brew etched beer glass united states brewing chicago pre pro.
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