History of the Brewing Industry and Brewing Science in America

First published in 1933, History of the Brewing Industry and Brewing Science in America is one of the most overlooked resources on American brewing history. The manuscript was researched and written primarily by venerable brewing industry historian John P. Arnold, but completed by Frank Penman after Arnold's death in 1931. Fittingly, the work was published as part of a memorial tribute to America's two leading pioneers in brewing science -- Dr. John E. Siebel and Anton Schwarz -- and includes detailed biographies of both. To make this rare and valuable brewing text available to beer enthusiasts and historians, BeerBooks.com has reprinted the book directly from a 1933 first edition copy. The authors trace the progress of beermaking in America from the colonial period up through the Civil War, then shift into a detailed discussion of the vast scientific and technological developments made in brewing from the late 1800s up to prohibition. How those advances transformed brewing in America into a great industry is the recurring theme. The authors depart from their main purpose periodically to examine the simultaneous advancement of the "fanatics" -- the prohibitionists. That parallel study concludes with a rationale, from the brewers' point of view, of how the prohibitionists succeeded in destroying their industry. The book concludes with an invaluable 40-page "Chronological Calendar of Breweries" from 1630 to 1864, outlining the major breweries to be established during that period. From the book's opening paragraph: "It is doubtful if all history can present another chapter as curious as that of the American brewing industry -- how, after going along for centuries in a quiet, unassuming way, largely as a household occupation, it took a spurt and within half a century grew to be one of the biggest industries of the country -- how, when at its height, it was suddenly cut off and destroyed by prohibition -- how it lay dormant for thirteen years and was a suddenly resurrected by popular demand and hailed with general acclaim and began remounting rapidly towards greatness equal, if not to be superior, to its former stature." Table of Contents -- Tribute to John E. Siebel and Anton Schwarz, Biographies Introduction Drink Problems In Colonial Times to the First Congress in 1789 Beer Brewing In Colonial and Early National Days Breweries and Population to the Middle of the Nineteenth Century The Advent of Lager Beer Breweries Up To 1864 Cross Currents -- An Interlude Brewing Becomes A Great Industry Brewery Practice and Technic Malting Brewing Materials Architecture and Plant Engineering Brewing As A Factor in National Economy Brewing Science Memorial Address by Max Henius, Ph. D. The Temperance Movement and Prohibition Systems of Control of the Traffic in Fermented Beverages and Distilled Liquors Temperance and Prohibition Organizations Board of Temperance, Prohibition and Public Morals of the Methodist Episcopal Church The Prohibition Party The American Anti-Saloon League State Prohibition Legislation National Prohibition The Story of One-Half of One Percent Resurrection of the Brewing Industry -- A Postscript National Prohibition Chronology Chronological Calendar of Breweries Up To 1864 The United States Brewers' Association Master Brewers' Association Organization for the John E. Siebel-Anton Schwarz Memorial IndexArnold, John P. is the author of 'History of the Brewing Industry and Brewing Science in America', published 2006 under ISBN 9780966208436 and ISBN 0966208439.