Posted on September 7, 2018 by carsoncenter
By Jana Weiß
In November 2015, a record that had lasted 142 years was broken: for the first time since 1873, the peak number of breweries passed 4,131. Since then, the number of US breweries has continued to reach new heights.
Category: The TaproomTags: barley, beer, beer garden, beer history, immigration, lager, Prohibition, United States
Posted on June 8, 2018 by carsoncenter
By Dotan Halevy
If we could travel back in time to the town of Gaza in March 1886, we would probably be joining a large crowd gathered on the beach to catch a glimpse of the Troqueer, a grain-carrying steamship—a behemoth of thirteen hundred tons—lying on its side about a mile offshore.
Category: The TaproomTags: barley, bedouins, beer, Climate, Gaza, natural disasters, Palestine, steamship, technology, Victorian England