Beer has been made, dating back to 10, 000 B.C., monks of the middle ages were thought to be the keepers of the Bible and a basic form of beer. Before Louis Pasteur, only wild air born yeast was used. But Americans needed more. Thomas Jefferson, a revolutionary thinker of America's past thought a Beer Industry would be very influential on our economy and its growth. New Amsterdam (New York City) is where the original public brewery was located. During the Prohibition Era (1920) there were places to get beer but it was usually very week. Franklin D. Roosevelt was the man who eventually sought to get this law appealed. (www.beerinsitute.com; www.beerindustry.com; www.beerinfo.com)
Here is where today's leaders were born (Anheuser-Busch, Miller, Adolph Coors). Companies came fast, 756 companies were recorded only 2 years after this law was appealed. The beer industry went through a series of changes up until Jimmy Carter legalized Home Brewing. (www.beerinfo.com) Microbreweries (less than 15,000 barrels) became very prosperous and positive for our economy. …
