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Five Urban Legends of American Beer History
PRWeb ^ | 03-02-2007 | Bob Skilnik

Posted on 03/02/2007 11:33:33 AM PST by toddlintown

Five Urban Legends of American Beer History

"Brewing trade organizations of the Repeal-era 'enhanced' beer's history to stimulate its sales," says beer historian.

(PRWEB) March 2, 2007 -- Bob Skilnik, author of the recently-released Beer & Food: An American History (ISBN 0977808610, Jefferson Press, Hardcover, $24.95), argues that industry embellishments and poor research have distorted much of the history of U.S. beer. While his latest work traces the centuries-long courtship and ultimate marriage of beer and food in American kitchens, it also details popular misconceptions about beer that linger on.

"As the exuberance surrounding legal beer began to fade in the mid-1930s, so did the sale of beer. The United States Brewers Association commissioned a separate arm, the United Brewers Industrial Foundation, to propagandize beer's importance in American society," says Skilnik. "The U.B.I.F.'s efforts were reflected in an informational campaign of print ads extolling the tax revenue benefits of a now highly-regulated industry, pamphlets that demonstrated beer's use in the kitchen as a tasty food staple and condiment, and as a catalyst that helped shape early American history. While some of the industry's early efforts to get beer into American households were often clumsy and heavy-handed, it was the beginning of one of the longest and most successful advertising campaigns ever. It was sometimes served up, however, with a frothy head of white lies."

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Food; History
KEYWORDS: beer; beerhistory; beerinfood; beerrecipes; godsgravesglyphs
Beer. It does a body good.
1 posted on 03/02/2007 11:33:39 AM PST by toddlintown
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To: toddlintown

I think I deserve my own chapter in the history of beer. Believe me, I've earned it.


2 posted on 03/02/2007 11:36:43 AM PST by cripplecreek (Peace without victory is a temporary illusion.)
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3 posted on 03/02/2007 11:39:52 AM PST by digger48
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To: toddlintown
Cheers!


4 posted on 03/02/2007 11:47:09 AM PST by GoldCountryRedneck ("There are no stupid questions. There are, however, many inquisitive idiots." - unknown)
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To: toddlintown

5 posted on 03/02/2007 11:51:41 AM PST by girlscout
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To: knews_hound

This may interest you.


6 posted on 03/02/2007 11:53:02 AM PST by BJClinton (Gore is like the evangalist that rails against homosexuality then hires male prostitutes.)
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To: ShadowDancer

Research...


7 posted on 03/02/2007 11:53:04 AM PST by dakine
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8 posted on 03/02/2007 11:57:22 AM PST by Sax
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To: toddlintown
Beer has food value.
Food has no beer value.
9 posted on 03/02/2007 12:08:06 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: Billthedrill
Beer has food value.
Food has no beer value.


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10 posted on 03/02/2007 12:11:40 PM PST by BJClinton (Gore is like the evangalist that rails against homosexuality then hires male prostitutes.)
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11 posted on 03/02/2007 1:59:15 PM PST by Bigg Red (You are either with us or with the terrorists.)
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Wonder if I could get a grant for this?


12 posted on 03/03/2007 9:37:49 AM PST by ShadowDancer (Life is not tried, it is merely survived if you're standing outside the fire.)
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14 posted on 03/03/2007 10:53:12 AM PST by knews_hound (Sarcastically blogging since 2004.)
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B.Y.O. indeed! ;^)


15 posted on 03/03/2007 4:21:08 PM PST by DTogo (I haven't left the GOP, the GOP left me.)
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Beer and Food: An American History Beer and Food:
An American History

by Bob Skilnik


16 posted on 03/07/2007 8:51:58 AM PST by SunkenCiv (I last updated my profile on Thursday, February 19, 2007. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Blow for beer as biofuels clean out barley
Financial Times | February 25 2007 20:56 | By Kevin Morrison in London
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19 posted on 03/10/2007 7:55:02 PM PST by Coleus (God gave us the right to life & self preservation & a right to defend ourselves, family & property)
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