Ann Arbor Beer: A Hoppy History of Tree Town Brewing

Ann Arbor has always been a beer-loving town. From the establishment of the first commercial brewery in 1838 through a century of German immigration down to today's local craft brew boom, the amber liquid looms large in Tree Town's quirky past and present. Find out how beer helped a former University of Michigan professor win a Nobel Prize. Discover the Ann Arbor doctor whose nationally bestselling home remedy book featured ale recipes. Learn which Michigan football legend pounded brewskis as part of his training regimen. Covering the exploits of famous poets, performers and prohibitionists, local author David Bardallis pops the cap off the big beer history of this little college town and leads readers to the best beer you can drink" in Ann Arbor today."

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: History Press Library Editions
Published: 08/27/2013
ISBN: 9781540222121
Pages: 178
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.44d