"Pass me a cold one!" *Reaches in fridge, throws bottle of cold craft beer across room. From 1500 - 1800, before refrigerators, this was not the scene. It was popular to serve beer piping hot and was thought to be good for health. But hot beers were only good for certain styles [...]
Bellingham Tap Trail loves infographics because...well, why wouldn't we? We recently covered Belgian Beer 101, so let's look at Beer Geography 101. This awesome infographic from BrewDog tells you what each respective region's contribution to beer has been. Everywhere from Copenhagen to San Diego and, of course, Yakima Valley Hops. Once [...]
Today there are over 3,000 breweries. In 1873 there were over 4,000 breweries. US Population in 2015: ~318million. US Population in 1873: ~38 million. We have a ways to go to catch back up to 1873! Breweries since 1986 US Brewery Count By Category US Brewery Count 2012 2013 % Change [...]
Canned beer has been with us for 80 trips around the sun now. Actually, canned beer was first proposed by a farmer in Montana in 1903, but it wasn't feasible at the time. It wasn't until 1935, two years after the 21st Amendment was ratified (ending Prohibition), that canned beer hit [...]
I've been watching Boardwalk Empire. An amazing TV show about the Prohibition Era in Atlantic City. It takes you through the beginning of Prohibition into the Great Depression. It's a period piece with meticulous attention to detail. Everything from the clothes, to the history, to the language to the set design. [...]
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