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1 online resource. |
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Part 1. The last shall be first ; Do it yourself ; Beer for its own sake ; Eden, California ; TV dinner land ; Lite up ahead ; "Brewed through a horse" ; The most influential beer ; Chez McAuliffe ; The bard of beer ; Long days, longer odds -- Part 2. Tipping points ; "Small, high-quality food places" ; The bearded young man from Chico ; The fireman and the goat shed ; The west coast style ; Mayflower refugee ; How the brewpub was born ; The first shakeout ; "That's a great idea, Charlie" ; The third wave builds ; The lesson of the nylon string ; "This connoisseur thing" ; Because wine making takes too long ; More than in Europe ; Beer, it's what's with dinner ; Vats and dogs ; To the last frontier and back ; Weeping radishes and Scottish lords ; Here, there, and everywhere -- Part 3. Unhappy meals ; Second careers ; Davids and Goliaths ; Five hundred miles in a rented Honda ; New York minutes ; The revolution, televised ; A manifesto and Arnold Schwarzenegger ; The value of gold ; "The tyranny of fast growth" ; Finding role models, defying labels ; Ghosts around the machines ; Cherry brew and naked hockey ; In prime time ; Critical mass ; The potato-chip epiphany ; The brewpubs boom ; Suds and the city ; Attack of the phantom crafts ; "Budhook" and the bull beer market ; Last call for the old days ; Big beer's biggest weapon ; The French lieutenant's coat ; To the extreme ; The total package ; Boos ; The movement's biggest setback ; Lucky bastards ; A tale of two breweries ; The great shakeout ; Victory abroad, defeat at home -- Part 4. Plotting a comeback ; "McDonald's versus fine food" ; Craft beer logs on ; Growing pains again ; Still the latest thing ; Crushing it ; WIth gusto ; A great passing ; Beer, premium ; Exit the godfather ; Big crowds and the new small ; "The Albion brewery." |
| Summary |
Discover the underdog story of how America came to dominate beer stylistically in The Audacity of Hops, the first book on American craft beer's history. First published in May 2013, this updated, fully revised edition offers the most thorough picture yet of one of the most interesting and lucrative culinary trends in the US since World War II. This portrait includes the titanic mergers and acquisitions, as well as major milestones and technological advances, that have swept craft beer in just the past few years. Acitelli weaves the story of American craft beer into the tales of trends such as slow food, the rise of the Internet, and the rebirth of America's urban areas. The backgrounds of America's favorite craft brewers, big and small, are here, including often-forgotten heroes from the movement's earliest days, as well as the history of homebrewing since Prohibition. Through it all, he paints an unforgettable portrait of plucky entrepreneurial triumph. This is the "book for the craft beer nerd who thinks he or she already knows the story" (Los Angeles Times), an "excellent history" (Slate) "lovingly told" (Wall Street Journal) for fans of good food and drink in general. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Beer -- United States.
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Microbreweries -- United States.
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Cooking.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Acitelli, Tom, author.
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| ISBN |
9781613737118 |
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