Buffalo Beer:: The History of Brewing in the Nickel City

by Michael F. Rizzo and Ethan Cox

Book Overview

Buffalo's appreciation for a frosty pint stretches back more than a century before anyone enjoyed a cold one with a basket of wings. By the middle of the 1800s, the industrial hub counted malt and beer among its most vital and satisfying products. Operations like Simon Pure Beer, Iroquois Beverage and the Magnus Beck Brewing Company brought Buffalo's world-class ales to the rest of the country. Prohibition saw a thriving business in black market hooch,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1626196370
• ISBN13: 9781626196377
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.9" x 8.9"