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Tag Archives: beer history
Booze labels from the Wayback Machine
I know I’m not the only beer person who also digs local history. Thus, I can’t be the only one who’d enjoy the California Historical Society‘s Vintage Beer, Wine, & Spirits Labels exhibition. The exhibition opened in December, but I live … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history
Tagged beer history, beer labels, california historical society, history, vintage
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Imagine a brewery here. Part 4: Temescal
As I’ve mentioned before, one of the adventures/frustrations of tracking down old East Bay breweries is trying to nail down the exact locations. Phone books and other documents of the pre-Prohibition era often gave only intersections (or less). Sometimes we … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history, Photos
Tagged anchor brewery, beer history, charles kramm, golden west, kramm's anchor, kramm's anchor brewery, oakland, steam beer
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Oakland beer ads, 1890s
First off, if you’ve been enjoying my beer history tidbits, you’ve got to check out what my friend Brian is doing over at BygoneBeer.com. Those old beer labels and drinking postcards are a trip! Today’s local beer history comes to … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history
Tagged beer history, federation, fredricksburg, kramm, oakland, oakland history room, pacific, wieland
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Imagine a brewery here. Part 1: East Oakland
At one point I tried to research where the East Bay’s breweries were located before prohibition. It turns out historical research is real work. It also turns out it’s hard to trace 100-year-old businesses, even with all the rad old … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history, Philosophy & ramblings, Photos
Tagged beer history, beertography, brewery history, brooklyn, east oakland, oakland, photography, ringgenberg, steam beer
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How to get free drinks for life (in 1936)
We’ve talked about the goofy rule that prevented alcohol from being served within a mile of UC Berkeley both before and after federal Prohibition. It’s also pretty undeniable that women represented a disproportionate number of Prohibitionist do-gooders. However, at least … Continue reading
Berkeley’s premature Prohibition
It was a different Berkeley then. Flip through newspaper articles from 100 years ago and you’ll see. Stray dogs roaming the streets. Gypsy camps throwing all-night parties. Yet divorces made the paper (scandal!) and you could be arrested for riding … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history
Tagged beer history, berkeley, ocean view, prohibition, saloons, temperance, west berkeley
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The rise, fall, and re-rise of New Albion Brewery
Only adventurous beer drinkers living in the Bay Area 30 to 35 years ago got to sample the wares of America’s first modern microbrwery. However, thanks to Boston Beer Company — yes, the makers of Sam Adams Lager — New … Continue reading
Posted in Beer history, Breweries
Tagged beer history, jack mcauliffe, jim koch, new albion, pale ale, pioneers, sam adams
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Follow Friday: Maureen @maureenogle
Twitter is actually a pretty lousy venue for telling someone who to follow on Twitter. In this series, I’ll use way more than 140 characters to point out people making social media not a less of a waste of time. … Continue reading
Posted in Follow Friday
Tagged #followfriday, ambitious brew, beer history, follow friday, maureen ogle, twitter
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