Beer: A History of Brewing in Chicago: Bob Skilnik
Editorial Reviews
Review
“Bob Skilnik thinks most historians have overlooked what a thirsty job it was being hog butcher to the world.” — Chicago Tribune
“Skilnik’s book, quite skillfully, brings focus to the history of Chicago’s beer production, distribution, retail sale, and consumption patterns.” — Illinois Heritage Magazine
The rise and fall of the Chicago brewing industry is played out in this fascinating book, which takes readers back to early Chicago and its neighborhood breweries and saloons to today’s biggest beer marketing battlefield. Here is a colorful and true tale that describes the opening of the first Chicago brewery, the Great Chicago Fire and the origins of Miller Lite.
The final days of the once popular Schlitz and Old Style brands are also covered, to contemporary Chicago, where one mistake can close a brewery.
From the Roaring Twenties and Al Capone, Prohibition and its mob-controlled breweries, and Jesse Jackson and the Anheuser-Busch boycott, this is the definitive book of the once powerful Chicago industry.
Highlights of BEER: A History of Brewing in Chicago include:
•Famous lager beer riots
•Battles with Milwaukee’s breweries
•Al Capone, Prohibition, speakeasies, and the Chicago mob
•Beer and politics in Chicago
•Contemporary brewery casualties
•A detailed list of every Chicago brewery since 1833 with addresses and dates of operation
•A guided tour of still-standing local breweries and more!
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