Red White and Brew

A perfect gift for connoisseurs of the most popular drink enjoyed in American pubs Red White and Brew is the ultimate beer run across the United States during which Brian Yaeger visits fourteen breweries of various sizes and talks to founders owners brewmasters consumers and anyone else he meets on his odyssey and who enjoys the making tasting and appreciating of brews.Red White and Brew pursues the roots of brewers who brought their craft with them from their homeland and investigates how the tradition is faring today and where it may head in the future. Covering everything from fifth-generation family-run brewing companies to first-wave microbreweries this book is a travelogue guide and genealogical study of beer families and homebrewers from Portland Maine to Portland Oregon. It is filled with eclectic characters and shrewd businesspeople who populate an industry as old as the New World and who produce liquid philanthropy one keg at a time.