Nickel City drafts : a drinking history of Buffalo, NY
Title:
Nickel City drafts : a drinking history of Buffalo, NY
Author:
Murphy, Dan.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Buffalo, N.Y. : Western New York Wares, [2010]
©2010
Physical Description:
120 pages : illustrations, photographs ; 22 cm
Summary:
Western New York has always had a curious affinity for the drink. Buffalo was built by immigrants from strong social drinking cultures and became a brewing powerhouse. From the German immigrants in the Fruit Belt to the Irish in the Old First Ward, the consumption of alcohol has been part of the fabric of Buffalo. This is history as seen through a pint glass.
General Note:
Includes bibliographic references and index.
Language:
English
Contents:
Opening the frontier, one whiskey at a time -- A ditch to open a nation: the Erie Canal transforms Buffalo --The wickedest street in the world -- Buffalo: a brewing powerhouse -- The roots of prohibition -- A brewmaster mayor in a prohibition era --Two terms, on the rocks -- The business of bootlegging -- The beer bubble bursts -- The 1970s-on: Buffalo's next cash crop?
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ISBN:
9781879201668
Format :
Book
