Dave Thomas
Of Mines and Beer!: 150 Years of Brewing History in Gilpin County, Colorado, and Beyond (Central City, Black Hawk, Mountain City, Nevadaville, Russell
It is estimated that there were more than 4,000 breweries producing more than nine million barrels of beer across the U.S. in the early 1870s. In 1880, the Internal Revenue Service reported there were 2,830 operating breweries in the United States, while Germany reported nearly 11,000 around the sam...
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