TweetCurrent Status of the Book This is to let you know that I hope to be back on track with the Pabst book this Fall. I am reading material that I might add to the book. Lots of great stuff to learn about as background. Great fun. I will keep you informed as I move […]
Read MoreTweetI like to read about the history of beer. Recently I finished the book by Lauren Clark called Crafty Bastards: Beer in New England from the Mayflower to Modern Day. Since Colonial time in New England, people drank beer because it was a safe beverage and considered healthy. When A. Cressy Morrison, the Pabst Advertising Manager […]
Read MoreTweetThe last few weeks I have spent editing the ten chapters. This past week I decided on the number of illustrations and chose each of them. They will give the reader a sense of the topic or issue I am writing about in a particular chapter. The captions will be finished soon. The most exciting […]
Read MoreTweetLast week I visited Shaker Village in Canterbury, New Hampshire. There I discovered that the nineteenth century Shakers sold a medical beverage that had ten percent alcohol. I toured the museum on the property where I found a wooden box used for bottles of Corbett’s Sarsaparilla. The Shakers bottled and sold this beverage. Tall ‘Queen of […]
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