Empires of Industry — Season 1, Episode 9: Brewed in America
Documentary • 30 min • 3 seasons, 12 episodes
Episode synopsis
Brewing grows from a mainly local endeavor into a commercial industry in the 19th century and survives crises in the 20th, including Prohibition and the Great Depression. Narrator: Dan Chandler.
About Empires of Industry
Chronicling the trades and commodities that made America an industrial power: coal, shipbuilding, brewing, textiles and steel. Also: profiles of magnates such as Andrew Carnegie and Henry Kaiser.