Notoriously known as a “flyover state” in regards to alcohol, Oklahoma has a unique brewing history. Entering the Union as a dry state, Oklahoma struggled with bootleggers and the choc beer brewers of Indian Territory. Prohibition wasn’t fully repealed in Oklahoma until 1959, when liquor sales were permitted, but a few pioneers navigated a web of restrictions to produce quality local beers. Brewpubs opened a new chapter in 1992 as a generation thirsty for handcrafted beers led to a resurgence in the industry. Author and proprietor of BeerisOK.com Brian Welzbacher unravels the stories behind the passionate breweries that stood up to tyranny and paved a path from Dust Bowl to full glass.
Oklahoma Beer: A Handcrafted History
By: Brian Welzbacher
Foreword by: Wes Alexander
American Palate Series
ISBN: 978-1-4671-4222-9
$21.99 | 128 pages | paperback
https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/Products/9781467142229
[divider]About the Author[/divider]
Brian Welzbacher has been a craft beer enthusiast and advocate since the early 2000s while watching the St. Louis beer scene flourish. The Certified Beer Server enjoys being a stay-at-home dad to his daughter, Cora, and son, Rainn, while running his apparel and design company Beer Is OK. He re-sides in Tulsa, Oklahoma, with his loving, beautiful and very understanding wife, Amy.
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