Famous Brewers in History

[Jun]

I decided to start a new thread with famous brewers that changed history.
Please add to this list if you know of anyone else.

he United States two-dollar bill features three brewers: George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Samuel Adams. In fact, George Washington installed a brewhouse on his grounds at Mount Vernon.

James Joule
With this apparatus, the Salford-based physicist James Joule discovered the 'mechanical equivalent of heat', quantifying how heat can be converted into mechanical work and vice versa. The apparatus used a system of paddles to stir water vigorously in the vessel. The resulting rise in water temperature was related to the mechanical work expended in moving the paddles, which was provided by falling weights. This led ultimately to the formulation of the first law of thermodynamics, concerning the conservation of energy. The standard unit of energy is now called the Joule

 

[Boston]

Don Brewer, drummer for Grand Funk Railroad

 

[DubbelDach]

Eric Brewer, NHL defenceman.

 

[shecky]

Bernie Brewer

 

[SkewedBrewing]

this guy had something to do with beer I think, maybe not...

 

[Revvy]

Anyone know what Bernie Brewer really looks like?

Seriously OP...if you want to honor famous brewer's then you might want to get your history right...As much as we want to believe it...The founding father's really weren't much in the way of brewers, nor did Ben Franklin say the line we commonly attributed to him about beer.

Mostly they drank hard cider and distilled spirits....

You'll find a lot of info, and myths busted about it reading this and listenning to her interviews on basic brewing, listed below.

American brewing peaked in 1873, when there were 4131 breweries. By 1978, the industry's low point, forty-one brewers operated eighty-nine plants. Today breweries number a healthy 1400.

• In the early nineteenth century, Americans didn't drink beer - they drank whiskey instead, more than seven gallons per adult a year. There were 14,000 commercial distilleries in the United States but only about two hundred small breweries.

• In recent years, beer drinkers have worn t-shirts decorated with a quote attributed to Ben Franklin: "Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Just one problem: Franklin didn't say that. It's a mangled version of another Franklin quote about the pleasures of wine. In a 1779 letter, he wrote that the rain that fell on vineyards and transformed vines into grapes for wine provided "a constant proof that God loves us, and loves to see us happy."



You'll find a lot of great info on the history of American Brewing especially the rise of the BMC'ers in Maureen Ogle's fantastic book Ambitious Brew

Her website on the book is cool as well Ambitious Brew - The Story of American Beer by Maureen Ogle

So is her blog...Maureen Ogle - The Official Site

She dispells a lot of myths that we beer snobs believe about why Budweiser is so popular. And other myths about brewing through US history.

You can als hear a great 2 part interview with her on Basic Brewing Radio.

November 30, 2006 - Ambitious Brew Part One
We learn about the history of beer in the USA from Maureen Ogle, author of "Ambitious Brew - The Story of American Beer." Part one takes us from the Pilgrims to Prohibition.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr11-30-06.mp3

December 7, 2006 - Ambitious Brew Part Two
We continue our discussion about the history of beer in the USA with Maureen Ogle, author of "Ambitious Brew - The Story of American Beer." Part two takes us from Prohibition to the present day.

http://media.libsyn.com/media/basicbrewing/bbr12-07-06.mp3

 

[Revvy]

We also have this sticky that people are occasionally building upon.

https://www.homebrewtalk.com/f14/whos-who-brewing-world-pictures-84203/

 

[shecky]

He's famous and a brewer:

 

[Revvy]

He's famous and a brewer:

BILLY!!!!!!!
Ah jes saw his bruddah sitting down to lunch.

Where's Evan!?

 

[bob1852]

This guy's pretty famous - around here at least

sorry Revvy, just had to

 

[Jun]

Thak you Revvy for all the info.

 

[Revvy]

This guy's pretty famous - around here at least

sorry Revvy, just had to

Instant Rimshot

 

[BrewinJack]

This guy's pretty famous - around here at least

sorry Revvy, just had to

hey no fair beat me too it

Cheers