I guess this brewing thing is legit!

[LouieMacGoo]

SMITHSONIAN HIRES SCHOLAR TO DOCUMENT BREWING HISTORY
January 30, 2017

Project Will Explore Brewing History and Industry in America

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History has appointed Theresa McCulla as historian to oversee its American Brewing History Initiative. McCulla, a social and cultural historian of food in the U.S. from the early 1800s to today, has focused on the role of food and drink in generating ideas about history, culture and identity in America, and her experience and expertise in research, writing and collecting oral histories is extensive. She will work out of the museum in Washington, D.C., conducting research and new collecting, with special emphasis on homebrewing and the craft brewing industry.

Read more at https://www.brewersassociation.org/news ... c=13017_fb

I will be interested to see if any traditional or pre-prohibition beer recipes come out of the project that she will be heading up.

[FedoraDave]

This should be a fascinating study. I imagine many people will be surprised to learn how integral beer brewing was/is in our country's history. It will say a lot about our immigrant forebears and Western Expansion, as well.