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Brewery Histories 17 Sep 2008
The Breweries of Alton, Illinois by Dan Morean

The Breweries of Alton Alton, Illinois

- Written by Kevin Kious and Donald Roussin and reprinted with permissin from the American Breweriana Journal.

Alton, Illinois is located on limestone bluffs rising above the Mississippi River just five miles from its
junction with the Missouri River, and about twenty-five miles north of St. Louis, Missouri.  A number of
important events in American history occurred there, such as the slaying of abolitionist editor Elijah P.
Lovejoy in 1837, and the hosting of the final Lincoln-Douglas debate in 1858.
 

Brewery Histories 6 Aug 2008
Walter History by Dan Morean

History of Brewing in Pueblo  CO:  Walter Brewing Co.

- Reprinted with permission from the American Breweriana Journal.

- By Robert Collyer

Beer belongs — Enjoy it
No source can pinpoint the time that the brewer's art was perfected. But even the first primordial brewmaster must have taken the above motto to heart. The art has been passed down generation to generation for countless eras, each generation experimenting and perfecting its own particular brand. As more than one historical wag has said, every nation that ever marched had beer and spirits to help it along.