
The Germans brought with them their love of relaxation, beer and talk. Within a year, the Germans would get their beer, when a German immigrant named Reuthlisberger founded the lager beer industry in Milwaukee, setting the course of the city for years to come. While these styles were well loved among the English, their sweet taste and murky color were not what the German’s called beer. Eight years prior to statehood, the Lake Brewery in Milwaukee began brewing traditional English ales and porters. 1īy the time Wisconsin gained statehood in 1848, it was already well on its way to becoming a major brewing center. There was in the United States, in the beer age, no more delightful a city than Milwaukee in which to spend a day, a year or a life. So, in a tribute to Theodore, this week we will model some shoes with our sampled beer. As part of the Kansas Historical Society collection, they posses a pair of brewers clogs worn by brewer Theodore Weichselbaum in Ogden, Kansas, were he owned and operated a brewery from 1871 until 1881, when prohibition kicked in. As the workers spread the malt out on the floor, they wore wooden shoes that were cleaned daily.

During the brewing process, malt is cooked in a large vat and then spread out on the floor to cool. One of the more interesting items I discovered while researching the history of beer in Kansas, was a story about brewers clogs.

The can is so fun that there are even people selling (and buying?) empties on eBay. With the label commemorating the 8-Bit graphics of our favorite classic video games, this is one colorful can. This beer, named the official beer of retro-gamers, is a pale ale called 8-Bit. However we were able to coming across a 4 pack of beer from Tallgrass brewing company. Given the state of beer and brewing in Kansas, it is no surprise that acquiring beer from that state is still hard. Responding to a call from God, she started smashing up saloons, first with rocks and then with her trademark hatchet, with what became known as hatchetations. Kansas was a critical player of the temperance movement and was also the state where Carrie Nation came to fame.
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In 1987 Kansas law was relaxed to allow “brew-pubs,” and in 1989 Free State Brewing Company opened as Kansas’ first licensed brewery since state prohibition. Even with the lifting of prohibition in 1948, it still took another 39 years for citizens of Kansas to have the opportunity to experience a brew-pub in their own state.
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Starting in 1881, a full 38 years before the national Prohibition and lasting until 1948, Kansas was dry for a full 67 years. This hole exists because Kansas had one of the longest prohibition periods in the country. When it comes to beer history and Kansas, there is a big hole. Kansas joined the United States in 1861, having been a US territory since 1854. This week is 34 of this project, and with that, we are covering the 34th state of the Union, Kansas.

Instead, this beer was sweet and loaded with caramel. Being a double, I was expecting a big hop flavor. This beer, a Double IPA called Hop Rising, from Squatters Brewery, fell into the latter category. From the extremely hoppy almost undrinkable, to the more caramel and malty tasting breed, where the hops was just a subtle side note. Over the course of the year, we encountered many different styles of IPAs. This beer was a fine beer, and better than many of the beer sampled over the course of this year, but it didn’t have any hooks to pull me into its world, leaving it slipping into the sea of other ok beers encountered during the project. Generally, when seeking out a flavorful beer, I tend to go for a lower carbonated beer. I find that the more effervescent beers loose their flavors to the carbon dioxide. The Bobcat was a very effervescent beer with lots of head that didn’t have any distinct taste.
