Download or read book Beer in America: The Early Years--1587-1840 written by Gregg Smith and published by Brewers Publications. This book was released on 1998-09-18 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A definitive and fresh account of the role of beer in our country’s founding and formative years. Beginning with the colonial era and ending with America’s emergence as an industrial power, Beer in America contains many surprising revelations, including the reason the Mayflower really landed at Plymouth, George Washington and Thomas Jefferson as homebrewers, and forging the Constitution after hours over beer.