Twenty-five years of brewing, with an illustrated history of American beer, dedicated to the friends of George Ehret (1891)
Ehret, George, 1835- · [New York, The Gast Lithograph & Engraving Company] · leaf 39
the first decade of our century, rural distilling re-commenced with renewed vigor in all grain-producing States. The following table, showing the number of breweries and their production in 1809-10, is complied from official sta- tistics. … Although this table indicates a very considerable growth in the art of brewing, as compared with the state of the art during the half-century imme- diately preceding the Revolution, yet, compared with the production and importation of other beverages, the quantities stated above appear very small.…
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