Beer, its history and its economic value as a national beverage

Chapter 2: DEDICATION.

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A detailed study traces beer's development from ancient brewing practices to modern commercial production, interweaving historical anecdotes, portraits of notable brewers, and descriptions of early and contemporary breweries. It explains brewing methods and the evolution of ale, porter, and lager, and presents economic analyses of the beer trade, consumption statistics, and industry tables. The author examines beer's social and sanitary claims, contrasts fermented beverages with distilled spirits, and argues that beer can mitigate intemperance. Chapters assess agricultural ties, effects of prohibitory laws, and policy debates, while appendices supply quantitative production figures, chemical analyses, illustrations, and a directory of brewers.

DEDICATION.

TO THE BEER BREWERS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.

Thinking as I do, that in the Beer Brewers of the United States we must recognize real, though perhaps unconscious, promoters of the great and glorious cause of genuine temperance, and that greater practical results may be attained through their instrumentality than in any other way, it seems fitting that this attempt to expound the true nature and value of beer should be specially dedicated to them as a body, and accompanied with the assurance of the author’s profound respect and esteem.

Frederick William Salem.

Hartford, Conn., January, 1880.