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Ambitious brew the story of american beer is an ambitious title no surprise that the book is a hefty 452 pages the good news is that historian maureen ogle achieves her lofty goal and then some in this thoroughly researched and well organized book. Ambitious brew is an entertaining enlightening telling of the history of beer in the united states its a tale of cunning innovation back stabbing ferocious competition and ever changing public tastes the miami herald the story of american beer is the story of the american dream. Ambitious brew is an entertaining enlightening telling of the history of beer in the united states its a tale of cunning innovation back stabbing ferocious competition and ever changing public tastes the miami herald the story of american beer is the story of the american dream. One hundred fifty years of american beer from the german immigrants of the 1840s to the microbrewers of the 1980s did you know american brewing peaked in 1873 when there were 4131 breweries by 1978 the industrys low point forty one brewers operated eighty nine plants today breweries number nearly 1500. Ambitious brew the first ever history of american beer tells an epic story of american ingenuity and the beverage that became a national standard