The pioneers 1965-1984 -- Politics, writers, teachers and community builders -- The first generation: a boom, and the first beer war (1984-1994) -- The class of '88 -- Big money meets craft brewing -- The second generation: innovation -- Beer and the media -- Craft brewers resuscitate the Brewers' Association of America -- Jailbreak : big distributors embrace craft beer -- The Brewers' Association of America and the Association of Brewers merge -- A seat at the table -- The third generation: many roads emerge -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: Chronology of large brewer efforts to establish craft-style brands -- Appendix B: Top 50 US brewers and top 10 US brewers and importers
Summary:
"In The Craft Beer Revolution, Steve Hindy, co-founder of Brooklyn Brewery, tells the inside story of how a band of homebrewers and microbrewers came together to become one of America's great entrepreneurial triumphs. Beginning with Fritz Maytag, scion of the washing machine company, and Jack McAuliffe, a US Navy submariner who developed a passion for real beer while serving in Scotland, Hindy tells the story of hundreds of creative businesses like Samuel Adams, Deschutes Brewery, New Belgium, Dogfish Head, and Harpoon. He shows how their individual and collective efforts have combined to grab 10 percent of the dollar share of the US beer market"--Publisher's description.
