“Nevada Beer: An Intoxicating History” by Pat Evans traces the roots, the failures and the revival of Nevada’s beer businesses. Nevada’s population boomed in the 1800s, ignited by the rush to find gold and silver. Thousands of prospectors, many German immigrants, passed through the up-and-coming mining towns; breweries popped up in their wake. As the mining slowly wound down, whole towns disappeared, and breweries struggled to survive.
Carson Brewing Company was closed in 1948, Reno Brewing Company shut its doors in 1957 and it would be decades before craft brewers such as Great Basin, Big Dog‘s and Revision brought local beer back into the spotlight. The book’s forward was written by Tom Young of Great Basin Brewing Company. | arcadiapublishing.com
