<a href="http://www.globalgourmet.com/food/kgk/2003/1003/kgk100303.html" title="Kate's Global Kitchen">May I See the Beer List, Please?</a>: “Before Prohibition,” [Garrett Oliver, brewmaster of the Brooklyn Brewery,] explains, “we had a vibrant brewing culture and thousands of breweries. Brooklyn alone had 48 breweries. But Prohibition destroyed the brewing industry, and after 12 years with no beer, the surviving breweries figured that people would be willing to drink almost anything. So they made the cheapest, blandest possible product, sold with huge amounts of advertising. Traditional beers are made from four essential ingredients: malted barley, yeast, hops and water. Some types of beers use both barley and wheat. In contrast, mass-market beers are usually made with fillers like corn or rice. It makes a big difference — it’s one of the reasons that these mass-market beers are so flavorless.” Fortunately, nearly 2,000 breweries in the U.S. today have brought real beer back to the public, and Oliver is out to educate people on how they’re made, what to look for, and what to serve with them.
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