Rise and Fall of Detroit Beer Barons Untold Detroit
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The only thing that could stop Detroit beer barons? The Temperance Movement. Beer production in Detroit was skyrocketing, but so was the resistance against it. The battle over booze is raging, and all roads are heading towards Prohibition. Hear from Joel Stone, Senior Curator of the Detroit Historical Society, beer historian Stephen Johnson and Detroit historian Tom Klug about the beginnings of Prohibition in Detroit and its impact on beer.
Episode 2 of 6.
The only thing that could stop Detroit beer barons? The Temperance Movement. Beer production in Detroit was skyrocketing, but so was the resistance against it. The battle over booze is raging, and all roads are heading towards Prohibition. Hear from Joel Stone, Senior Curator of the Detroit Historical Society, beer historian Stephen Johnson and Detroit historian Tom Klug about the beginnings of Prohibition in Detroit and its impact on beer.
Episode 2 of 6.
26 min