Red, White and Brew

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🗓️ 5 July 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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How much do you know about the history of American home-brewing? In this episode of Sidedoor you'll meet the Smithsonian's first brewing historian, Theresa McCulla, and learn about the role of women, enslaved people, and immigrants in the country's complex — and often surprising — relationship with beer. You'll also meet a new wave of brewers who are working to craft some flavorful history of their own.

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0:00.0	Hey Tony here. So we're still reporting season 3 of Side Door. But in celebration of today, the 4th of July,
0:07.1	I thought we'd share one of our early episodes titled Red, White, and Brew. As you crack open a cold
0:12.3	one today while watching fireworks or even sip one of your favorite soft drinks,
0:16.7	I hope it gives you new insight into the surprising stories behind one of America's most iconic
0:21.8	beverages.
0:23.3	Beer.
0:24.8	Enjoy.
0:25.8	This is Sideor, a podcast from a Smithsonian with support from PRX.
0:38.0	I'm Tony Cohn. It's a Tuesday afternoon recording a podcast. It's time for a beer. What's the first thing that goes through your mind when you crack open a cold one?
0:58.0	Me, right now? I'm thinking that this is pretty good. It tastes like, I don't know, hops. For me, a good beer just signals the start of a great weekend.
1:10.0	I'm a foodie, so I associate beer with social outings sitting by the pool, cookouts, baseball games, whatever.
1:18.0	But I realize there are a lot of people who are way into their beer, especially those people brewing their own beer at home.
1:26.0	There's a common stereotype of the flannel wearing tattooed and bearded hipsters being America's
1:30.9	craft brew snobs. And it's kind of true. Brewing today is kind of a
1:36.1	white man's game. And white men are overwhelmingly represented in the home brewing scene.
1:42.2	In fact, a 2013 Home Brewers Association survey estimated that 92% of
1:47.6	home brewers are white and well over 90% are men but it hasn't always been that way.
1:56.1	It looks like cider or like apple juice or something.
1:59.5	Yep, it's unfiltered, you know, unpasteurized, so you're in its purest form.
2:05.0	Yeah, and the color's closer to cider.
2:07.6	A few weeks ago, I visited Mike Stein and Peter Jones.
2:11.0	They're business partners who have got a brewing company called Lost Loggers
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