For those who’ve learn Andrew R. Nicholas’s earlier books or checked out some of his items in The Jaxson, he’s received a knack for locating fascinating tales and images about lesser recognized aspects of native historical past. Now, he’s setting his sights on part of historical past close to and pricey to us at The Jaxson: Jacksonville’s legacy of beer brewing.
Creator Andrew R. Nicholas.
Brewing in Jacksonville collects historic and modern images of Jacksonville’s sudsy legacy, starting from the late nineteenth century as much as at this time’s thriving craft brewing scene. As early photos and advertisements present, Jacksonville has been a beer city since its earliest days, when bars and saloons lined its dusty streets. Brewing as an trade was slower to take off, nonetheless, with just a few breweries like Eggenweiler & Co. and Bergner & Engel Brewing Co. present within the metropolis within the nineteenth century. It wasn’t till the Jax Brewing Firm in 1913 that Jacksonville meant enterprise with brewing.
Brewing in Jacksonville additionally highlights Jacksonville’s present scene, beginning with the founding of Anheuser-Busch’s Northside plant in 1969. Within the Nineties, smaller breweries like Ragtime Tavern in Atlantic Seaside and River Metropolis Brewing Firm on the Downtown Southbank helped kick Jaxsons’ love for beer into new instructions, and since 2008 there’s been an explosion of craft breweries with Aardwolf Brewing, Instinct Ale Works, Engine 15 Brewing Firm, Daring Metropolis Brewery and lots of others approaching the scene. Nichols’ images doc most of Jacksonville’s modern breweries, together with those who have sadly closed.
Aardwolf Brewing Firm.
Brewing in Jacksonville is about for launch by Arcadia Press on October 14. Pre-order your copy from native bookstores San Marco Books and Extra and Completely happy Medium Books Cafe, or on web sites Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Article by Invoice Delaney. Contact Invoice at wdelaney@moderncities.com