In the 19th century, the Belair Rd. corridor found in the northeast
section of the city had 19 breweries! All on one road! Each brewery
had its own beer garden. They were located there because of proximity
to the nearby grain farms outside the city line, and the malt
warehouses in the southeast portion of the city.

Beer apparenty ruled in the 19th century. Belair Rd.'s still there;
the breweries ain't.

Man, I was born 100 years too late.

On 4 Apr 2006 12:35:46 -0700, "DBurch" wrote:


Jack wrote:
In the 19th century, the Belair Rd. corridor found in the northeast
section of the city had 19 breweries! All on one road! Each brewery
had its own beer garden. They were located there because of proximity
to the nearby grain farms outside the city line, and the malt
warehouses in the southeast portion of the city.

Beer apparenty ruled in the 19th century. Belair Rd.'s still there;
the breweries ain't.

Man, I was born 100 years too late.

Yeah, but how many "driving (buggy) under the influence" or "drunk
(buggy) driver accidents" were there in that area at that time?

Blame it on the horsies.

I just purchased a book about the breweries of eastern Ohio, and it seems as
if every small town had one. There are pictures of labels, and other
paraphanalia, and it seemed as the breweries set the standard for
advertising design. I guess people then drank with their eyes also, rather
than their tastebuds.

Tom

Jack wrote:
In the 19th century, the Belair Rd. corridor found in the northeast
section of the city had 19 breweries! All on one road! Each brewery
had its own beer garden. They were located there because of proximity
to the nearby grain farms outside the city line, and the malt
warehouses in the southeast portion of the city.

Beer apparenty ruled in the 19th century. Belair Rd.'s still there;
the breweries ain't.

Man, I was born 100 years too late.

I believe the Maryland Historic Society bulletin had a piece on local
breweries a couple of years back.