Bottoms Up celebrates Wisconsin's taverns and the breweries that fueled them. Beginning with inns and saloons, this book explores the rise of taverns and breweries, the effects of temperance and Prohibition, and attitudes about gender, ethnicity, and morality. It traces the development of the megabreweries, dominance of the giants, and the emergence of microbreweries. Contemporary photographs of unusual and distinctive bars and breweries of all eras, historical photos, postcards, advertisements, and breweriana illustrate the story of how Wisconsin came to dominate brewing--and the place that bars and beer hold in our social and cultural history.
