Monthly archive for October 2019

On this day in 1644 the citizens of New Amsterdam (later New York) rose to a state of near rebellion in protest of an increased tax on beer. At the time the settlers knew beer was safe to drink while water was questionable. Thus, beer was a necessity and the tax was an abomination. 

On October 25, 1909 a Boiler explosion rocked the Pabst Brewery of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It injured several employees, destroyed three floors of the brewery and caused $ 250,000 worth of damage.