I’m writing a book about beer, and the first of several deadlines is today.
Speaking as an expository writer (my efforts at fiction have always been abysmal), one must learn in order to teach. Consequently, research began in January, and the only sure thing is that more of it will land on the cutting room floor than be used in the final draft. Beer might be small on occasion, and yet it remains an expansive topic.
Today, as I prepare to clear the first hurdle, here’s a little known beer episode from New Albany brewing history, which I researched and published in the New Albany Tribune in 2009.
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In 1909, the German-lang ......
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