BEER

Published: Feb. 23, 2012, 2:23 p.m.

b"In Episode 2,\\xa0 ABC Gotham's amateur historians, Kate and Kathleen, discuss beer and breweries\\xa0 in the 5 boroughs throughout history.\\xa0 We start in the 1850's with Knickerbocker, Ruppert, Ballantine, Schlitz, Rhenigold, and Piels, and take you all the way up to today with Brooklyn Brewery, Bronx Brewery, Sixpoint, and Chelsea.\\xa0 Beer is unstoppable!\\xa0 Neither Prohibition nor anti- German sentiment could stop NYC brewing for good.\\xa0 You better grab a pint for this episode, because all that talking is going to make you thirsty.\\n\\nLinks to check out after listening:\\n\\nWebsite of Gotham Center for NYC History, a CUNY center that provided a lot of info for this episode\\n\\nBrooklyn Brewery\\n\\nBronx Brewery\\n\\nUrban Oyster-- excellent, informative walking/ bus tours of NYC\\n\\nNY Historical Society Beer Here Exhibition\\n\\nNY Historical Society Beer Appreciation Night on July 10-- see you there!"