One of these breweries sits on something of a divide from the others. It has nothing to do with size or use of adjuncts. Can you name the brewery?
a) DeBakker Brewing
b) New Albion Brewing
c) Jos. Schlitz Brewing
d) William S. Newman Brewing
e) Cartwright Brewing
Per usual, I have a specific answer, including an explanation. There is every chance a reader will come a different, but just a reasonable, answer.
Answer included in the comments.
Hmmmm.
Jos. Schlitz Brewing
The only brewery that brewed in the 1800’s.
The only breery that got bought out (as opposed to just shutting down).
The only one whose beer one can stil buy (albeit brewed by another company)
OR
Newman’s
The only one that survived into the 1990’s.
The only one that brewed east of the Appalachian mountains.
The answer with Newman, generally for the reason that Steve suggested – it survive the longest, most important beyond 1983-84. It closed in 1987.
Stories highlighting the rate at which breweries are opening today often point out the country was down to 44 “breweries” in 1983. In fact, “American Breweries II” reports that the low was 80 physical breweries in 1983, operated by 51 brewing concerns. There were 44 brewing concerns in 1984, operating 83 breweries.
In going through the book to see just who those were (a post soon) I was reminded that some of the “new wave” breweries – like New Albion, Cartwright, and DeBakker – didn’t even make it to 1983.