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Major league baseball featured beer in its refreshment offerings and the working class found beer, baseball, and the saloon "places" of refuge and camaraderie. Since that time, beer has remained America's alcoholic drink of choice because of its appeal to the working class.<ref> Rudin (2002)</ref>
Major league baseball featured beer in its refreshment offerings and the working class found beer, baseball, and the saloon "places" of refuge and camaraderie. Since that time, beer has remained America's alcoholic drink of choice because of its appeal to the working class.<ref> Rudin (2002)</ref>
The major national brands have been consolidated and are now controlled by two international conglomerates based in Europe. Since 2002 MillerCoors has been owned by SABMiller, which is based in London. Since 2008 Anheuser-Busch (maker of Budweiser) has been owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, based in Belgium. Today there are hundreds of locally owned "microbreweries", and imports are important from Europe, Mexico and Japan.
==Well known brands==
==Well known brands==
* [[Taverns]]
* [[Taverns]]
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Cochran, Thomas C. ''The Pabst Brewing Company: the history of an American business'' (1948), escellent busines history.
* Downard, William L. ''Dictionary of the History of the American Brewing and Distilling Industries.'' (1980). 268 pp.
* Downard, William L. ''Dictionary of the History of the American Brewing and Distilling Industries.'' (1980). 268 pp.
* Downard, William L. ''The Cincinnati Brewing Industry: A Social and Economic History.'' (1973). 173 pp.
* Downard, William L. ''The Cincinnati Brewing Industry: A Social and Economic History.'' (1973). 173 pp.
* McGovern, Patrick E. ''Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages'' (2009)
* McGovern, Patrick E. ''Uncorking the Past: The Quest for Wine, Beer, and Other Alcoholic Beverages'' (2009)
* Rudin, Max. "Beer And America," ''American Heritage'' 2002 53(3): 28-38. 0002-8738 [http://www.toribeckman.com/beerWA.doc online edition]
==References==
==References==