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A Beer History Storyline

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Beer History Storyline

Beer, War, Crisis, and Reconstruction

Explore how breweries and beer traditions endured destruction, shortages, occupation, siege, political crisis, and postwar rebuilding.

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Chronological milestones

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  1. 1910s

    World War I Accelerates The Decline Of Traditional India Pale Ale

  2. 1932

    Brewing Starts Again At Orval

  3. September 9, 1940

    Whitbread Brews Its Final Porter at Chiswell Street

  4. 1945

    Georg Schneider IV Preserves Schneider Weisse Through the Second World War

  5. 1945

    The Rittergut Döllnitz Brewery Is Dismantled

  6. 1992

    Sarajevo Brewery Supplies Water During the Siege of Sarajevo

  7. February 27, 2022

    Pravda Brewery Suspends Brewing to Support Ukraine’s Defense