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It is evident that Ed Carroll is sensitive to the richness and the contribution of the German community to our city. He includes the effects of the Civil War, Industrial Revolution, which forced consolidation of the breweries, and finally, the infringement of the Prohibition. It covers the timeline of the rise and fall of the men who built and ran them. The rest of the first section is divided into decades.
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There is a discussion of the effect of brewing conditions and how it influenced the techniques and styles used in an effort to overcome the warm climate of the area.
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He attributes the success of the breweries to the rivers, and railroads of the city. He briefly describes how Sacramento came to be the major hop growing region in the nation. The 128 page paper back book is divided into three sections. Carroll doesn’t quote Mark Twain‘s observation as Sacramento being a “city of saloons.” Rather, Carroll’s intent is to develop a level of “awareness and sense of appreciation for the role brewers and beer played in helping transform Sacramento from an agrarian settlement into a legitimate commercial municipality.” So opens Ed Carroll’s telling of the history of brewing in Sacramento from 1849, of the Gold Rush era to 1919, of the Prohibition era. “With it’s increasing population, endless supply of water and nascent agricultural economy, Sacramento emerged as a natural major brewing center, second only to the giant on the bay, San Francisco.”