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Craft Beer in the 'Shadow' of AB -
The Chris and Amy Show on KMOX
Joel Bittle, author of 'Gateway Beer: St. Louis Craft Brewing in the Shadow of Anheuser-Busch' joins Amy Marxkors and John Hancock. Does the craft brewing boom in St Louis trace its roots to the takeover of AB by InBev? Or was it even earlier than that? Can craft beer latch onto Gen Z drinking habits?
New book explores how St. Louis became a craft beer city in the shadow of Anheuser-Busch
In ‘Gateway Beer,’ author Joel Bittle traces the city’s craft brewing history from Schlafly and the pioneering brewpubs of the 1990s through the boom of the 2010s—and the changing industry of today...
Local Dad Writes About City's Craft Beer Scene
Joel Bittle moved to St. Louis from the West Coast in 2000 to be closer to his wife's family. Around then, craft beer was exploding across the country. He was curious about how beer fans in his new town — the home of Anheuser-Busch — were reacting. Bittle decided to chronicle craft beer’s life in St. Louis and its relationship with the city...
University of Illinois Press
Once synonymous with Anheuser-Busch, St. Louis slowly embraced craft beer and became a powerhouse within the industry. Joel Bittle’s history charts the growth of the Gateway City’s craft brewing scene from its first convention-defying microbreweries in the 1990s through COVID-era difficulties and beyond...
Inside St. Louis Craft Beer’s Great Hangover
Craft beer has been through this before.
Growth has slowed. Declining sales combined with increased costs forced the shuttering of breweries here and across the country, with more on the way. Monday morning quarterbacks lacking historical context declare craft is dead...