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Modern Marvels Season 12 Episode 54

Brewing

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AIRED: 11/16/05

It's one of the world's oldest and most beloved beverages, revered by Pharaohs and brewed by America's Founding Fathers. Today, brewing the bitter elixir is a multi-billion-dollar global industry.

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- Before October 14, 1978, there had been another kind of prohibition in America. On that day, President Jimmy Carter signed a bill making it legal to brew beer in the home.
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- By the early 20th Century, German and Austrian immigrants also established breweries in Mexico, creating famous lager beers such as Corona, Carta Blanca, Bohemia, and Dos Equis.
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- At a London brewery on October 16, 1814, a huge wooden storage vat burst open, flooding the streets with a 25-foot-high wave of beer. Eight people drowned in the flood, while dozens of others ran to scoop up the free beer.
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- Records from ancient Sumeria contain references to "red beer," "white beer," "premium beer," "beer with a head," and many others.
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- Narrator: Its golden body and frothy head have enraptured human beings for more than 6,000 years. Malt, hops, yeast and water, but ad mashing and boiling, hot and cold, sweat and science and the results a lager, pale ale and porter. From micro brew to mega brew, from medieval monasteries to a pub near you. Now, Brewing, on Modern Marvels.
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- Klaus Klages
  Munich Resident
  
  Doug Muhleman
  Chief Brewmaster, Anheuser-Busch
  
  Dan Driscoll
  St. Louis Brewmaster, Anheuser-Busch
  
  Jeff Pitts
  St. Louis Plant Mgr., Anheuser-Busch
  
  Alan Eames
  Beer Anthropologist, Author
  
  Dr. Patrick McGovern
  Sr. Research Scientist, U Penn Museum
  
  Gregg Smith, PhD
  Author, A Beer History
  
  Bryan Selders
  Lead Brewer, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  
  Sam Calagione
  Owner, Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  
  Frank Peifer
  Brewmaster, Weihenstephan Brewery
  
  Bob Brandt
  Owner, Red Car Brewery
  
  Jim Koch
  Brewer, Samuel Adams
  
  Francine Katz
  VP of Communications, Anheuser-Busch
  
  Drew Beechum
  President, Maltose Falcons
  
  Ken Grossman (archival footage)
  Sierra Nevada Brewery founder
  
  Executive Producer: Don Cambou
  Writer: Anthony Lacques
  Producer: Anthony Lacques
  Line Producer: Paul Dzilvelis
  Editor: Bruce Hepler
  Narrator: Max Raphael
  Music: Alan Ett Music Group
  Producer: Bruce Nash
  Creator: Bruce Nash
  Production Manager: Shelia Collins
  Post Producer: Tim Knauff
  Clearance Supervisor: Katie Del Core
  Director of Research: Allison Boon
  Production Auditor: Dani Eslin
  Accountant: April Brown
  Accountant: Lisa Casella
  Accountant: Sheridan Liu
  Accountant: Paulette Pantoja
  Researcher: Uldis Balodis
  Researcher: John Knapp
  Coordinator: Boni Osmani
  Coordinator: Brad Skiles
  Clearance Coordinator: Lawrence Givens III
  Clearance Coordinator: Aaron Zober
  Post Coordinator: Terrence Hartwell
  Voice over Coordinator: John Knapp
  Assistant Editor: Laura Steinhoff
  Assistant Editor: Josh Beckham
  Assistant Post Coordinator: Alexander Rubinow
  Post Assistant: Gaylen Kobayashi
  Post Assistant: Kevin McCartney
  Camera: Manuel Brueckl
  Camera: Guy Defeis
  Camera: Daniel Desloge
  Camera: Ric J. Edevane
  Camera: Lon Magdich
  Camera: Jed Udall
  Field Audio: Rob Maerz
  Field Audio: Brigitte Schaller
  Field Audio: Ron Strobel
  Field Audio: Tony West
  Online Editor: John Price
  Sound Mixer: Ed Thacker
  Animation: Randall Rickert
  Animated Maps: Red Gypsy Animation
  Animated Photos: Adam Goodwin
  
  Special thanks:
  Catriona Anderson
  Craig A. Baggett
  Alan Eames
  Jacqueline Hogenauer
  Jaren A. Mariani
  Margaret Nathan
  Kelli Powers
  The Red Car Brewery
  Bryan Simpson
  Michalle Sullivan
  Manuela Weileder
  
  Executive Producer: Beth Dietrich-Segarra
  Produced by Actuality Productions, INC
  2005
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