St. Louis Brews: 200 Years of Brewing in St. Louis, 1809-2009

St. Louis Brews: 200 Years of Brewing in St. Louis, 1809-2009 by Herbst, Henry. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9781933370910.

St. Louis Brews delivers a comprehensive history of the breweries that have inhabited Americas brewing capital. More than 200 breweries are profiled in this lavishly illustrated, 300-page coffee-table book. St. Louis Brews covers everything from John Coons beginning in 1809 through the Anheuser-Busch InBev merger. Featured are a full chronology of the citys brewing history, vignettes on 125 local breweries, and entries on the craft, regional and 19th Century Weiss Beer breweries. This once-in-a-lifetime volume includes an introduction by William Vollmar, PhD, retired historian, Anheuser-Busch, along with a foreward by Tom Schlafly, president of the St. Louis Brewery, Inc.