speaker

Rich Wagner, PA Brewery Historian

The Schuylkill is one of our nation’s oldest industrial rivers. At various times in the 19th and 20th centuries, 80 breweries were located on its banks in towns from the mouth to head with 38 in Philadelphia and 22 in Reading. Join us as Rich shares tales and images on a trip upstream to view all the breweries that have ever existed along the river from Philadelphia to Pottsville.

OESIA member Rich Wagner has been diligently researching Pennsylvania’s brewing history for more than 30 years. He mastered the art of brewing at the Siebel Institute of Technology in Chicago and has honed his skills working at several area craft breweries over the years. A talented home brewer, Rich gives demonstrations of colonial brewing several times a year, leads tours of breweries past and present, writes articles and gives talks on brewery history, architecture and ephemera and is the author of Philadelphia Beer: A Heady History of Brewing in the Cradle of Liberty (2012, The History Press).

Date: Monday, May 7, 2018

Time:  5:30 Refreshments

   6:15 Program

Cost: $10 per person if preregistered       $15 if not reserved in advance

Place: Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center, 640 Water Works Drive

           You can park in the Circle, closer to the FWWIC

Registration: E-mail names and phone numbers of members and guests to:

           reesepdavis@gmail.com or phone Reese at 610-692-4456